Despite Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature declaring, during this year’s May Revision, that the state was suffering from a “Trump Slump” — supposedly causing a significant revenue loss — President Donald Trumphad nothing to do with what state officials themselves have described as a structural deficit, meaning current-lawspending exceeds current-law revenues.

Sheehy Strategy Group Principal Tom Sheehy recently testified before the Assembly Education Committee, warning that proposed election changes would impose costly state mandates and undermine local control.

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#SB249 #caleg #cabudget #cagov

SB 249 is an example of the state blatantly stepping all over local control of county elections. California’s local governments should be in charge of how they elect their own county supervisors, city council members, and education board members. The state has no business coming in and trying to micromanage the election rules that govern these local offices. Furthermore, when the state does that, it creates state mandated local programs, which ultimately must be reimbursed by the state general fund. Local control matters, let’s keep the state out of local government election processes and stop the micromanagement.#caleg #cagov #sb249