Sen. Hueso’s Arrest Shakes California Democratic Party

◼ Jon Coupal speaks out on recent arrests of Democratic legislators and urges suspended representatives not continue to be paid. - FOX Sacramento via Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association

SACRAMENTO- With his Friday morning arrest, State Senator Ben Hueso, D-San Diego, became the fourth state lawmaker and the fourth state democrat to be arrested in less than a year....

Senator Hueso was arrested after partying with the Latino Caucus at Il Fornaio and then continuing to drink with other lawmakers on the balcony that overlooks the assembly floor.

That behavior has been banned in the senate as Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg has stressed ethics in the wake of an election fraud conviction for Senator Rod Wright, corruption indictments for Senator Ron Calderon and gun trafficking charges against Senator Leland Yee.

Those accused are on suspension, but still getting paid – something the legislature tried to fix constitutionally this year but didn’t act fast enough to get the amendment on the fall ballot.

“Yes, they’re saying it’s going to be on the ballot in two years but my guess is they’ll take it off. They want to be able to posture to the public that they’re doing something about it,” Jon Coupal with the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association told FOX40.