Health Care Reform & You

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Created on Saturday, 29 June 2013 10:52

Join Assemblymember Cristina Garcia for a State of the Budget Townhall

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Created on Saturday, 08 June 2013 11:08

These are free townhall meetings for the public where you will:

• Learn about the state budget process
• Have your questions answered

Thursday, June 6th, 5 – 6:30PM
Downey City Hall
11111 Brookshire Ave.
Downey, CA 90241
(City Council Chambers)

Thursday, June 6th, 7 – 8:30PM
Bell Gardens City Hall
7100 Garfield Ave.
Bell Gardens, CA 90201
(City Council Chambers)     

Saturday, June 8th, 11AM – 12:30PM
Artesia City Hall
18747 Clarkdale Ave.
Artesia, CA 90701
(City Council Chambers)

For more information or to RSVP, please contact the office at (562) 402-4893.

Upcoming Summer Events

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Created on Friday, 07 June 2013 16:06

June 29, 2013

Affordable Healthcare Act: Constituent Information Workshop

Schurr High School
820 N. Wilcox Ave.
Montebello, CA 90640
9AM-1PM

July 6, 2013

Community Walk & Talk*

Cerritos Park East
13234 E. 166th St.
Cerritos, CA 90703
Meeting Point: Center Gazebo
8AM-9AM

*Encouraged to donate clean, unused socks/underwear & toiletries

August 3, 2013

Community Walk & Talk*

Holifield Park
12500 Excelsior Dr.
Norwalk, CA 90650
8AM-9AM

*Encouraged to donate clean, unused socks/underwear & toiletries

August 23, 2013

Affordable Healthcare Act: Constituent Information Workshop*

Pico Rivera Senior Center
9200 Mines Ave.
Pico Rivera, CA 90660
10AM-11:30AM

*For Seniors Only

Garcia Cyber-Bulling Legislation Passes State Assembly

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Created on Friday, 17 May 2013 10:15

(Sacramento) – On a resounding, bipartisan 68 –1 vote, the State Assembly has past Assembly Bill 256, authored by Assemblymember Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens).

Current law defines bullying as harassment or threats that are used to intimidate students, disrupt the classroom, invade the right of the students and create a hostile educational environment.  Students in grades 4-12 who engage in such behavior can be suspended or expelled, if the bullying occurs while traveling to and from school, on campus during school hours or during or traveling to a school sponsored activity.

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Bill to Punish Student "Cyber-Bullies" to be heard in Assembly

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Created on Monday, 22 April 2013 09:23

(Sacramento) – In order to provide a critical update to state law and close loopholes dealing with student cyber- bullying, Assemblymember Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) has announced that her measure, Assembly Bill 256, will be heard in the Assembly Judiciary Committee on May 8th.

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Assemblymember Garcia's "Keeping Seniors Safe" Bill Passes Assembly Committee

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Created on Wednesday, 10 April 2013 10:33

(Sacramento) – The Assembly Judiciary Committee, on a unanimous vote, passed Assembly Bill 849, legislation that will extend provisions in state law to protect victims of elder abuse from their abusers.

The measure, authored by Assemblymember Cristina Garcia (D) – Bell Gardens, will allow a victim of elder abuse or dependent adult abuse to enroll in California's address confidentiality program, "Safe at Home," to shield their home address from their abusers. Currently the same protection is available only to victims of sexual abuse, domestic violence and stalking.

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Assemblymember Cristina Garcia Responds to City of Bell Verdicts

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Created on Wednesday, 20 March 2013 16:47

(Sacramento) -- In response to the multiple Guilty Verdicts found against former City of Bell Councilmembers, Oscar Hernández, Teresa Jocobo, George Cole, Victor Bello and George Mirabal, Assemblymember Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) has released the following statement: 

“After a long, painful ordeal that has taken its toll on the City of Bell and its residents, I am cautiously optimistic. I am happy that justice has prevailed and that these public officials must finally pay the price for their criminal activity.”

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Assembly Budget Committee Hearing

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Created on Monday, 11 March 2013 15:56

Dear Friends,

As someone who is concerned about education in California, I wanted to let you know about an upcoming hearing in the Assembly Budget Committee.

Budget Subcommittee No. 2 On Education Finance

When: March 19, 2013 at 9:00 a.m.
Where: State Capitol, Room 444

During this hearing, the members of the education subcommittee will be discussing Governor Brown's education budget proposals.

If you cannot make it to the hearing in Sacramento, you can always tune in via the Assembly website at: http://assembly.ca.gov/audiotv. Below are links to the related education committees:
Budget Subcommittee #2
Assembly Higher Education Committee
Assembly Education Committee

For questions of comments, please contact my office at (916) 319-2058.

Assemblymember Garcia Community Celebration

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Created on Monday, 04 March 2013 17:51

(Montebello, CA) - Assemblymember Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) held a swearing-in ceremony recently in Montebello at the Armenian Cultural Center to celebrate her election as the representative from the 58th Assembly District, which includes the cities of Cerritos, Artesia, Montebello, Pico Rivera, Commerce, Bell Gardens, Downey, Norwalk, and Bellflower. Special guests Assembly Speaker John Pérez and Assemblymember Anthony Rendon joined dozens of supporters to mark Garcia’s new role as an Assembymember.

Women's Caucus honors Women’s History Month with “Breaking the Glass Ceiling” Awards Ceremony

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Created on Monday, 04 March 2013 09:08

SACRAMENTO – The Legislative Women's Caucus honored eleven remarkable California women who have broken barriers in their respective fields at a floor ceremony in the Assembly Chambers on Monday afternoon.

Assemblymember Cristina Garcia along with Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva had the honor of escorting Dr. Mildred Garcia, the First Latina President of CSU Fullerton.

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