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Assemblymember Alex Lee Honors Filipino American History Month

Assemblymember Alex Lee introduced legislation to celebrate and recognize the contributions of Filipino Americans in California. House Resolution 112, which passed the State Assembly, recognizes October 2024 as Filipino American History Month and...

California Cracks Down on Retail Theft

SAN JOSE– Today the Governor signed AB 3209, authored by Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park) and Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas), which creates the first-of-its-kind Retail Crime Restraining Order. The bill authorizes a court to impose a Retail...

Restoring Prosecutors Ability to End Organized Retail Theft Rings

SACRAMENTO: Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin is pleased to announce the Governor’s signing of AB 1779, which restores a lapsed jurisdictional law (Penal Code 786.5) allowing county prosecutors to charge related incidents of Organized Retail Theft (ORT) in a...

Connolly Bills Pass out of Senate Appropriations Committee

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, six of Assemblymember Damon Connolly’s (D-San Rafael) bills passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee and will be heard on the Senate floor. The State Legislature now has two weeks to hear and vote on each bill, and each...