Senator Patricia Bates’ statement on passage of 2019-20 state budget
Senator Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) issued the following statement after legislative Democrats approved the 2019-20 state budget (Assembly Bill 74): “Despite a budget surplus of $22 billion, the record $215 billion budget framework that the Legislature approved today is contingent on more costly tax increases. For example, imposing a tax …continue reading