Grove tax relief bill moves ahead
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SACRAMENTO – Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) announced that her bill providing financial relief to parents of K-12 students for expenses they paid while shifting to virtual learning, has passed the Senate Governance and Finance Committee.
Specifically, the bill would reimburse parents for 50% of qualified expenses related to virtual learning through a tax credit up to $2,250 per student. The qualified expenses include tutoring services, special needs services, books and supplies, computer equipment, including related software, internet services and other equipment.
“SB 610 will provide relief to families by reimbursing some of the costs parents have paid out of pocket,” said Senator Grove. “This is one thing the state can do to take some of the financial burden off of parents and ensure children have the tools they need to be successful.”
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th, the Assembly Appropriations Committee will hear Assembly Bills 1223, 1237, and 1509.
Please contact committee members and ask them to OPPOSE these anti-gun bills.
Assembly Bill 1223 places an excise tax of 10% on the sales price of a handgun, and places an 11% excise tax on the sales price on all long guns, rifles, firearm precursor parts and ammunition to fund grants awarded through the Cal VIP program. The taxes are to be collected from California retailers on new firearms sold, and on their retail sales of ammunition. It is unjust to saddle law-abiding gun owners with special taxes to fund social service programs. Such a measure makes it more expensive for law-abiding citizens to exercise a constitutional right, and discourages them from practicing to be safe and proficient with their firearms for purposes such as self-defense, competition, and hunting.
Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) announced his Senate Bill (SB) 408 advanced out of the Senate Governance and Finance Committee today with unanimous, bipartisan support.
As new reports indicate small businesses are at risk of being left behind in the economic recovery efforts, the bill establishes a tax credit available for restaurants and hospitality firms across the state.
“I’m grateful to my colleagues for passing my SB 408, advancing this critical measure to provide additional, targeted small business relief with unanimous, bipartisan support,” Min said. “My colleagues and I have worked hard to ensure there are lifelines available to struggling small businesses, but additional help is needed, particularly for family-owned restaurants and hospitality firms. This bill could potentially make the difference between a business that stays open and a business that has to shut their doors.”
The Senate Governance and Finance Committee rejected Senate Bill 706 by Senator Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) on a partisan vote that would have corrected an outdated interpretation of property “change of ownership” that has been part of the long running debate around commercial property and Proposition 13 (the 1978 initiative that limited property tax increases).
“Politics has once again prevailed over common sense,” said Senator Bates. “It is clear that tax-and-spend interests are not interested in fixing a problem with Prop. 13. They would rather use the problem as a pretext to gut Prop. 13 in a future election. This cynical political strategy has been going on since 2014 and has only hurt local governments who will continue to lose $348 million each year for essential services. Californians deserve better.”