Assemblyman
Bob Huff
Assemblyman Huff represents the 60th Assembly District, which includes portions of Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties and the cities of Chino Hills, Diamond Bar, La Habra Heights, La Mirada, Villa Park, and Walnut in their entirety. The 60th District also includes portions of Anaheim, Industry, La Habra, Orange, Rowland Heights, San Dimas, Whittier and Yorba Linda.
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Articles by Assemblyman
Bob Huff
April 30, 2008
co-authored by Assemblywoman Mimi Walters
This week, Californians will celebrate Tax Freedom Day on April 30, the day when you and your family stop working for the government and finally start taking home a paycheck for yourselves.
Tax Freedom Day is the day when you will have earned enough m...
April 19, 2008
California faces a $16 billion deficit this year and there is a lot of noise on how to fix it. Some have suggested eliminating the 2/3 threshold for passing taxes and eliminating Proposition 13. This is an unworkable, irresponsible solution to a problem of overspending in Sacramento. I believe a sig...
January 12, 2008
You may be surprised at the following information: to vote in Mexico, a citizen must provide not only photo identification, but a thumbprint. This system has been praised by many and was credited with producing the first President from the opposition party.
In contrast, when voters head to...
January 05, 2008
Up and down the state, California is home to some of the best roller coasters. There’s the Matterhorn at Disneyland, Colossus at Magic Mountain and GhostRider at Knott’s Berry Farm.
Here in Sacramento, we have some political roller coasters such as health care, water and prison overcrowding. Th...
January 05, 2008
Up and down the state, California is home to some of the best roller coasters. There’s the Matterhorn at Disneyland, Colossus at Magic Mountain and GhostRider at Knott’s Berry Farm.
Here in Sacramento, we have some political roller coasters such as health care, water and prison overcrowding. Then...
December 10, 2007
The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office recently projected a budget deficit next year of $10 billion: $1.9 billion for our current fiscal year and $8 billion for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008. While headlines blamed Republicans for the budget stalemate this last July, the lower revenue...
November 04, 2007
I remember the days when the debate about our children’s education seesawed between traditional basic skills and standards based reform. Struggles over curriculum were heated and passionate but at least the argument focused on competing philosophies about how best to educate our kids to compete in ...
September 20, 2007
What steps would you take to ensure California students are receiving the education they deserve?
This was the driving question which led to the state legislature creating a system of assessment and accountability. The lynchpin of accountability is the newly implemented State Exit Exam, whose p...
March 09, 2007
Thirteen years ago the Legislature and voters approved the Three Strikes and You’re Out Law to require longer prison sentences for certain repeat offenders. Since, violent crimes have continued to decline – because the criminals committing those crimes are in prison.
In fact, today there are a...
January 29, 2007
The Governor’s recent speeches have brought new attention to political maneuvering in the legislative process. All this talk about partisanship, bi-partisanship and post-partisanship begs a thoughtful discussion on what these terms really mean, and how each approach helps or hurts the political pro...
March 08, 2006
The Governor, the Senate, and the Assembly are all talking about fixing infrastructure. This is great news for our state, as California’s freeway construction was largely halted in 1975. Since then, we’ve added 15 million residents, and counting. Our levees were constructed many years ago without ad...
February 02, 2006
I have joined my State Assembly colleagues in voting for a year-long extension of the deadline for special education high school students to pass the California High School Exit Exam. After conducting an Education Advisory meeting in my district, I made it my first priority this year to begin worki...
November 21, 2005
As your representative in the state Legislature, I?d like to tell you about what we?re doing in the state Capitol to protect our children - the most vulnerable members of this community.
When the Legislature returns to Sacramento in January, we will be voting on the Sexual Predator Punishment and ...
September 10, 2005
Assemblyman Bob Huff’s alma mater, Westmont College will hold its reunion in September. Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1975, Assemblyman Huff will be reminiscing with fellow alumni at his “old stomping grounds” in Santa Barbara.
At the American Public Transportation Association (AP...