Republican members of the California State Assembly on Monday afternoon urged their Democratic counterparts to consider costs to Californians when passing bills this week, the last week of the legislative session.

The urgent request, which followed the release of an Aug. 24 letter signed by 12 Assembly Republicans to the Legislative Analyst’s Office, asked the nonpartisan agency to compile a “Citizen Cost Impact Report” to analyze several bills that passed the Legislature this year. The report would assess the rising cost of living for California residents, the letter said.

“We are focused on what people are thinking about,” Assembly Minority Whip David Tangipa, R-Fresno, said a press conference Monday afternoon at the Capitol. “When they scan their card at the gas station, they’re thinking about their pocketbook.

"When they pay their insurance they’re thinking about their pocketbook, and we are focused on solving those issues for them," Tangipa said in Sacramento.

In the letter sent to the Legislative Analyst’s Office, Assembly Republicans said more than 800 bills are awaiting votes before the 2026 legislative session concludes at the end of this week. Many of those bills have cost-of-living implications for Californians, making the price of living and running a business in the Golden State increasingly higher.

“In my district, affordability isn’t a talking point. It’s a daily reality,” Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez, R-Indio, said at the press conference. “Families are already struggling to find well-paying jobs and affordable housing, buy groceries and put gas in their cars.”

Five bills in particular - Assembly Bill 1448, Assembly Bill 1776, Assembly Bill 2646, Senate Bill 295 and Senate Bill 1259 - were named as legislation that Assembly Republicans wanted the Legislative Analyst's Office to assess in its report.

AB 1448 would prohibit oil and gas-drilling leases off the coast of California on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf. AB 1776 would restrict large corporations from engaging in monopolistic conduct, and AB 2646 would establish a $19.75 per hour minimum wage for agricultural workers. SB 295 would prohibit the use of pricing algorithms that rely on confidential competitor data to set prices, and SB 1295 requires oil refineries to submit plans to the state detailing plans to retire sites throughout the state. That is according to the bill analysis for each bill.

All those bills have yet to be voted on this week.

Among the many measures Republican Assembly members criticized was a 23-year-old dormant law recently backed by the California Energy Commission. The panel, consisting of five members appointed by the governor, recently voted to require tire manufacturers to only sell tires in the state that meet certain requirements. That mandate was approved by the commission early last week and is in an effort to make cars with replacement tires more fuel-efficient, according to previous reporting by The Center Square.

That bill was Assembly Bill 844 and was passed into law in 2003.

“There was a bipartisan letter sent in June warning about these possible regulations costing Californians,” Assembly Minority Floor Leader Josh Hoover, R-Folsom, said, answering a question Monday from The Center Square. “We would love to work with the supermajority next year on scaling back some of that before it gets implemented in 2029.”

Democratic lawmakers, who were in an Assembly floor session on Monday afternoon with their Republican counterparts following the press conference, were not immediately available to answer questions late Monday.