As Assemblyman Bill Essayli (R-Riverside) reported Thursday, “Assembly Republicans were prepared to force a vote to block funds for criminal illegal immigrants. Rather than going on record they are delaying the vote to another day.”
Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher issued a statement after Republicans shut down a vote to approve Democrats’ $50 million slush fund to sue the federal government and protect gang members and felons from deportation:
“Shutting down today’s vote is a big victory for Republicans, but Assembly Democrats need to end this farce of a special session for good. The only thing being advanced by this stunt is Gavin Newsom’s political career. Assembly Democrats should stop protecting their boss’s presidential ambitions and start protecting Californians from wildfire, crime and inflation.”
Assemblyman Carl DeMaio (R-San Diego) had an active role in the event:
“Democrats are so rattled by my amendment to bar funding for illegal immigrant criminals and politicians who protect them that they called an emergency meeting to plot a response! This is what happens when GOP fights in CA on a winning issue!!”
He added:
BREAKING: WE DID IT – for now!! CA Democrats were so rattled by my amendment to bar funding for illegal immigrant criminals and politicians who protect them that they CANCELLED their vote on their reckless $50m Trump Proof bill today! This is what happens when GOP fights in CA on a winning issue!!
Earlier in January, DeMaio issued a statement asking President Donald Trump to order a Federal Investigation of Gross Negligence by CA Politicians in the Los Angeles fires. “Without a full federal investigation into the LA fires, California politicians will cover-up their failings and the public will continue to suffer from their incompetence and negligence,” Assemblyman DeMaio said.
From his statement, DeMaio outlined the details:
“A number of alarming revelations indicate gross negligence by California state and local officials contributed to the severity of this disaster – and we simply cannot trust California politicians to do a proper investigation and provide honest answers to the public,” warns DeMaio.
While the ATF is looking into the cause of the fires, in his letter to President Trump, DeMaio outlines a larger federal investigation involving multiple federal agencies to look at a variety of examples of gross negligence including:
- Regulations Prohibiting Proper Brush Management: California politicians have enacted insane regulations that make it hard for property owners to clear defensible space around their homes – and both state and local agencies have utterly failed to adequately clear brush on public lands. (Suggested Lead: Department of Interior – Wildland Fire Program)
- Inadequate Water for Firefighting: The nearest reservoir to the Pacific Palisades fire was kept bone dry and fire hydrants ran out of water for firefighting. (Suggested Lead: Federal Emergency Management Agency)
- Failure to Provide Adequate Insurance: Many fire victims have inadequate fire insurance coverage because of recent policy cancellations. With the losses mounting from these fires, California’s insurance industry could now be pushed into financial collapse. While state politicians blame “climate change” for the insurance problems, industry experts say state government policies – including rampant inflation in California and high cost of housing repairs – are the real drivers. (Suggested Lead: Department of Treasury – Federal Insurance Office)
- Failure to Shut Off Power Utilities: Even though strong winds were predicted days in advance of the fire, the government-run utility department failed to shut off power and video captured power lines sparking fires hours after the emergency began. (Suggested Lead: Department of Energy – Office of Inspector General)
- Failure to Properly Staff Fire Department: Local politicians have chronically underfunded and understaffed their fire departments – while terminating firefighters over vaccine mandates and diverting mission-oriented training resources to wasteful Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs. (Suggested Lead: Federal Emergency Management Agency)
In the letter DeMaio says a federal investigation is needed because “Newsom has dismissed criticisms – and worse, he has a pattern of being disingenuous and dishonest with the public on a wide-range of failings of his administration.”
DeMaio is also requesting that the US Senate and US House of Representatives hold public hearings into the LA fires.
KCRA’s Ashley Zavala reported:
“California lawmakers in the Assembly on Thursday delayed its vote on legislation to bolster the state’s legal defenses and immigration services to fight the Trump administration because Democratic leaders are now considering changes to the immigration-related proposal.
Two sources close to the situation told KCRA 3 Gov. Gavin Newsom now wants small changes to the immigration bill to make it clear that none of the funds can be used to provide immigration-related legal services to criminals.”
Could this be the Trump effect?
Californians are exhausted from Newsom’s headline-grabbing exploits and state overreach, while ignoring legitimate issues impacting 39 million California residents including the high cost of living, highest-in-the-country gas prices, high income taxes, high electricity costs, high food costs, crappy public schools, high unemployment, unfunded pension debt, water restrictions, negligible forest management, and budget deficits in nearly every city and county, as well as the state budget.
We wonder if members of the Legislature realize that Democrat leadership and the governor are prioritizing illegal aliens and criminal illegal aliens over the legal residents of the state.
