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SACRAMENTO - Today the Joint Legislative Audit Committee approved Assemblymember Marc Berman’s (D-Menlo Park) request to audit the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), with a focus on the areas of governance structure, project planning and...

SACRAMENTO, CA – Assemblymembers Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) and Chris Ward (D-San Diego) announced today that their Assembly Bill 933 passed the Assembly Committee on Judiciary by an 8–3 margin. The bill will protect survivors of sexual assault...

SACRAMENTO, CA – Assemblymember Gail Pellerin (D-Santa Cruz), is pleased to introduce the Women of the Year, representing the 28th Assembly District: Rosemary (Rosie) Chalmers.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Assemblywoman Lori D. Wilson (D–Suisun City) announced the passage of her Assembly Bill 228, relating to the infant formula shortage. AB 228 would require the California Department of Public Health to implement a program that...

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, the Assembly Public Safety Committee voted to advance AB 1034, the Freedom from Face Surveillance Act. This bill revives a previous law, expired in January 2023, which prohibited the use of facial recognition and other biometric...

SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Assembly Judiciary Committee today advanced Assembly Bill 957, The TGI (Transgender, Gender-Diverse, and Intersex) Youth Empowerment Act, by Assemblywoman Lori D. Wilson (D-Suisun City). AB 957 empowers parents who support...

(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Larger vehicles like SUVs are disproportionately likely to injure or kill pedestrians, according to a 2020 study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Vehicles have been steadily increasing in size and weight since the 1980s...

Sacramento, CA –Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) has introduced a historic bill that will pave the way for regulations on automated decision tools (ADTs) that make consequential decisions. The bill, which is the first of its kind in the state...

Sacramento, CA—Today, in honor of Women’s History Month, Speaker-Designate Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) and the California State Assembly recognized Jennifer Laine as Woman of the Year for the 29th Assembly District.

Sacramento, CA – As part of the California State Assembly’s annual celebration of Women’s History Month, Assemblymember Lisa Calderon recognized Ms. Grace Wang Caltabiano as the 56th Assembly District’s Woman of the Year. Ms. Grace Wang Caltabiano grew up...