Rivas recently removed Tangipa and Macedo from certain committees, without warning or explanation. Similarly removed from committee assignments were Republicans Joe Patterson of Rocklin, Bill Essayli of Riverside and Carl DeMaio of San Diego. In seeking an explanation from Rivas, his spokesman Nick Miller gave this statement:

A California Republican lawmaker believes he was removed from the state’s budget committee because of California's controversial spending practices

California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, D-Salinas, removed key GOP lawmakers from committees, using a 2020 resolution. This move is a departure from precedent, under which minority party leaders customarily but informally have say over their members’ committee assignments.

Rocklin Republican Joe Patterson was at the gym Friday when he learned about his removal from the Assembly’s Health Committee, where he served as vice chair.

A Republican congressman was shouted down as a 'Nazi' and 'fascist' by his constituents at a town hall in southern California. Rep. Jay Obernolte, who represents the Big Bear Lake area in DC ...

The GOP-written budget resolution could lead to a $16 billion annual loss in federal funding for health care in the Central Valley.

President Trump's administration, with help from the Republican-led Congress, may pull the state's ability to set its own fuel-efficiency rules.

A social media clip of angry town hall-goers shouting down and booing the Southern California congressmember aired on the liberal TV commentator’s cable news show after the Saturday, Feb. 22, forum in which Obernolte, R-Hesperia, defended mega-billionaire and Donald Trump adviser Elon Musk.

Donald Trump vowed to be a peacemaker as president. The Nobel committee should honor him as one, a Southern California lawmaker argues. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Bonsall, whose district includes southwest Riverside County, is nominating Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is seeking funding to help Los Angeles recover from the wind-driven fires that swept across the Pacific Palisades and Altadena last month.