Darrell Steinberg

State Senate leader Darrell Steinberg While the rest of California waits on a water deal in the Legislature, it appears Sacramento sewer district officials got what they wanted Friday. In negotiations with Senate leader Darrell Steinberg, the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District secured language in the water bill protecting it from having to buy expensive new treatment technology if a controversial Delta water canal disrupts its ability to discharge wastewater Read Full Story

The California State Assembly and Senate are poised to vote on what appears to be a doomed-to-fail budget stemming from Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, a Democrat from Los Angeles and Speaker of the California State Assembly. The Governor has announced he will veto the budget because of the tax increases imposed in the plan and the Assembly Republicans wont vote for it either — the few who did back in February now face recall challenges. The Democrat proposal seeks to avoid making cuts to some state programs by creating an oil extraction tax, increasing the vehicle license fee and increasing the tax on cigarettes. ... Read Full Story

Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) has announced that the State Senate will be in lockdown today. That means from 10am until whatever time he decides to adjourn no Senator may leave the capitol. His intention might be to wear down the Republicans and use fatigue to convince Republicans to vote in favor of the tax increases proposed. What Senator Steinberg has failed to realize is that the consequences of such an action, especially when displayed in the media will probably be the opposite of the desired effect. The Democrats are the majority party in Sacramento. They are calling all of the shots. ... Read Full Story

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CA State Legislature Senate leader, Darrell Steinberg, threw a gauntlet down on the floor to the Republicans. A challenge that he wants them to take up. Steingberg says he believes in bi-partisanship (which means working with the other party, not just trampling on them). However, he was in full support of the Democratic plan to fix some of the holes in the budget that made an end-run around having to get Republican support. They call it "the majority vote plan." Steinberg says that "there is a greater responsibility than to practice bi-partisanship and that is to govern." He says that is what the specially ... Read Full Story