Violent Attacks at Two Los Angeles Area Hospitals Highlight Need for More Healthcare Worker Protections, says Padilla – SB 1299
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ – The stabbing of two nurses in two Los Angeles area hospitals within hours Monday morning is a shocking...
Calif. Governor Brown Grants 63 Pardons on Good Friday
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced that, on Good Friday, he has granted 63 pardons. The individuals...
Calif. School Districts and Thousands of Californians Join in Urging the Governor to Save SoCal ROC
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- A letter and a petition signed by thousands of Californians urging the Governor to save the Southern California Regional...
Calif. Assemblyman Cooley Awarded Legislator of the Year 2014 by Crime Victims United
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Tuesday, April 8, Crime Victims United of California presented Calif. Assemblyman Ken Cooley (D-Rancho Cordova) with its 2014...
Calif. Animal Protection Bill Would Increase Funding for Shelters, Save Lives – AB 2343
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Burbank) introduced new legislation to provide funds to local animal agencies that comply with...
California Bill Stimulating Aerospace Industry Approved by State Senate – AB 777
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- In order to foster a more stable business climate for California’s aerospace sector, the California State Senate today passed...
Calif. Bill Targeting Mislabeled Seafood Approved by Senate Health Committee – SB 1138
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- The Senate Health Committee today approved Senate Bill 1138 by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima), which addresses the growing problem...
Legislation Seeks UC and CSU Guidelines Allowing Computer Science Courses to Meet Admissions Requirements – SB 1200
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- A bill to allow high school advanced computer science courses to be counted towards core college admissions requirements was...
Landmark California Recycled-Water Bill Clears First Legislative Hurdle – AB 2282
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- According to Assemblyman Mike Gatto, most homeowners want cheaper water bills. If provided the infrastructure, they'd gladly use recycled...
Action to Protect Career Technical Education in California taken by Assemblymember Muratsuchi
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assemblymember Muratsuchi (D – Torrance) led an effort to protect career technical education (CTE) in the Assembly Budget...
Calif. Child Protective Services Audit Uncovers Disturbing Flaws in Agency Performance
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- State officials released results today of an audit of child-welfare-services agencies initiated by Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) in...
Calif. Congressman Tony Cárdenas Applauds Single Republican Vote for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
WASHINGTON, D.C. /California Newswire/ -- U.S. Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-San Fernando Valley) today applauded Florida Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen for her courageous vote last night...
Calif. Senator Padilla's Legislation Targets Mislabeled Seafood with Senate Bill 1138
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Senator Alex Padilla held a press conference at Taylor’s Market in Sacramento to announce Senate Bill 1138...
Calif. Congressman Cardenas, Two Senators Introduce At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act Of 2014
SAN FERNANDO, Calif. and WASHINGTON, D.C. /California Newswire/ -- U.S. Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-San Fernando Valley) joined U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Cory...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for April 2, 2014 including to Porterville Developmental Center Advisory Board
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: First, Joan Grant, 79, of Anaheim, has been...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for April 1, 2014 including to California Advisory Commission on Special Education
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Tuesday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Matt Navo, 43, of Sanger, has...
Calif. Senator Alex Padilla Issues Statement Regarding U.S. Supreme Court Decision in McCutcheon v. FEC
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) released the following statement today regarding the Supreme Court decision in the case, McCutcheon...
House Budget Republicans Unanimously Vote Against Cárdenas Legislation to Create Comprehensive Immigration Reform
WASHINGTON, D.C. /California Newswire/ -- Today, every Republican on the House Budget Committee placed themselves on record as being against Comprehensive Immigration Reform. U.S....
Calif. Senator Alex Padilla’s Statement Regarding Senate’s Vote Today to Suspend Senators
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. State Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) issued the following statement regarding today’s Senate vote to suspend Senator Ron...
Calif. Bill to Mandate Child-Abuse Training for California Teachers Passes Education Committee
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s (D-Los Angeles) bill to strengthen training requirements and prevent child abuse in schools overcame its...
California 'X-Prize' Bill Clears Committee – Gatto's Legislation Would Offer Prize for Innovative Ideas to Streamline State Government
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- California took one small step today in what could be a giant leap for good-government advocates, passing Assemblyman Mike...
Calif. 2014 Water Conservation Bill Clears First Committee as Drought Looms
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- A key water-conservation bill introduced by Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) passed the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee...
Muratsuchi Bill Incentivizing Calif. Alternative Fuel Vehicle Sales Moves Forward
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assembly Bill (AB) 2013 by Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) was approved by the Assembly Transportation Committee yesterday, a...
Calif. State Assembly Arts and Entertainment Committee Green Lights the Film and Television Job Creation Act by Bocanegra and Gatto
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- AB 1839, the California Film and Television Job Retention and Promotion Act of 2014 passed the Assembly Arts, Entertainment,...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for March 21, 2014 including to California Labor and Workforce Development Agency
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Friday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, André Schoorl, 56, of Sacramento, has...
Calif. Assemblymember Muratsuchi Announces Bill to Support Career Technical Education and the SCROC – AB 2216
TORRANCE, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assemblymember Muratsuchi (D-Torrance), Chair of the Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance, has announced the introduction of his bill,...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for March 13, 2014 including to California Naturopathic Medicine Committee
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. on Thursday announced the following appointments: First, Daniel Arguello, 67, of Los...
Calif. Governor Brown Announces Appointments to CSU Board of Trustees
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Thursday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments to the California State University Board of...
Calif. Governor Brown, Treasurer Lockyer Kick-Start California PACE Program
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Tuesday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. and State Treasurer Bill Lockyer announced key actions approved late yesterday...
Calif. Assemblyman Ken Cooley Appointed as Chair of Select Committee on Foster Care
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Assemblyman Ken Cooley (D-Rancho Cordova) was appointed Chair of the Assembly Select Committee on Foster Care. In...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for March 7, 2014 including to California State Council on Developmental Disabilities
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Friday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Rebecca Stilling, 59, of Sacramento, has...
Calif. Assemblymember Muratsuchi Names South Bay Education Advocate as 2014 Woman of the Year
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) selected Leanne Huebner, an Executive Board Member for the Manhattan Beach Education Foundation, as...
Calif. Assemblymember Muratsuchi Introduces Legislation to Prevent Excessive School Administrator Compensation – AB 2710
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance), Chair of Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance, announced his introduction of Assembly...
Calif. Gov. Brown Signs Drought Legislation to assist drought-affected communities and provide funding to better use local water supplies
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Saturday, as California grapples with the driest period in its history, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed legislation...
Calif. Governor Brown Announces Appointments to the California Gambling Control Commission
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. has announced the following appointments. Tiffany Conklin, 34, of Sacramento, has been appointed...
Calif. Governor Brown Announces Appointments for Feb. 28, 2014 including to State Board of Food and Agriculture
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Friday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Donald Bransford, 66, of Colusa, has...
Calif. Congressman Cárdenas Legislation: Stop Putting Kids in Solitary or in Jail for Skipping School
WASHINGTON, D.C. /California Newswire/ -- U.S. Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-San Fernando Valley), co-author of the landmark Schiff-Cárdenas Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act of 2000...
New Water Source for Drought-Scarred California – Landmark Recycled-Water Bill as Water Crisis Looms – AB 2282
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Although the Legislature cannot make it rain, Calif. Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) is doing the next best thing:...
Deadline near for Calif. Assemblyman Gatto's 'Wiki Bill' – First-of-its-Kind Bill Prepares for Next Step in Legislative Process
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) announced that he is taking the next step in introducing the nation’s...
Legislation to Ban Sale of Confederate Flag on California State Property Introduced – AB 2444
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Assemblymember Isadore Hall, III (D- Los Angeles) introduced AB 2444, which would prohibit the sale of the...
Bill to Create California Government 'X-Prize' announced by Assemblyman Mike Gatto – AB 2138
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) today announced AB 2138, which would offer cash incentives for people with ideas...
Calif. Senator Padilla Seeks to Strengthen Political Reform Act including prohibition on running for more than one office at a time
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. State Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima), member of the Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee, announced the introduction...
Calif. Assemblymember Muratsuchi Enacts 'Day of Remembrance' in honor of Japanese Americans who were discriminatorily incarcerated during WWII
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Wednesday, Calif. Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) presented Assembly Concurrent Resolution (ACR) 85 on the Assembly Floor, calling on...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for Feb. 12, 2014 to Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Wednesday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Lai Lai Bui, 40, of Shingle...
Gatto and Torlakson Team Up to get Calif. School Employees training needed to stop Child Abuse – AB 1432
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, California Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) amended AB 1432 to strengthen training requirements and prevent child abuse in...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for Feb. 11, 2014 including to the 29th District Agricultural Association
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments for February 11: First, Nancy Ward, 58, of...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for Feb. 10, 2014 including to the California Board of Registered Nursing
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. on Monday announced the following appointments: First, Ted Benito, 48, of Los Angeles,...
Tea Party Republican joins with Los Angeles Democrat and Introduces Legislation to Assist Long-Term Unemployed Americans
SAN FERNANDO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Seeking to lower the number of long-term unemployed Americans, a Tea Party Republican joined with a Los Angeles...
L.A. Mayor Garcetti names Ken Ziffren to Manage Entertainment Industry Initiatives
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday appointed Ken Ziffren to be his chief advisor on motion picture and...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for Feb. 6, 2014 including to the California Architects Board
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Thursday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: Geoff Dean, 57, of Ventura, has been...
