Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin Archives

Gov. Newsom Calls for Tax on ‘Windfall Profits’ on Oil Companies After Abandoning Gas Tax Pause

October 3, 2022 8:17 amOctober 4, 2022 1:34 pm

“Crude oil prices are dropping, but oil and gas companies are still raising prices on California consumers,” California Gov. Newsom said, announcing a new “windfall profits tax” on oil companies. “These price hikes cannot be attributed solely to refinery maintenance...

CA Democrats Abandon Gas Tax Holiday; Announce New Committee to Investigate Gas Price Gouging

June 20, 2022 2:55 pmJune 24, 2022 6:00 pm

“Friday marked 100 days of diddling by California’s supermajority party to provide relief at the pump for the state’s drivers from the record high gas prices,” the Globe reported Monday, ahead of the announcement by Assembly Democrats that rather than suspending...

Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin Proposes Law to Authorize Withholding Autopsy Reports From Public Disclosure

February 28, 2020 3:01 pm

A state lawmaker has proposed a measure that would allow law enforcement agencies to withhold autopsy reports from public disclosure. Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks), introduced Assembly Bill 2372 earlier this month at the request of authorities in Ventura County...

Political Pressure Behind Cancelled Charity Event for Slain Ventura Sheriff’s Family

October 3, 2019 11:25 amOctober 4, 2019 12:27 pm

‘The Helus family is the real victim here because they aren’t going to get the money now.’ Partisan politics has polluted a charity event that was planned to raise money for the family of Ventura County Sheriff Sgt....