Back in session

Assemblymember Marie Waldron

AD-75 (R)

The Legislature is now returning to work after its summer break, with one month left before final adjournment Sept. 15. Hundreds of bills remain undecided, including seven of mine pending in the Senate.

Many important issues have been decided, including passage of a state budget. Unfortunately, huge gas tax increases and attempts to alter the longstanding right of Californians to recall their elected representatives have also become law.

A bill establishing a government-payer healthcare plan for California has been tabled temporarily, over concerns about...