Assemblymembers Josh Hoover and James Gallagher discuss a number of topics including a junk fee exemption for restaurants, In-N-Out’s price hike, the recently passed state budget, a new analysis on groups that fair best at the State Capitol, the PPIC’s latest survey of Californians, and the bipartisan backlash growing over the Supermajority’s efforts to undermine retail theft reforms.
Assemblymembers Josh Hoover and James Gallagher discuss a number of topics including a junk fee exemption for restaurants, In-N-Out’s price hike, the recently passed state budget, a new analysis on groups that fair best at the State Capitol, the PPIC’s latest survey of Californians, and the bipartisan backlash growing over the Supermajority’s efforts to undermine retail theft reforms.
Host: Assemblyman Josh Hoover
Cohost: Assembly Minority Leader James Gallagher
Question of the Week: Should restaurants be exempted from a new law restricting “junk fees”?
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Background: https://calmatters.org/commentary/2024/06/california-restaurant-extra-pricing-fees/
In-N-Out raises prices in response to minimum wage increase
Budget update
https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2024/06/california-budget-deficit-legislature-newsom/
Digital Democracy study on which groups fair best at the State Capitol
https://calmatters.org/politics/2024/06/california-lobbying-rankings/
June 2024 statewide PPIC survey
Clips of the Week: Bipartisan backlash builds over the Supermajority’s attempt to undermine retail theft reform initiative
Clip: https://x.com/zavalaa/status/1800390878818934821?s=61
WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-voter-revolt-grows-in-california-arrest-felony-ea392d13
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