"(Sacramento) –Today Lawmakers passed SB 158, which reforms the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). SB 158 starts high-level actions to reset DTSC into a department that is more transparent, accountable, and more protective of public health.
"Dear Honorable Gavin Newsom:
(Sacramento)–Yesterday, California State Assemblymembers voted overwhelmingly in favor of modernizing and equalizing California’s spousal rape law.
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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,
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.
"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.
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.
(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