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SACRAMENTO –Today Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park) announced the passage through the Legislature of AB 2176, which will expand the Office of Youth and Community Restoration’s (OYCR) authority to support a public health approach to juvenile...

SANTA CLARITA — As we approach the final week of the legislative session, Assemblywoman Schiavo is proud to highlight one of the non-legislative and most critical functions of her office: delivering for the community through effective casework. Since...

SACRAMENTO –Today the Legislature overwhelmingly passed AB 3158, authored by Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park), which will enable West Valley-Mission Community College District (WVMCCD) to waive tuition fees for all students living in its service...

SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San José) and Senator Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) introduced AB 1755 today, legislation that aims to establish practical reforms to California’s “Lemon Law.”

SACRAMENTO – Today, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks announced the establishment of a first-in-the-nation partnership with the State, news publishers, major tech companies and philanthropy, unveiling a pair of multi-year initiatives to provide ongoing financial...

SALINAS- In downtown Salinas on Monday — joined by several dozen Central Coast elected officials, law enforcement leaders, business owners and local and state lawmakers — Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) championed historic new retail theft laws...

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...

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...

SAN JOSE, CA— Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas joined community and business leaders, law enforcement officials and state legislators and community leaders in San Jose on Friday to sign new laws that will improve public safety and hold accountable people who...

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...