Commentary
California desperately needs two-party competition. Democrats have held every state office since 2011—and but for a single year in the Assembly, 1996, they have wielded majorities in both houses of the Legislature for 50 years, with supermajorities in recent years. One-party rule is not democracy.
To try to get back in the game, Assembly Republicans on Dec. 5, the start of the new legislative session, released a new “California Promise” legislative package with 28 points. Minority leader James Gallagher (R-Yuba City) said the solutions are “desperately needed to address a number of the state’s biggest issues. Republicans are here in Sacramento to make something abundantly clear: We can have a California that is affordable to live in, safe for our families and where our kids get the best education.”…