Gail Pellerin, California 28th District Assemblymember, Feb. 21, 2025, on KZSC's "The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club"

...heading to San Jose today; the deadline for submitting bills for this year's regular legislative session is today; lawmakers can submit up to 35 bills per 2 year session; staff member Lisette suggested a bill on renters getting their deposits back via Venmo if they paid their deposit via Venmo; re-introducing bill for transferring Semper Virens parcels to State Park system (=AB679); also a bill that would prohibit one jurisdiction from transporting a person experiencing homelessness from their jurisdiction to another jurisdiction; a bill on how to correct a ballot if you've made a mistake; discussion of the recent trial of the under-aged boy who murdered an 8 year old where the trial was whether he could be released into society now that he's 25, and whether the family will have to go through this every 2 years (the judge ruled that he should be held); CZU fires (4 1/2 years ago) and the 63% that have not been re-built or in process of re-building: "whatever LA gets, we should get, too!"; CA insurance commissioner Robert Lara on Sustainable Insurance Strategy - LA fires will not stop progress...10 bill package submitted; deep dive into what happens now that bills submitted (Rules Committee directs to 1 or more policy committees, that hold hearings to vet, testify, amend - with next committee taking it up after previous committee completes - then suspense file if $$ > threshold, then to the floor where, after passed, bill goes to other house; Governor submitted 1st budget in January, and already obsolete...now being reviewed in budget sub-committees (60 hearings in total!)...headed for a "May revise", but LA residents have been told they can postpone their tax submittals.

 

(interviewed by "Dangerous Dan" Orange and "Dylan-the-Mentee" Estevez on KZSC's "Bushwhacker's Breakfast Blub". 2025 marks our 36th year on the air! Thanks for listening!!)