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Alexandra Macedo Heads New Assembly Leadership Team

by Roger Riffenburgh

After returning from to Sacramento on August 3 from their break, Assembly Republicans elected Tulare Assemblywoman Alexandra Macedo as their new caucus leader, replacing Heath Flora. Macedo appointed a new leadership team including Whip David Tangipa (Fresno), Floor Leader Josh Hoover (Folsom), Caucus Chair Natasha Johnson (Lake Elsinore), and Deputy Leader: Joe Patterson (Rocklin).

In her statement, Macedo said, “Our message is clear: California is becoming unaffordable for working families, and our caucus is united in the fight to bring down the cost of living, make our communities safer and hold state bureaucrats accountable.” California Republican Party Chair Corrin Rankin said that Macedo represents a “a new generation of Republican leadership in California.”

Alexandra Macedo’s win was particularly impressive in light of the fact that she is a 32-year-old freshman legislator. Macedo gained attention in two notable issues in recent times. As legislative Democrats prepared to put their gerrymandered congressional district map plan on the ballot in 2025, the Elections Committee held hearings to consider the legislation. Alexandra Macedo, then the vice-chair of the committee, first asked for additional time for proper review, as the Republicans had received the maps less than 24 hours before the meeting. She asked repeatedly who had drawn the maps, but was shut down on both issues by the committee chair, who had Macedo’s microphone turned off. However, it was a revealing moment of the Democrats’ deception and a viral moment for Ali Macedo. She described it later in this video.

The spotlight was on Alexandra Macedo again after accusations of fraudulent state payments to many hospices in the San Fernando Valley. Macedo showed up personally at the buildings where dozens of licensees were registered in small buildings. Her presence helped illuminate the fraudulent situation.

All five of the new Republican Assembly leaders are in either their first or second term in the state Assembly. Some have visited the Bay Area recently. Ali Macedo spoke at SPARC in October 2025. David Tangipa spoke to both to the Solano Republican Women Federated and also to SPARC in April 2026. Joe Patterson served as the Executive Director of the Lincoln Club of Northern California from 2011 to 2014.

Alexandra Macedo was born and raised in Tulare in the Central Valley. She was always interested in agriculture. She earned her BS in Business Law at Cal State University Northridge. She partnered with her mother Tina in Macedo Engineering & Consulting, Inc, to provide support for dairy and crop farmers. While working, she saw the need for agricultural lawyers and earned her law degree at San Joaquin College of Law in Clovis. Her work increasingly involved dealing with state resource and agricultural agencies. She also supported two long-time family businesses, almond farming and the Tulare Sales Yard livestock market. One can learn more about Ali Macedo on her campaign website.

Alexandra Macedo Heads New Assembly Leadership Team

by Roger Riffenburgh

After returning from to Sacramento on August 3 from their break, Assembly Republicans elected Tulare Assemblywoman Alexandra Macedo as their new caucus leader, replacing Heath Flora. Macedo appointed a new leadership team including Whip David Tangipa (Fresno), Floor Leader Josh Hoover (Folsom), Caucus Chair Natasha Johnson (Lake Elsinore), and Deputy Leader: Joe Patterson (Rocklin).

In her statement, Macedo said, “Our message is clear: California is becoming unaffordable for working families, and our caucus is united in the fight to bring down the cost of living, make our communities safer and hold state bureaucrats accountable.” California Republican Party Chair Corrin Rankin said that Macedo represents a “a new generation of Republican leadership in California.”

Alexandra Macedo’s win was particularly impressive in light of the fact that she is a 32-year-old freshman legislator. Macedo gained attention in two notable issues in recent times. As legislative Democrats prepared to put their gerrymandered congressional district map plan on the ballot in 2025, the Elections Committee held hearings to consider the legislation. Alexandra Macedo, then the vice-chair of the committee, first asked for additional time for proper review, as the Republicans had received the maps less than 24 hours before the meeting. She asked repeatedly who had drawn the maps, but was shut down on both issues by the committee chair, who had Macedo’s microphone turned off. However, it was a revealing moment of the Democrats’ deception and a viral moment for Ali Macedo. She described it later in this video.

The spotlight was on Alexandra Macedo again after accusations of fraudulent state payments to many hospices in the San Fernando Valley. Macedo showed up personally at the buildings where dozens of licensees were registered in small buildings. Her presence helped illuminate the fraudulent situation.

All five of the new Republican Assembly leaders are in either their first or second term in the state Assembly. Some have visited the Bay Area recently. Ali Macedo spoke at SPARC in October 2025. David Tangipa spoke to both to the Solano Republican Women Federated and also to SPARC in April 2026. Joe Patterson served as the Executive Director of the Lincoln Club of Northern California from 2011 to 2014.

Alexandra Macedo was born and raised in Tulare in the Central Valley. She was always interested in agriculture. She earned her BS in Business Law at Cal State University Northridge. She partnered with her mother Tina in Macedo Engineering & Consulting, Inc, to provide support for dairy and crop farmers. While working, she saw the need for agricultural lawyers and earned her law degree at San Joaquin College of Law in Clovis. Her work increasingly involved dealing with state resource and agricultural agencies. She also supported two long-time family businesses, almond farming and the Tulare Sales Yard livestock market. One can learn more about Ali Macedo on her campaign website.

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Stop Special Interest Tax Increases: Vote Yes on Proposition 43!

 

 

California Republicans are accustomed to voting No on ballot measures proposed by our Democratic state legislature.  But this November, there is a rare exception: Proposition 43.

Proposition 43 restores the two-thirds vote requirement to raise special taxes. The Orange County Register, in endorsing the measure, explains why Californians will have the chance to vote on it:

“Prop. 43 was placed on the ballot by a panicked California Legislature after a last-minute deal was struck with the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association to pull the association’s more sweeping Local Taxpayer Protection Act from the ballot…If voters approve it, Prop. 43 would close a court created loophole that allowed some local special taxes to evade the two-thirds vote requirement”

The Orange County Register editorial lays out the need for the change:

“a series of bone-headed court decisions determined that voters could approve citizen-driven special tax increases by a simple majority, while maintaining the two-thirds rule for special tax increases directly placed on the ballot by local governments. This loophole led to abuses, as unions served as the cat’s paw for local officials by gathering signatures to place tax increases on the ballot and pass them with less than a two-thirds vote.”

Jon Coupal, President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, argues that a two-thirds majority vote for special taxes is necessary and fair:

“higher voting thresholds protect minority interests by inhibiting the targeting of specific, smaller groups or industries with high taxes. By ensuring a broader consensus, it requires lawmakers (or voters) to build wide agreement across party lines before taking more private income for public use.”

Coupal points out how protecting Proposition 13 benefits local governments – contrary to what you may hear from some local elected officials.

“The secret about Prop. 13 hiding in plain sight is that it has been a boon to local governments. While providing security to homeowners, it simultaneously guarantees stable – and almost always increasing – revenue to local governments. Statewide, assessed value of property generally increases in the 4 to 5 percent range. And even in years when market values decrease, Proposition 13 acts as a shock absorber, stabilizing revenue because of the difference between taxable value and market value.”

You can thank the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association for this unique opportunity to restore the original intent of Proposition 13.  Vote Yes on Proposition 43!

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Stop Special Interest Tax Increases: Vote Yes on Proposition 43!

 

 

California Republicans are accustomed to voting No on ballot measures proposed by our Democratic state legislature.  But this November, there is a rare exception: Proposition 43.

Proposition 43 restores the two-thirds vote requirement to raise special taxes. The Orange County Register, in endorsing the measure, explains why Californians will have the chance to vote on it:

“Prop. 43 was placed on the ballot by a panicked California Legislature after a last-minute deal was struck with the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association to pull the association’s more sweeping Local Taxpayer Protection Act from the ballot…If voters approve it, Prop. 43 would close a court created loophole that allowed some local special taxes to evade the two-thirds vote requirement”

The Orange County Register editorial lays out the need for the change:

“a series of bone-headed court decisions determined that voters could approve citizen-driven special tax increases by a simple majority, while maintaining the two-thirds rule for special tax increases directly placed on the ballot by local governments. This loophole led to abuses, as unions served as the cat’s paw for local officials by gathering signatures to place tax increases on the ballot and pass them with less than a two-thirds vote.”

Jon Coupal, President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, argues that a two-thirds majority vote for special taxes is necessary and fair:

“higher voting thresholds protect minority interests by inhibiting the targeting of specific, smaller groups or industries with high taxes. By ensuring a broader consensus, it requires lawmakers (or voters) to build wide agreement across party lines before taking more private income for public use.”

Coupal points out how protecting Proposition 13 benefits local governments – contrary to what you may hear from some local elected officials.

“The secret about Prop. 13 hiding in plain sight is that it has been a boon to local governments. While providing security to homeowners, it simultaneously guarantees stable – and almost always increasing – revenue to local governments. Statewide, assessed value of property generally increases in the 4 to 5 percent range. And even in years when market values decrease, Proposition 13 acts as a shock absorber, stabilizing revenue because of the difference between taxable value and market value.”

You can thank the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association for this unique opportunity to restore the original intent of Proposition 13.  Vote Yes on Proposition 43!

LIST OF UPCOMING GOP EVENTS

View more details for events on the Calendar of Upcoming Events or view the Monthly Calendar of Events.

California Congressional Redistricting Maps: Current and Proposed Districts

Source: Statewide Database

View Interactive Map

California Citizens Redistricting Commission – District Viewer

The Commission has developed a district viewer that allows you to more easily navigate visualizations and zoom in and out of geographic areas while layering congressional, State Senate and Assembly boundaries.

District Viewer Tool
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