Sen. Nancy Skinner Archives - California Globe

Quality of Life is on California November Ballot

November 1, 2022 9:52 amNovember 4, 2022 9:43 am

Californians’ quality of life is on a collision course with the rule of law. Escalating violent crime, lawlessness, open drug use, rampant homelessness, coupled with high inflation raising the costs of everything from food to gas to housing, is causing...

Californians’ Quality of Life is on a Collision Course With the Rule of Law

November 28, 2021 10:30 amNovember 30, 2021 8:57 am

Californians’ quality of life is on a collision course with the rule of law. A retired police officer who working as a security guard was shot and killed in Oakland while protecting a Bay Area television news crew covering a...

California’s Alarming Cocktail of Criminal Justice ‘Reforms’ Responsible for Major Crime Wave

November 22, 2021 2:18 amNovember 21, 2021 8:51 pm

The house that Californians built and Democrats cheaply remodeled is on fire. Some of the headlines from this past weekend prove this: ABC7: Video shows empty SF Louis Vuitton store ransacked by thieves SFC: Union Square leaders vow not to...

Senate Dems Kill Bill to Hold Fentanyl Drug Dealers Accountable with ‘Implied Malice’

March 23, 2021 7:02 pmMarch 23, 2021 7:02 pm

Democrat members of the California Senate Public Safety Committee killed a bill Tuesday by Senator Melissa Melendez (R -Lake Elsinore), which would have held Fentanyl drug dealers accountable for “implied malice” if someone they sold the drug to died from...

California Senate Passes ‘Housing for Homeless,’ Bill With Penalty Component

July 2, 2019 2:08 amJuly 3, 2019 1:35 pm

The Legislature can do an immediate legislative fix The Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review authored AB 101, which provides for statutory changes needed to enact the housing and homelessness-related provisions of the Budget Act of 2019. In short,...

Job Killers: Business Tax Increases Pending Passage by CA Legislature

June 11, 2019 7:40 amJune 11, 2019 7:48 am

Chris Micheli posted a list of pending tax legislation of particular interest to the California business community. These bills are continuing through the legislative process, awaiting passage. Some of these bills are on the Cal Chamber Job Killer list. “These...