California is quickly becoming a place where only the wealthy can afford to live. And in Southern California, we feel it every single day. Between sky-high housing costs, rising gas prices, and grocery bills that keep climbing, families are getting squeezed from every direction.

As your state senator, I’ve had a front-row seat to the legislative process for the past six months — and I can tell you this: despite the endless talk about affordability, Sacramento’s ruling class continues to act like they’ve got all the time in the world while working families are running out of it.

Friday marked the deadline for Senate bills to move to the Assembly—and with it, another wasted opportunity. The majority party rolled out what they’re calling an “affordability package,” but it’s little more than a PR stunt: just three bills, none of which actually lower the cost of housing, groceries, gas, or electricity. That’s not a package. That’s a press release.

Meanwhile, more than a dozen Republican bills that offered real relief—bills to cut gas taxes, ease housing costs, and provide tax relief for working families and small businesses—were quietly rejected. Not because they wouldn’t........

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