By Kevin Kiley – December 23, 2024
Crime is once again illegal in California, as Prop. 36 officially went into effect on Wednesday. In just the first few days, there have already been numerous arrests. In some cases, the thieves expressed shock upon learning that stealing is now a felony.
In short: We won, Newsom lost, and thieves will now go to jail. I’m tremendously grateful to everyone who signed the petition and voted to put our state on a path back to sanity. It truly is a new day.
Speaking of Newsom: he just contacted my office asking for more “COVID” money, even though he already defaulted on a $20 billion loan from the federal government (forcing small businesses to pay it back through a tax hike). I said no.
Meanwhile, in DC this last week, I helped kill a bloated “Christmas tree” bill. After it was released late Wednesday night, I posted:
“I will be voting NO on the “CR.” This 1,547 page bill is a masterclass in bad legislating. It takes a few pages to keep the government open. The other 1,500+ contain a host of new policies and spending that have been utterly denied the public input on which representative government depends.”
My statement was shared by Elon Musk and others, and by the end of the day, the bill was dead. It was eventually replaced by a lean bill with a tiny fraction of the pages (see them side-by-side).
In addition, this last week Adam Schiff asked Biden to send even more money for High-Speed Rail before Congress can pass my bill to deny further funding. If Biden complies, we will make sure that the grant is promptly revoked.
And Biden did just give Newsom the official green light to ban all gas cars in California. Of course, all this does is prove how irrelevant the governor has become. We will promptly reverse Newsom’s insane mandate in the new year.
Merry Christmas and a wonderful holiday season to you and your family.
Kevin Kiley is a California Congressman
Prop 36 does have some good points such as putting the laws back that actually punish people for crime. However, there is a downside to it as it brings back the original Prop 36 that used the guise of treatment for addicts instead of punishment. Unfortunately, the treatment for addicts instead of punishment was (in typical California fashion) not as successful as hoped. It was also expensive and some have wondered where the states grant money went (a bit like California losing $24 Billion with its homeless program).
How long will it take before the money for this Prop starts to disappear?
How long will it take before the addiction recovery programs are shown to be ineffective?
California’s should have serious doubts about this Prop. California will make a mess of it. It will be interesting to see just how they screw it up.