3 Democrats May Block Ellis Act Reform
Brian Maienschein, Sharon Quirk-Silva, Jesse Gabriel
Will Legislators Help Solve CA’s Housing and Homelessness Crisis?
The security of millions of California tenants could be decided on Thursday, April 15 as the Assembly Housing Committee votes on AB 854. AB 854 prevents speculator evictions under the Ellis Act, and is the strongest tenant and rental housing protection bill in the legislature this session.
Unfortunately, three committee Democrats Jesse Gabriel (Los Angeles), Sharon Quirk-Silva (Orange County) and Brian Maienschein (San Diego) have yet to announce support. Two of their votes are needed.
Quirk-Silva helped kill a similar bill in 2014 (See “Assembly Democrats Put Ellis Reform on Life Support” June 19, 2014). But she has since demonstrated great concern about the housing crisis. Quirk-Silva was recently appointed Chair of the Assembly Select Committee on Orange County Homelessness and
Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, called out Republican members of Congress on Thursday for demanding a permanent repeal of the estate tax a move that would overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest Americans while simultaneously rejecting the new coronavirus relief package as partisan and wasteful. While Senate Republicans told us we cannot afford to provide $1,400 direct payments to the working class, the Vermont senator said, they had no problem introducing a bill this week to repeal the estate tax which would provide a $1.7 trillion tax break to the billionaire class. Total hypocrisy! Republicans are obsessive about delivering massive tax cuts to their super wealthy friends.
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âTotal hypocrisy!â Sanders rips GOP for pushing estate tax repeal while rejecting Covid relief as too costly
âWhile Senate Republicans told us we cannot afford to provide $1,400 direct payments to the working class, they had no problem introducing a bill this week to repeal the estate tax.â
Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, called out Republican members of Congress on Thursday for demanding a permanent repeal of the estate taxâa move that would overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest Americansâwhile simultaneously rejecting the new coronavirus relief package as “partisan and wasteful.”
“While Senate Republicans told us we cannot afford to provide $1,400 direct payments to the working class,” the Vermont senator said, “they had no problem introducing a bill this week to repeal the estate tax which would provide a $1.7 trillion tax break to the billionaire class. Total hypocrisy!”
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Senate Democrats are staring down a massive undertaking as they plan to push ahead with reconciliation, a process that will be an early test of party unity even if it allows them to pass a $1.9 trillion Covid relief proposal without any Republican votes.