California Assembly Republican Caucus
SACRAMENTO – In a series of votes today, Assembly Democrats’ extremism was on full display as they rejected common-sense efforts to prevent taxpayer funds from being used to shield illegal immigrant felons and public officials who break federal law from the consequences of their actions.
“These votes show just how out of touch the Democratic supermajority has become,” said Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (East Nicolaus). “There is no reason to oppose these policies other than petty partisanship. It’s a shame Democrats would rather play politics than support practical safeguards to protect the public and their tax dollars.”
Assembly Republicans forced votes on two issues, exposing Assembly Democrats’ misplaced priorities:
SBX1-1 Amendment (DeMaio): Would have prohibited taxpayer dollars in the Department of Justice’s anti-Trump slush fund from being used to defend public officials who willingly violate federal law.
SBX1-2 Amendment (Castillo): Would have barred the use of legal aid funds to defend illegal immigrants with felony convictions from deportation.
Rather than adopting these policies, Assembly Democrats chose to continue pandering to the far left by greenlighting $25 million to spend on lawsuits against the federal government and another $25 million to liberal legal aid groups.
This comes after a Democrat attempt to condition wildfire aid on the passage of the “Trump-proofing” money and their rejection of a Republican plan to increase wildfire prevention funding by $1 billion.