{"id":8950,"date":"2025-10-17T02:19:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T02:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/8950\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T02:19:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T02:19:06","slug":"state-sen-tony-strickland-demands-accountability-from-state-boards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/8950\/","title":{"rendered":"State Sen. Tony Strickland demands accountability from state boards"},"content":{"rendered":"

FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 California\u2019s Fast Food Council has not met since February, missing its legally mandated biannual schedule, and some lawmakers say the delay highlights a broader problem with unaccountable state boards.<\/p>\n

By law, the council is required to meet every six months under AB 1228, legislation intended to give fast food workers and franchise owners a voice in wage and working conditions.<\/p>\n

However after a recent report revealed the missed meetings, State Sen. Tony Strickland (R-Huntington Beach) voiced concerns about leadership and accountability at the highest levels of state government.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe legislature is giving more and more authority to these unaccountable boards and agencies, and I think it goes against our representative government.,” Sen. Strickland says.<\/p>\n

He says many Californians\u2019 complaints about regulations come from agencies that don\u2019t fully consider the economic impact on everyday people. <\/p>\n

\u201cEvery bill that comes before the legislature, I think about how it affects my neighborhood, my district and the state of California, and we need more representative government,” Sen. Strickland says.<\/p>\n

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When asked about enforcement, he pointed to Governor Gavin Newsom, who appoints members of most state boards. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s the CEO of California, and we have agencies that are appointed by him that are not meeting,\u201d Sen. Strickland says. \u201cHe needs to make sure he injects himself and make sure that they do and follow the law.”<\/p>\n

Looking forward, Sen. Strickland says he\u2019s exploring ways to rein in what he calls \u201cunaccountable boards,\u201d including streamlining overlapping agencies and creating a \u201cbureaucracy realignment and closure commission\u201d modeled on federal efforts.<\/p>\n

The senator also highlighted California\u2019s economic challenges, linking them to state policy decisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cCalifornia did supersize the minimum wage dramatically, and what ended up happening is what I said was going to happen,” Sen. Strickland says. “We lost thousands of jobs for young people just trying to get in the workforce and now the food prices have, and fast food prices have now more than doubled.”<\/p>\n

He says California is now at a crossroads. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the first time in California history since the Gold Rush that more people are leaving this oasis of California and going to the middle of the desert of Arizona or the humidity of Florida or the cold weather up in Montana,” he says. “We have so much going for us in California, but we need that leader to shup up.”<\/p>\n

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