CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS WANT TO PUNISH CONTRACTORS AND COMPANIES HELPING TO BUILD TRUMP’S WALL

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5/5/2017

California Officials Want To Punish Contractors And Companies Helping to Build Trump’s Wall

Filed under: General — Dana @ 3:04 pm

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With the introduction of the amended SB 30, a California senator, with political aspirations, and representing a predominantly Hispanic community, came out swinging against any companies or contractors who work on building President Trump’s “big beautiful wall”. In lockstep, Democratic state legislators gave a thumbs up this week to meting out punishment:

California legislators took the first step Tuesday to ban state government contracts for any company that helps build President Trump’s promised wall along the Mexico border, with the author of the plan urging colleagues “to be on the right side of history.”

The bill by state Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) would prohibit any company from receiving a new or extended contract with the state of California if it participates in a future effort to build a new wall along the 2,000-mile international border.

Senate Bill 30 won committee passage on a party-line vote, with Republicans expressing concern about the need for additional border security. Representatives of the construction industry also voiced opposition, arguing Lara’s bill forces contractors into the middle of a divisive political fight.    

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Wait... California is suing the Fed's for using coercion in denying fed funds to sanctuary cities... but now wants to use coercion against private companies?