Recent News in the 43rd District
Assemblyman Gatto Interviewed on "Champions of Justice" Radio Program: How to Make California Great Again
Los Angeles, CA -- Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) has fought to address the root causes of California's dysfunction and return us to the well-managed state that we can be. Recently, Assemblyman Mike Gatto was interviewed on the radio on what he's been working on, and the key issues facing the state. Click below to listen to this most interesting interview.
Assemblyman Mike Gatto Video: Repairing, Reforming California's Dysfunctional Government
(Sacramento) -- Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) has introduced a package of legislation that is designed to address the root causes of some of California's dysfunction and return us to the well-managed state that we can and used to be. Learn more about the reforms Assemblyman Gatto has proposed in this Assembly Web Report
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Friday, January 27 2012
Assemblyman Mike Gatto Presents Constitutional Amendment To Streamline the Initiative ProcessAssemblyman Mike Gatto (D- Los Angeles) announced Friday that he will be presenting his Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 12 for a vote of the full Assembly. The measure, part of the Assemblyman's initiative-reform package introduced in 2011, is a common-sense reform that would create a mechanism to correct potential drafting…
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Friday, January 27 2012
California Clean Money CampaignLast week, the California Assembly Appropriations Committee voted AB 1148, the California DISCLOSE Act, to the Assembly floor for a full vote next Tuesday, January 31st. Coming two days before the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s infamous Citizens United decision that unleashed unlimited anonymous spending on campaigns across the…
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Thursday, January 19 2012
LA school students receive scholarship honorsMontrose, Calif. - In the City of Montrose, the fourth annual Greg and Sylva Martayan Scholarship for Education and "Leader of Tomorrow" honors took place with great success. The Armenian Sisters Academy (Montrose, CA) was chosen as the school where the honors would take place on December 16. Four students…
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Tuesday, January 17 2012
Western Growers, state to fund $100,000 in school gardensIrvine, Calif.-based Western Growers Foundation and the California Department of Education plan to award $1,000 each to 100 preschools and childcare centers statewide to establish gardens. The gardens, focused on vegetables and grains, will be created from plants, seeds and equipment funded by the grants, according to a news release.…
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Monday, January 09 2012
Mike Gatto Supporting Local Artisanal FoodmakersPeople understand the value of buying locally grown produce and artisanal food products. Both tend to be organic, fresher and tastier. Such purchases support the local economy, and the products require less fossil fuel to ship. In this burgeoning niche market, local artisans strive to fill our cravings with things…
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Monday, January 09 2012
Lawmakers plan future battlesLocal lawmakers plan to tackle a variety of issues in 2012, not the least of which may be campaigning for re-election.Prominent U.S. Congressional Reps. Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) and Howard Berman (D-Valley Village) will be facing off against each other in an open primary in June. The two Democratic heavy-hitters…
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Monday, January 09 2012
Council District 15: The Capitol contingentIf Warren Furutani is elected to the City Council on Jan. 17, he would bring to six the number of former members of the state Legislature who took the demotion to serve in City Hall.Except that it's not really a demotion. Members of the Los Angeles City Council are paid…
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Monday, January 09 2012
Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s Initiative Reform Universally ApplicableThe Los Angeles city clerk is counting and verifying signatures in a petition filed by AIDS Healthcare Foundation to require the city to put an initiative on the June 5 ballot. The subject? Whether to adopt a new law to require performers in sexually explicit films to use condoms. If…
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