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Nielsen Announces Effort To Repeal Fire Tax In A Press Conference

March 15, 2012
Assemblyman Jim Nielsen (R-Gerber) joined other Republican colleagues today in the State Capitol to introduce legislation he has co-authored to stop a tax increase on rural property owners. Assembly Bill (AB) 1506 would reverse the Governor's and Democrats' effort to raise $84 million in taxes on...

Nielsen Is Honored As '2011 Champion Of Private Property Rights'

March 8, 2012
SACRAMENTO (March 8, 2012) - Assemblyman Jim Nielsen (R-Gerber) is pleased to report that The California Alliance to Protect Private Property Rights (CAPPPR or the Alliance) has honored him as '2011 Champion of Private Property Rights' recipient March 7th, 2012. The Alliance is a coalition of...

Nielsen Says Leg Analyst Review Confirms Budget Busting Cost of HSR - LaMalfa/Nielsen Bill Would Stop $21 Billion Drain

March 8, 2012
SACRAMENTO (March 7, 2012) - Assemblyman Jim Nielsen (R-Gerber) released the following statement today regarding a recent report by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) which found that a proposed measure repealing state borrowing for high-speed rail would save California over $709...

Nielsen and LaMalfa Introduce Assembly Bill 2078

February 23, 2012
Assemblyman Jim Nielsen (R-Gerber) together with Senator Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) introduced Assembly Bill (AB) 2078 today, which will further strengthen California's laws against rape. This legislation is in direct response to the 2010 case in Shasta County, when Former Anderson police officer...

Nielsen Joins Legislative Republicans In Introducing Governor's Pension Reform Plan

February 22, 2012
SACRAMENTO (February 22, 2012) - Assemblyman Jim Nielsen (R-Gerber) together with both Assembly and Senate Republican colleagues today presented the Governor's Twelve Point Pension Reform Plan . The Republican legislators think that the Legislature should enact the Governor's plan along with other...

Nielsen Keynotes YMCA Event "Become Architects Of Your Destiny"

February 21, 2012
SACRAMENTO (February 17, 2012) - Assemblyman Jim Nielsen (R-Gerber) had the pleasure to address hundreds of young people at a YMCA event held at the Sheraton Hotel downtown this afternoon. The YMCA Model Legislature and Model Court provide thousands of high school youth with a meaningful experience...

Nielsen Comments On Ninth Circuit Decision On Proposition 8

February 7, 2012
Assemblyman Jim Nielsen (R-Gerber) issued the following statement this morning following the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that Proposition 8 passed by Californians back in 2008 was unconstitutional. "I am deeply disappointed by the Ninth Circuit decision, which undermines the votes...

Nielsen Defends Charter Schools

January 31, 2012
SACRAMENTO (January 31, 2012) - Assemblyman Jim Nielsen (R-Gerber) defended California Charter Schools by voting against AB 1172, which passed out of the Assembly on a party-line vote Monday. The bill makes it easier for a school district to deny a charter school petition if the local school...

The Train Nobody Will Ride

January 25, 2012
SACRAMENTO (January 24, 2012) - Assemblyman Jim Nielsen (R-Gerber) released the following statement as a response to a January report by the non-partisan California State Auditor which came as a follow-up to 2010 recommendations on the High Speed Rail project. The report concluded that "although...

Nielsen Comments On The Governor's State Of The State Address

January 18, 2012
Assemblyman Jim Nielsen (R-Gerber) released the following statement this morning, following governor Brown's State of the State address which took place this morning at the State Capitol. "Governor Brown touched on many issues California is dealing with currently," said Nielsen. "But what I haven't...

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