State assembly member David Tangipa shares why he believes the council is going silent. “And now it’s almost like they’re just being conflict-avoidant. We have to have the hard conversations right now. Ab 1228 did not work. The good intentions don’t negate the negative consequences when it comes to bad…

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is under investigation by the Fair Political Practices Commission. The commission has been looking into allegations that Lara used taxpayer dollars to take trips to exotic locales. A report by ABC7 in Los Angeles says Lara’s travel receipts show “tens of thousands of department funds”…

“We are bringing in all those additional federal dollars and then reallocating other money away so that we can provide about $9.6 billion for Medi-Cal for undocumented and illegal immigrants,” said Assemblymember David J. Tangipa (R-Fresno). “The MCO tax was never supposed to be weaponized in that process.” Read More

Tangipa revealed shocking details about Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, accusing him of billing taxpayers for luxury travel, safaris, five-star hotels, and even VIP trips to follow a European DJ tour. “This isn’t just an insurance crisis, it’s an insurance catastrophe,” Tangipa said. “While wildfire victims and farmers can’t get affordable…

Tangipa says these actions are not sitting right with him, after the area he serves, Fresno, Calaveras, and Inyo counties, have been impacted by high insurance rates. “These are also in some of the highest high-risk, high-fire areas. They are pricing them out of the market so that they can’t…