Request for $400 Million for Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
RE: Request for $400 Million for Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
Dear Speaker Rendon, Pro Tem Atkins, Assemblymember Ting, Assemblymember Bloom, Senator Skinner, and Senator Wieckowski,
Thanksgiving Turkey and Essential Food Giveaway
I cordially invite you to attend our Thanksgiving Turkey and Essential Food Drive-Thru Giveaway on November 20 in Bell Gardens Ford Park. The first 1,000 families that register for a time slot will receive a turkey.
Southeast Los Angeles Assemblymembers Respond to Proposed Exide Cleanup Funds in Budget Revision
SACRAMENTO— Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood), Assemblymember Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens), Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo (D-Los Angeles), and Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles) released the following statements today regarding the proposed funding in Governor Newsom’s 2021-22 revised budget to clean the former Exide battery plant in Vernon.
Southeast Los Angeles - Universal Basic Income, Budget Request
Assemblymember Cristina Garcia requests $60 million for a UBI pilot program.
"On behalf of the communities I serve in Southeast Los Angeles County (SELA), I respectfully submit this request for $60 million over two years for a Southeast Los Angeles universal basic income pilot program to give direct financial relief to working people in one of the most underserved, underfunded, and impacted communities.
Support for South Coast Warehouse Indirect Source Rule
Read full letter from California Legislators to the Members of the South Coast AQMD Governing Board regarding support for South Coast Warehouse Indirect Source Rule.
Asm. Garcia, Asm. Low, Women’s Advocates, and Progressive Prosecutors Urge an Immediate Hearing for AB 812 to Modernize California’s Archaic “Spousal Rape” Designation
Coalition declares “Rape is Rape” regardless of marital status, demands AB 812 be immediately heard
(Sacramento) — Today, Assemblymembers Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) and Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley), Kolieka Seigle of California NOW and a coalition of reform-minded California prosecutors — District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar (San Joaquin County), DA George Gascón (Los Angeles County), DA Chesa Boudin (County and City of San Francisco), and DA Jeff Rosen (Santa Clara County) — are callin
Proposed law to prohibit weight loss supplements & over-the-counter (OTC) diet pills from being sold to minors passes through its first policy committee
In spite of industry opposition, the bill to protect minors continues to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary
Asm. Garcia urges Gov. Newsom to allocate $100 million for PFAS water treatment
Budget request to ensure disadvantage communities have access and support to clean water and to treat PFAS
Please read full PFAS budget request letter by clicking on the pdf.
Asm. Garcia, Asm. Low and Sen. Cortese Introduce Bills to Reform California's Archaic Spousal Rape Designation
The introduction of AB 812 and Senate Bill 530 aim to bring California's rape statutes into parity by requiring the same standards for "spousal rape" that is currently in the penal code for rape.
Please read full AB 812 & SB 530 - Press Release by clicking on the pdf.
Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia letter to Governor Newsom & FEMA
Asm. Cristina Garcia writes to Governor Newsom & FEMA to vaccinate South East Los Angeles communities equitably and efficiently
Please read Asm. Cristina Garcia's letter to Governor Newsom and FEMA regarding improvement of vaccine distribution efforts in SELA.