Sacramento - Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles), Assemblymember Luis Alejo (D-Salinas) and a bipartisan group of more than 20 legislators, met with the media to discuss their support for comprehensive immigration reform efforts at the federal level. Speaker Pérez praised Assemblymember Alejo for authoring Assembly Joint Resolution 3. AJR 3 calls on the President of the United States and members of Congress to take a comprehensive and workable approach to improving the nation’s immigration system using a specified set of principles. During the news conference the Speaker said, “This is one of the most important public policy challenges of our times, and we must act this year.” Here’s more from the Speaker in this Assembly Access video.

Sacramento - El presidente de la Asamblea John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles), junto al asambleísta Luis Alejo (D-Salinas) y un grupo bipartidario de más de 20 legisladores, sostuvieron un encuentro con los medios de comunicación para informar sobre su respaldo a los esfuerzos a la reforma de inmigración a nivel federal. El presidente Pérez elogió al asambleísta Alejo por ser el propulsor de la Resolución Conjunta de la Asamblea #3. AJR 3 hace un llamado al presidente de los Estados Unidos y miembros del Congreso a darle un enfoque completo y practico al sistema de inmigración de la nación usando un grupo de principios especificados de antemano. Durante la rueda de prensa el presidente Pérez declaró, “Este es uno de los desafíos de políticas públicas más importante de nuestros tiempos y debemos actuar este año.” Más sobre el presidente en este video de Assembly Access.

(Sacramento) – Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles) has announced legislation to build on California’s progress in implementing the Affordable Care Act by expanding Medi-Cal eligibility for Californians. The measure (AB1x1), which will be introduced in the Special Session on Healthcare announced by Governor Brown in his State of the State address, will further cement California as the national leader in healthcare reform. “California is the national leader on implementing Healthcare Reform, and I am pleased to be authoring this critical measure which will ensure more Californians have access to quality, affordable healthcare,” said Speaker Pérez. “By expanding Medi-Cal eligibility, we will ensure more than one million low-income Californians have quality healthcare, which will make significant federal funds available to California to help strengthen our overall economic recovery.” Here’s more from the Speaker in this Assembly Access video. www.asmdc.org/speaker