California Assembly Republican Caucus
SACRAMENTO -Assemblymember Greg Wallis (R-Bermuda Dunes) released the following statement in response to the Legislature’s last-minute Cap-and-Trade deal:
“Good policy isn’t made in secret,” said Assemblymember Greg Wallis. “Californians deserve public input on decisions that will shape our state for decades — we are at our best when we work together, not in silos.”
At the final hour, a small contingent of Sacramento elites rushed through a multi-billion-dollar deal that locks in spending priorities until 2045— before fixing refinery pollution, before addressing air quality in frontline communities, and before delivering any real affordability relief.
There were no hearings. No public input. Just a last-minute scramble to protect political projects — not working families.
A bipartisan group of legislators proposed vital input that addressed serious issues for our communities, only to have those concerns land on deaf ears.
“When billion-dollar policies are jammed through at the last minute with no public process, Californians lose,” Wallis continued. “We had nine months to work on real affordability solutions. What we got instead was a secret deal that will raise costs on working families.”
All of us will end up paying the price for Sacramento’s broken process.
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