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Survey: 59 Percent Say to Give Students Option for In-person or Distance Learning

August 6, 2020
In a survey emailed to constituents, Senator Jim Nielsen (R-Tehama) asked for their thoughts on the distance learning and its impact. Respondents overwhelmingly disagreed with the Governor’s and school boards’ order to close schools and offer only distancing learning. Fifty-nine (59) percent of the...

Governor Must Do Better to Serve Unemployed Californians

August 5, 2020
With over half of all adults in California reporting lost income since March and a 17% unemployment rate across the state, Senator Jim Nielsen (R-Tehama) joined over 60 lawmakers to demand the Employment Development Department (EDD) to do better to serve Californians. “The first and last priority...

Democrat Legislative Leaders Thwart Audit of Botched Billion Dollar PPE Contracts

July 30, 2020
The California Legislature cancelled the August 11 hearing of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC), effectively abandoning all efforts to bring transparency and shining light on the spending of billions of taxpayer dollars on personal protective equipment with companies like China-owned BYD...

Governor's Shutdown Order Kills Small Businesses & Further Deteriorates Mental Health of Millions of Californians

July 13, 2020
Sacramento – Today, Governor Gavin Newsom ordered small businesses across the state to close indoor operations including restaurants, wineries, movie theaters, family entertainment centers, zoos, museums, cardrooms and bars. The Governor also shutdown indoor operations in counties on “ County...

Paradise Irrigation District to Receive Promised Funding

June 30, 2020
After much advocacy from Senator Jim Nielsen (R-Tehama), Assemblyman James Gallagher (R-Yuba City), community and business leaders and Paradise residents, the Governor signed the $202 billion budget Monday evening that continues the promised $7.3 Million to Paradise Irrigation District. This...

Governor and Democrats Ignore Millions of Californians in Budget Deal

June 26, 2020
The Legislature sent the Governor a budget that increases billions of dollars in taxes, prevents funding for charter schools and jeopardizes public safety. This deal was cobbled together with little public input – an agreement that lacked transparency. Senator Jim Nielsen (R-Tehama), Vice Chair of...

Senate Budget Vice Chair: Budget Prolongs State's Financial Problems

June 15, 2020
Today, the Legislature passed its version of the state budget, a framework that increases taxes and relies on subsidies from the federal government. Senator Jim Nielsen (R-Tehama), Vice Chairman of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, issued the following statement: “This budget does not...

California lawmaker scrambles to fix bill to make it clear ballots won't go to phantom voters

June 5, 2020
“If the Democrats are intent on expanding vote-by-mail to all voters, we must also enact protections so the possibility of fraud is reduced,” Nielsen said.

Senate Democrats Refuse to Clean Up Voter Rolls

June 2, 2020
To ensure trust in California’s statewide all vote-by-mail system planned by Governor Gavin Newsom and the Democrat-controlled Legislature for the November 2020 election, Senator Jim Nielsen (R-Tehama) introduced an amendment to improve ballot security in Assembly Bill 860. Senator Nielsen proposed...

Governor Must Release Federal Dollars to Local Government, Says Senate Budget Vice Chair

May 27, 2020
States such as California are withholding federal funding from cities and counties, revealed in a recent report by the National League of Cities . To maintain local services during this pandemic, Congress passed the CARES Act, which created the Coronavirus Relief Fund to provide $150 billion for...

Newsom Administration Claims Another '$1.831 Billion Needed' by June 30

May 22, 2020
In a last-minute call Thursday evening, Department of Finance officials notified the Legislature that Governor Newsom is transferring an eye-popping $1.831 billion to the Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account to spend through the current fiscal year with only limited details. “The spending...

Newsom Proposes to Abandon Paradise Recovery Effort

May 15, 2020
While unveiling his revised budget Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom turned his back on fire victims and the struggling Town of Paradise. The Governor’s May Revise budget claws back $7.3 million in funding that was approved in last year’s budget to help keep the Paradise Irrigation District (PID)...