Recent News in the 43rd District

(Sacramento) -- Many Americans were outraged when a deeply divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that “corporations were people” and had the right to make unlimited campaign contributions. This outrage led Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) to author Assembly Joint Resolution 32, a measure that begins the process to amend the United States Constitution to nullify the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United. AJR 32 features a rarely used process for amending the federal Constitution outlined in Article V of the Constitution, whereby the states may propose an amendment to the Constitution. You can hear Mike Gatto present the bill in committee here:Mike Gatto's Statement to the Judiciary Committee

AJR 32's Full Hearing Before the Assembly Judiciary Committee

(Sacramento) – Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) introduced The California Homemade Food Act (AB 1616) to help constituent Mark Stambler and other micro food businesses throughout the state. By creating a pathway for the legal sale of safe homemade food products, California can help these very small businesses prosper -- and foster the healthy/local food movement. Watch Assemblyman Gatto and Mr. Stambler explain the need for this bill in this Assembly Access Video.

(Sacramento) – The California State Assembly recently approved Joint Resolution 22, condemning the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling that allows corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money from their corporate treasuries to influence political campaigns. Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles), speaking during the floor debate on AJR 22, told his fellow lawmakers the idea that corporations deserve the same First Amendment rights as individuals would have been considered “patently absurd” by America’s Founding Fathers. Watch Assemblyman Gatto speak on the floor of the Assembly in this Assembly Access video.

(Sacramento) – Legislation from Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) to protect senior citizens and others from having their bank accounts drained passed the Assembly, by a unanimous, bipartisan vote. Assemblyman Gatto says Assembly Bill 1624 will clarify the law so that funds in bank accounts with more than one signer belong to each person based on their contributions, rather than to whomever happens to withdraw the money first. Watch Assemblyman Gatto speak on the floor of the Assembly in this Assembly Access video.

Sacramento - Watch the speech made on the floor by Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) in favor of Assembly Bill 1148, the California DISCLOSE Act, of which he is a coauthor. In this video, Assemblyman Gatto debunks the notion that we cannot require corporations to disclose their political contributions, decries the notion that the wealthy have greater speech rights than others, and calls upon his colleagues to make the rules apply equally to everyone. Here’s the Assembly Access video.

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.

(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