Roadmap for CA's Future poster (pdf)
SACRAMENTO - Senate Republican Leader Dennis Hollingsworth (R-Murrieta), with Senators Mimi Walters (R-Laguna Hills), Bob Dutton (R-Rancho Cucamonga), Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar), Mark Wyland (R-Carlsbad), and Jeff Denham (R-Merced) spoke out about Senate Republican plans to get Californians back to work, reform the budgeting process, put more money into California classrooms and improve the anti-business tax and regulatory climate in the state.
“Senate Republicans are listening. We heard the voters of California. They clearly want us to solve these problems. That’s what they elected us to do, not keep reaching into their pockets to pay for our mismanagement.”
“Exploration of new technologies will lead to the expansion of industry and the creation of high-wage jobs in the state. It’s our responsibility to create an educated workforce, able to take those jobs.”
“Our Senate Republican proposals will put hard-working Californians back to work. Create incentives for businesses and look at new ways to reform our tax structure to create private sector jobs,” continued Hollingsworth.
Legislative Sunshine and Accountability Act
“Californians have spoken. In order to meet the demands of the voters, we must allow the sun to shine on the legislative process. If legislators spent more time listening to their constituents and less time listening to special interests, yesterday’s election would never have been necessary and the reforms we are discussing now would already be in place today,” commented Senator Walters.
Budget Accountability and Performance Act
“Yesterday, the people of California said ‘no’. No to the borrowing, no to the extended taxes, no to the dysfunctional business as usual. I stand with my colleagues, committed to reforming our broken system. Core to this reform is performance based budgeting, the first bill I introduced this year. We must also scale back government’s growth, which includes identifying sources of funding for bills that cost us more money. These are not partisan issues. We are all in this together,” said Senator Huff.
70 Percent for Classrooms Education Dream Act
“Senate Republicans want to improve our public education system by ensuring every dollar possible is invested back into the classroom and Sacramento bureaucrats are even further removed from our K-12 schools, expanding each individual district’s local control to better meet their individual student’s needs. The way to do this is to reform the entire budget process so we focus on nothing but the budget and oversight, ensuring that every dollar allocated to education is done so wisely,” stated Senator Wyland.
Bureaucracy Reduction and Accountability Act
“Now that we are at a dead end, there is no more road to kick the can down. For years, I and others have warned that you can’t keep passing smoke-and-mirror budgets. This fiscal crisis was predictable,” said Senator Denham.
“Hopefully, this disaster will ignite massive action to immediately implement real structural budget reform and significantly streamline government. We need to balance this budget without another tax hike and without gimmicks as in the last few budgets – that’s a clear message from the voters,” continued Denham. “The state needs to shed billions of dollars of underutilized and mismanaged properties and dump wasteful boards and commissions before cutting education and other vital state services,” further commented Denham.
Job Creation and Retention Act
“Forbes Magazine in 2008 ranked California as the most expensive place to do business. That must change if we want California businesses to create jobs,” said Senator Dutton.
“Even former Assembly Speaker Robert Hertzberg decided to move his business to Cardiff, Wales instead of remaining in Southern California, because as he said, ‘With all the money and time it took us to go through the regulatory maze, we were basically chased out of the country.’”
“The Job Creation and Retention Act will end California’s anti-business culture and restore this state’s competitive edge,” Senator Dutton continued. “It will also create private sector jobs by contracting out certain state services and projects,” continued Dutton.
