As the Legislature reconvened this week, Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia quickly introduced a bill to exempt female hygiene products from sales taxes.
“Here we are underpaid, every penny really matters, and every month we have a necessity we can’t control,” Garcia, a Bell Gardens Democrat, told The Sacramento Bee. “We’re being taxed for being women.”
Her colleague from San Diego, Democrat Lorena Gonzalez, quickly tweeted support: “Love it! My diaper tax exemption is still stuck in Assembly Appropriations, TP next. No tax on necessities!”
Assemblywoman Young Kim, R-Fullerton, also advocates exempting “necessities” from sales taxes. Her bill, introduced this week but awaiting a hearing, would exempt, for two days only, “qualified disaster preparedness products,” to encourage Californians to stock up on what they’d need in event of a major storm, fire or earthquake.
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