APPLE VALLEY, CA – Today, Assemblyman Thurston “Smitty” Smith introduced legislation to help reduce the financial burden for veterans trying to enter the workforce. AB 2105 would reduce Contractor State License Board (CSLB) fees by 50 percent for honorably discharged…

APPLE VALLEY, CA – Today, Assemblyman Thurston “Smitty” Smith introduced legislation to assist handymen and small contractors doing minor work. AB 1874 would change the $500 cap for unlicensed contract work, to only apply to the labor cost, rather than…

APPLE VALLEY, CA – Assemblyman Thurston “Smitty” Smith issued the following statement on the failure of AB 1400, which would have created a government-run healthcare system.   “I am encouraged that AB 1400 was killed in the Assembly earlier today.…

APPLE VALLEY, CA – Today, Assemblyman Thurston “Smitty” Smith introduced legislation that seeks to combat illegal marijuana grows that have been proliferating throughout the rural High Desert communities. AB 1725 would make changes to Proposition 64 to increase penalties from…

APPLE VALLEY, CA – Assemblyman Thurston “Smitty” Smith responded Thursday to recent legislative activity on AB 1400 and ACA 11. “It is outrageous that this Legislature would move forward with a reckless and untested takeover of California’s healthcare system. California…