Government – States

SACRAMENTO, California. The State of California will add some 930 new laws in effect beginning 2015. One of the more controversial laws is allowing driver’s licenses for illegal aliens, a measure that got a previous Governor Gray Davis (D) recalled in 2003. Progressives in the state’s leadership have since made California a sanctuary state, ignoring adherence to federal immigrations laws by allowing an untold number of “non-violent” illegal aliens to stay in California.

In 2013, the new driver’s licenses for illegals was passed by a Democrat-controlled legislator and signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown (D) under the Safe and Responsible Driver Act (AB60). Reportedly, some 1.4 million illegals in the state would be eligible for driver’s licenses.

Some have called California a “Nanny State” which more laws and regulations have done nothing but export jobs and working people to other states such as Texas. Over the last 30 years about 10 percent by today’s population standards or 3.5 million people have fled California citing poor business climate, high taxes and bad government. Many businesses have left the state. Toyota Motor Company decided to move its North American Headquarters to more business friendly Texas.

But don’t let more jobs losses, having the third highest unemployment rate in the USA, or a 22% drop in tax revenue from people leaving the state, stop progressive politicians from making California a more difficult place to earning an income, run a business, buy a home, or raise a family.

California progressives seem more concerned about supporting new welfare programs for an illegal population. Several new laws under “Immigration” (below) discuss how the state is helping taxpayers fund a lifestyle for illegals, and how progressives circumvented a “save our state” voter referendum law passed in 2004.

Governor Jerry Brown (D) reportedly vetoed 143 bills that would ‘cost the state too much money, did not improve the state, or created unnecessary regulations.’ All of these bills are new regulations, will costs the citizen taxpayers including businesses money, and one can debate which laws actually will or will not improve the state.

None of the new California laws appear to address the higher unemployment in the state, the state’s debt, reform welfare or entitlements, address the busted state employee pension system, and instead address more important matters such as how chickens live, where dogs can eat, and where can a mother of a newborn breastfeed at an airport.

Here is a sample of new California laws for 2015 (with commentary). Read More…