Crime is once again illegal in California, as Prop. 36 officially went into effect on Wednesday. In just the first few days, there have already been numerous arrests. In some cases, the thieves expressed shock upon learning that stealing is now a felony. 

In short: We won, Newsom lost, and thieves will now go to jail. I’m tremendously proud of California voters for putting our state on a path back to sanity. It truly is a new day. 

Speaking of Newsom: he just contacted my office asking for more “COVID” money, even though he already defaulted on a $20 billion loan from the federal government (forcing small businesses to pay it back through a tax hike). I said no.

Meanwhile, in DC this last week, I helped kill a bloated “Christmas tree” bill. After it was released late Wednesday night, I posted: 

“I will be voting NO on the “CR.” This 1,547 page bill is a masterclass in bad legislating. It takes a few pages to keep the government open. The other 1,500+ contain a host of new policies and spending that have been utterly denied the public input on which representative government depends.“

My statement was shared by Elon Musk and others, and by the end of the day, the bill was dead. It was eventually replaced by a lean bill with a tiny fraction of the pages (see them side-by-side).

In addition, this last week Adam Schiff asked Biden to send even more money for High-Speed Rail before Congress can pass my bill to deny further funding. If Biden complies, we will make sure that the grant is promptly revoked.

And Biden did just give Newsom the official green light to ban all gas cars in California. Of course, all this does is prove how irrelevant the governor has become. We will promptly reverse Newsom’s insane mandate in the new year.

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