California Assembly Republican Caucus
GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY & ACCOUNTABILITY
Assembly Republicans are committed to shining a light on every decision, prioritizing transparency and accountability to build trust and empower citizens.
Assembly Republicans Call for Special Session on State Fraud
In a letter sent to Governor Gavin Newsom earlier today, Assembly Republican Leader Heath Flora and members of the caucus pointed to new estimates that California may have lost at least $180 billion to fraud across state programs, based on audits, public records, and prior investigations.
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Legislation
Demanding Accountability for High-Speed Rail.
David Tangipa
California’s high-speed rail project is one of the most expensive megaprojects in world history. Costs have quadrupled to over $128 billion and the project is decades behind schedule. Funding to connect San Francisco and Los Angeles is $100 billion short and even a proposed starter…
Providing Oversight over Government Spending.
David Tangipa
The Legislature passes thousands of bills each year and approves $300 billion in General Fund spending. As a condition of this approval the Governor is required to report how programs are working so that the Legislature can prevent waste and ensure the most efficient use…
Recovery Housing.
Josh Hoover
Provides flexibility in funding for programs that don’t adhere to housing first policies. It would allow for 40% state homelessness funding be available for programs that focus on sobriety or treatment for housing.
Lobbyist certification.
David Tangipa
Bars individuals convicted of public corruption crimes from working as lobbyists for 12 years, prohibits the state from accepting their lobbying certifications, and voids any existing certifications upon conviction.
State agencies: revenue: report.
Diane Dixon
Requires state agencies that impose any fees, fines, penalties, assessments, licenses, and other payments imposed by statute or regulation, to annually report on its website the revenue generated from those charges.
State agencies: regulations and legislation: nondisclosure agreements.
Joe Patterson
Prohibits an elective or appointed officer of a state agency from entering into or requesting that another individual enter into a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) relating to the drafting, negotiation, or discussion of a proposed regulation or legislation.
Political Reform Act of 1974: prediction market contracts.
Kate Sanchez
Creates a prohibition on public servants, candidates, their staff, and lobbyists from participating in political betting markets, regulated federally as events contracts.
Surplus land.
Tri Ta
Requires the Department of General Services and CalTrans to report to the legislature all of their vacant properties, enhancing transparency regarding how state properties are utilized.
Legislative information system: bill position letters.
Greg Wallis
Requires the Legislative Counsel to post all position letters submitted on bills—starting with the 2027-2028 session—directly on the official legislative website alongside other bill materials, so that they public can easily access them.
Protect the Promise Act.
Alexandra Macedo
Strengthens Medi-Cal eligibility verification and oversight to help ensure taxpayer-funded health care benefits are reserved for those who are eligible.
Medi-Cal.
Jeff Gonzalez
Requires the Department of Health Care Services, in developing the comprehensive hospital value strategy pursuant to the Budget Act of 2025, to engage with relevant stakeholders including but not limited to, hospitals, cities, counties, and organizations representing these groups. Further requires the value strategy to…
Education-related positions: egregious misconduct: previous employment disclosures.
Kate Sanchez
Protects children by ensuring that teachers who’ve engaged in egregious misconduct including human trafficking, child neglect/abandonment, child abduction, sexual battery, assault on school employees, and luring minors are barred from public education jobs.
High-Speed Rail Authority Office of the Inspector General: contract reviews: audit standards.
Alexandra Macedo
Strengthens independent oversight of the California High-Speed Rail Authority contracting by requiring the Inspector General to review financial disclosures and identify conflicts of interest for officials who make decisions to execute contracts or contract changes.
State agencies or departments: public communications.
Tri Ta
Requires state agencies or departments to disclose the use of Artificial Intelligence when communicating with the public.
Public infrastructure projects.
Josh Hoover
Invalidates all the non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) that have been signed surrounding the Capitol Annex Project and ensures that NDAs cannot be used for future public infrastructure projects.
Medi-Cal: hospice providers: forms.
Alexandra Macedo
Requires a hospice provider to notify DHCS when a Medi-Cal member elects to receive hospice services and keep a record of the services provided available for any State or Federal Audits.
Energy: transportation fuels assessment.
Joe Patterson
Requires the California Energy Commission (CEC) to assess: (a) the human rights records of countries from which California imports oil; (b) the level of domestic production needed to eliminate imports from human rights violators; and (c) the California laws and regulations that restrict such domestic…
Medi-Cal: fraud assessment task force.
Leticia Castillo
Establishes a statewide Medi-Cal Fraud Prevention and Accountability Task Force within the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to strengthen oversight, improve coordination, and safeguard taxpayer dollars. The task force will conduct a comprehensive assessment of fraud risks in the Medi-Cal program and provide recommendations…