
Borders matter. That became crystal clear this past week, when Tesla picked a location just over the border in Nevada, instead of locating its new battery factory in its largest market, California. The regulatory and tax burden is significantly lower
by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly11 Sep 2014, 5:41 AM PST0

On Friday, the California State Assembly outdid itself. You can always count on the leftist leaders of what is supposed to be the “people’s house” never lets a crisis go to waste. With the passage of AB 1739 (Dickinson-D), SB
by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly30 Aug 2014, 8:34 AM PST0

In a few short months, I will be out of elected office. When I ran for Governor, I knew it was “win or go home.” So, I will soon be an ordinary citizen again–and soon enough, I too, will be
by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly20 Aug 2014, 6:00 AM PST0

Wanna pay 8-9 bucks a gallon for gas? Think it couldn’t happen here? It’s already happening. The “Hidden Gas Tax”, buried deep within California’s”Cap-and-Trade” program, was tucked away in the fine print of AB 32–a 2006 bill that radically increased
by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly13 Aug 2014, 9:57 AM PST0

Here they go again! Staunch anti-2nd Amendment Democrat, Senator Kevin De León and his fellow leftists are at it again. This time they’ve got your ammo in their sights. DeLeon, from Los Angeles, is one of the most ardent opponents of
by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly8 Aug 2014, 9:16 AM PST0

In the past two weeks, President Obama was in both Texas and California, ignoring his constitutional duties in order to play pool, drink beer in a bar and visiting a deli pretending to be for the little guy before heading
by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly31 Jul 2014, 1:36 PM PST0

I’ve had it with the media and the left using these “children” as human shields to protect the human-trafficker-in-chief, President Barack Obama. We don’t have a “humanitarian crisis” on our borders; we have a government-created crisis that no one wants
by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly3 Jul 2014, 5:55 AM PST0

There is almost nothing that surprises me in California politics anymore. When State Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) presented a bill to ban “single-use” plastic bags at an Assembly hearing this week, I couldn’t believe he could do it with a
by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly27 Jun 2014, 6:26 AM PST0

Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget, which passed a few days ago, reminded me of the old adage that one lie leads to another. All of his previous budgets have been built on crafty fabrications, faulty assumptions and deceptive gimmicks that
by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly18 Jun 2014, 6:42 AM PST0

If you were to pick up a newspaper anywhere in California, you would think that the 2014 race for governor was over and decided. You would think that Jerry Brown had begun serving his thirteenth year as governor of a
by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly7 Apr 2014, 7:15 AM PST0

There was a time in our nation’s short history when “taxation without representation” was a rallying cry against the abuses of a government unaccountable to the people. While administrative agencies are necessary to facilitate tax procedure, the recent actions of
by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly24 Aug 2013, 1:28 PM PST0