“Government contracts certainly should be awarded with care, which is why they are subject to transparency, bidding and other standards. But handcuffing local officials and micromanaging government operations won’t serve the public interest so much as the special interests behind this bill.” San Francisco Chronicle

• San Jose Mercury News, Here’s Who Gets Hurt by Costly Union Bill September 8, 2017
• Los Angeles Times, “Union-Backed Bill Would Tie Counties’ Hands on Contract Workers,” August 5, 2017.
• Fresno Bee, ”California Democrats Cook Up One of Their Worst Legislative Turkeys Ever,” July 25, 2017
• Sacramento Bee, ”Why Tying Counties’ Hands on Contracts will Cost Taxpayers,” July 11, 2017
• Los Angeles Daily News, “AB 1250 Threatens Ability to Protect At-Risk Youth, Families in Crisis,” July 1, 2017
• San Jose Mercury News, “Union-Backed Bill is Bad News for Patients Needing County Mental Health, Other Services,” July 1, 2017
• San Francisco Chronicle, “Senate Should Kill Effort to Pad Government Payrolls,”  June 29, 2017
• The Bakersfield Californian, “AB 1250 Attacks County Services for the Most Vulnerable,” June 28, 2017
• Woodland Daily Democrat, “County Takes Stand Against Legislature Over Contracts,” June 27, 2017
• Orange County Register, “Unions Try to Make it Harder for Local Governments to Make Pension Payments,” June 16, 2017
• Riverside Press Enterprise, “Legislation Touted as Pro-Transparency Will Eliminate Basic Services,” May 27, 2017
• Ventura County Star, “An Audacious, Self-Serving Bill from Unions,” May 17, 2017
• Santa Cruz Sentinel, “Heavy Bill Would Fiscally Drown Cities and Counties,” April 20, 2017