In fact there has been over 1,777 Assembly bills introduced this first year of the 1999-2000 legislative session. This may sound like a lot of bills to review but there has actually been movement toward less legislation in the past few years. This is a step in the right direction. Below is a table highlighting the number of bills introduced in the first year of past sessions. Lawmakers can represent their constituents better, communicate with them more easily, and be better lawmakers if there are fewer bills.
Fewer bills mean less government regulation and restriction.
Republicans believe that government already intrudes into our lives too much, and we believe that over-regulation actually limits our personal freedom. Fewer bills permit legislators to spend more time their districts and less time in Sacramento. Therefore, since I am asked to cast over 3,000 votes in committee and on the Assembly floor, your input is important. Please feel free to contact me on any issues and bills that may interest you or come before the legislature. In one of the most highly anticipated decisions of his young administration, Gov. Gray Davis declared the gasoline additive MTBE a threat to the environment and ordered that it be phased out in California.