Mike Thompson: “Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it nothing can succeed.”

Californians are all too familiar with the devastation caused by wildfires. In the wake of losing their homes and livelihoods, it is wrong to tax survivors on settlement money that is meant to help them rebuild their lives.

I think the short answer is, I’m not doing a bad job.

The supremacy clause always prevails. And I will redraft SB 254 and introduce it again next session.

Californians are all too familiar with the devastation caused by wildfires. In the wake of losing their homes and livelihoods, it is wrong to tax survivors on settlement money that is meant to help them rebuild their lives.