SACRAMENTO, CA (BCN) - State Assemblymen Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, and Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, introduced legislation today that would require gun owners to purchase liability insurance.
Assembly Bill 231 would require the owners to cover damages incurred from incidents stemming from their firearms.
Second measure will provide tax credit for guns turned in to buyback programs
Sacramento, CA – Assemblymember Philip Y. Ting (D – San Francisco) and Assemblymember Jimmy Gomez (D – Los Angeles) introduced legislation, AB 231,* today that will require gun owners to purchase liability insurance to cover the cost of damage that may be caused by the weapon.
“The government requires insurance as a condition of operating a car – at the very least we should impose a similar requirement for owning a firearm,” Ting said. “The cost to society of destruction by guns is currently being born collectively by all of us, and not by those who, either through carelessness or malice, cause the destruction. It is time to change that equation so that those who cause the harm pay the costs.”
State Assemblymen Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, and Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, introduced legislation today that would require gun owners to purchase liability insurance.
Assembly Bill 231 would require the owners to cover damages incurred from incidents stemming from their firearms.
Exemption from sales tax and vehicle license fee, free parking at State lots sought
Sacramento, CA – Assemblymember Philip Y. Ting (D – San Francisco) introduced legislation today,
AB 220,* intended to provide an exemption from the state sales tax and vehicle license fee for the purchase of Electric Vehicles (EVs) and plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs).
“Widespread use of clean vehicles is absolutely key to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but we need to do more to motivate the public to purchase them,” Ting said. “Financial incentives are the proven best way to steer consumers to choose clean cars,” he added.
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – City College of San Francisco stakeholders joined in solidarity Thursday to call on students to continue enrolling at the school despite accreditation concerns that could lead to its closure.
State Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, convened the meeting with representatives from the school’s administration, faculty, students and other groups associated with City College, which is facing a looming deadline set by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges.
Assemblymember Says CCSF is Too Important to Fail; Vows to Do What it Takes to Keep it Open
Sacramento, CA – As the deadline to register for Spring Semester classes looms, Assemblymember Phil Ting (D – San Francisco) called on students of City College of San Francisco (CCSF) to register by the February 1 cutoff, and not be deterred by the controversy surrounding the potential loss of accreditation by the college.
February 1st is the last day to register for full-term credit classes.
Assemblyman Phil Ting is part of the largest field of new state lawmakers since 1966. But when he was named to one of the Assembly’s top leadership posts on the first day of his term, it was a sign that San Francisco’s outgoing assessor-recorder is determined to stand out in Sacramento.
Sacramento, CA – On his first day in office representing the 19th Assembly District, Assemblymember Phil Ting (D – San Francisco) was chosen as Democratic Caucus Chair, one of the top leadership positions in the state Assembly.
The Caucus Chair is part of the Speaker of the Assembly's leadership team. The Caucus Chair works as part of leadership to help pass legislation and to assist other members in their duties.
Ting said he was honored that Speaker of the Assembly John Pérez asked him to join leadership as Caucus Chair.