Gov. Gavin Newsom asked lawmakers to convene a special session to consider price gouging penalties for big oil companies.
has dawned in Sacramento which means lawmakers on either side of the aisle in either chamber will have a laundry list of priorities they wish to champion.
“California’s price gouging penalty is simple — either Big Oil reins in the profits and prices, or they’ll pay a penalty,” Newsom, who attended the kickoffs to the session’s start in both chambers Monday, said in a statement. “Big Oil has been lying and gouging Californians to line their own pockets long enough.”
Addressing his colleagues after he was chosen to continue serving in his leadership role until late June, Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Lakewood, said his focus for the coming legislative session is on continuing “what we’ve done the past 10 years, which is to pursue justice, to reject what is bad and to embrace what is good.”
The legislative session officially got underway on Monday, Dec. 5, although the day’s proceedings were largely ceremonial. New members were sworn in, and legislative leaders chosen. On homelessness, Gallagher said his caucus wants to focus on legislation that would provide shelter as well as services, such as drug treatment or job training, rather than just building expensive housing. He also suggested taking a look at it from a regional approach.
— Kate Sanchez of the 71st district vowed to champion funding for a system that would allow the same prosecutor handles human trafficking cases throughout all its stages. This system, which Republicans said would include up to 11 counties, would ensure victims are not retraumatized by having to reshare details with a bevy of prosecutors, she said.
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