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Bill Requires California Tax Agency Response to Advice Requests
                    Current California law contains no deadlines or required written responses from the tax agencies that taxpayers can rely on for compliance and certainty, according to state Assembly lawmakers. Above: California State Capitol building in Sacramento, Calif. on March 30, 2017. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg                Current California law contains no deadlines or required written responses from the tax agencies that taxpayers can rely on for compliance and certainty, according to state Assembly lawmakers. June 8, 2020, 3:15 PM California’…
Bill Would Increase Criminal Penalties for Auto Burglaries
California Lawmakers came together to introduce a bipartisan bill at that would increase the penalty for auto burglaries. Assembly Bill 1921 was introduced by Assemblyman Tyler Diep (R-Westminster) and Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan with principal co-author Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco). The bill was introduced on January 13, 2020. Diep explained in a video he posted on Twitter that under current law you have to prove to a prosecutor you locked your door. “That has caused a lot of stress and burden to victims, that is why I introduced AB 1921 to allow a prosecutor to prosecute…