SACRAMENTO – As Americans celebrate our nation’s independence, Sen. Bob Dutton (R-Rancho Cucamonga) is calling on the Senate and Assembly to pass four simple reforms that will liberate California’s job creators from needless and oppressive government regulations stifling California’s economy.

“President Reagan said it perfectly during his inauguration speech in 1981: ‘Government is not the solution to our problems, it is the problem,’” Senator Dutton said. “For far too long this state has imposed unneeded and unnecessary regulations that have made California the most expensive place to do business and resulted in historic levels of job losses.”

“As we celebrate our nation’s independence, I’m calling on my colleagues to pass four simple reforms in July that will help businesses in this state not only retain jobs but also have a fighting chance at being able to create new ones.  California’s lawmakers would understand the urgent need for these reforms if they were currently unemployed, like 13% of the folks in my district.”

“Current California law requires employees to take a lunch or a break while they might be in the middle of a task,” said Senator Dutton. “People told me about intensive care unit nurses being forced to stop treating patients.”  

Current California law also makes it overly burdensome for employers and employees to establish flexible workweek schedules, decreasing people’s ability to care for children, elderly parents, or otherwise improve their productivity. 

These restrictions limit the ability of employees and employers to manage their own schedules and drives up costs for businesses so that they are unable to increase salaries, hire new workers, and expand into new services.”

 

“Lawsuit abuse continues to have a negative impact on California’s economy and drives jobs out of this state,” Senator Dutton said. “Unnecessary and expensive litigation not only punishes employers, but it also reduces employee salaries and drives up the cost of goods and services.” 

Numerous studies show that California’s is one of the worst states in terms of business climate and regulatory environment.  As if these rankings weren’t bad enough, California is in the process of adding even more burdensome regulations! 

“California is already an expensive place to live and do business,” Senator Dutton said. Making it even more expensive will only make matters worse, driving more jobs out of California and making it that much harder for families to make ends meet.”

 

“California is a major economic power, but we are losing our standing in the nation and world because of needless and pointless California-only regulations that are putting our job creators out of business or forcing them to flee the state,” Senator Dutton said.

 “We need to do a top to bottom review of California’s existing regulations to identify and eliminate duplicative, ineffective and otherwise unnecessary regulations that have been on the books for decades,” Senator Dutton said. “Reducing unnecessary bureaucracy will make it easier for businesses to succeed.”

Senator Dutton said that these four simple measures could easily be passed by the end of July.  These measures would have no immediate impact on the state’s deficit, but would help solve the state’s long-term budget woes by increasing the number of thriving businesses in California and reducing people’s dependence on state programs. 

“The state is struggling with finding solutions to closing what is now a $26 billion deficit,” Senator Dutton continued. “Passing these four simple reforms this July will be an important first step in liberating California’s job creators and turning our economy around. Without a healthy and vibrant private sector, our state’s budget will forever be in crisis.”

Those desiring more information about these reforms may call (916) 651-4031.