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Be advised, California: Your State Senators and Assembly Representatives go on Spring Recess this week

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It’s been a productive last few months in Sacramento to start off the year, with nearly 1,800 bills introduced overall! And this next Thursday, California’s State Senators and District Assembly Representatives can finally go on a much needed break from introducing their hearts out. So, if after March 24th you’ve got an email or voicemail thanking them for their time and leadership on so many issues in “the Golden State,” just know they won’t be back to check it out until at least April 6th. After that, it’s really crunch-time, especially to pass the 2026 – 2027 budget by June 15th. But not to worry, as our legislators will once again be rewarded for their hard work come July 2nd, when they get an even more deserved Summer Break until August 3rd. Gee, it sure does pay to uphold the democratic process, doesn’t it? Whether in California, Washington D.C., or anywhere across the great ole USA!

Last but not least, if you’d like to keep up with updates on one bill or another in Sacramento, you can use our state-of-the-art LegiScan database to do just so.

J.T.

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Senators: Please Kill this Project 2025 Bill

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The “big, beautiful bill,” which is being rushed through the senate this week, is little more than a scheme to double and triple the debt bondage already faced by millions of “Americans” who lack an adequate healthcare system in the wealthiest nation in history.

For its $167 billion more to the deportation machine, it’s also the Indian Removal Act, Fugitive Slave Act, Chinese Exclusion Act, and Operation Wetback combined to make permanent the New Reich agenda; should it pass, I see no reason not to expect New Nuremberg laws before the end of 2030.

Last but certainly not least, the bill’s tax cuts for billionaires and centi-millionaires–who already pay little to no income tax–would only increase the debt on the next generation by at least $3 trillion over the next ten years, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

It is no future for America, but a death knell for the few safety net programs which give our most vulnerable people here a modicum of support to survive; it is also, like ICE agents in unmarked cars through Los Angeles, a cowardly disguised proclamation of Manifest Destiny for the 21st century.

It’s obviously thus imperative for every single Senator with a conscience to do everything in their power to kill this offensive and appalling excuse for a bill. But don’t expect them to do so without hearing from every last one of us who can call upon them.

Let the city know.

History is watching!

J.T.