PRESS RELEASE SACRAMENTO, CA – State Senator Tony Strickland (R-Moorpark) said Thursday now that there’s a documented case where a contaminated reusable bag has made people sick, it’s time to start raising public awareness about the potential health hazards. Strickland is the author of SB 1106, a measure that would have required the State of California to conduct a public awareness campaign and further tests of reusable bags.  The measure was defeated two weeks ago by the Senate Environmental Q...

PRESS RELEASE (Sacramento, CA) – Senate Bill 953, authored by Sen. Tony Strickland (R-Moorpark) was passed by a bipartisan vote of 8-4 in the Senate Governmental Organization Committee today. By creating the Bureaucracy Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC), SB 953 would save California money by streamlining state agencies. The Commission would be made up of a non-partisan, volunteer panel of analysts who would be charged with identifying, downsizing, or eliminating obsolete or duplicate s...