Three Inland Empire state legislators have ranked highly in a newly released report card on the California Legislature’s 2023-24 session.

State Sen. Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh, R-Redlands, Assemblymember Phillip Chen, R-Brea, and former state Sen. Josh Newman, D-Fullerton, have all done well in the Center for Effective Lawmaking’s first-ever State Legislative Score for California.

The center, a joint project of the University of Virginia and Vanderbilt University, awards lawmakers a state legislative effectiveness score (SLES). Lawmakers accumulate points for the quality and quantity of bills introduced, along with how far those bills get in the legislative process. There are 15 ways to earn points, including the significance of policy proposals. In contrast, the Southern California New

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