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(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Assemblymember Chris Ward released the following statement in response to California Supreme Court’s Decision to remove the Taxpayer Protection Act from the November ballot:

SACRAMENTO, CA— Following the California State Supreme Court’s opinion in Legislature v. Weber, Speaker Robert Rivas released the following statement: “I’m very pleased the California Supreme Court rejected this unlawful and extreme effort to take power...

SEASIDE, CA — Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay) joined community members and leaders over the weekend for the 5th Annual Juneteenth Jubilee Celebration, hosted by the Monterey County Black Caucus. The event commemorated the end of slavery in the...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Select Committee on Permitting Reform, chaired by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), today convened its inaugural hearing, advancing a bipartisan initiative to modernize California’s permitting system.

SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin is pleased to announce passage of her landmark Assembly Bill (AB) 660 with unanimous bipartisan support today in the Senate Agriculture Committee. AB 660 would require packaged food sold in California be labeled...

SACRAMENTO – Today, Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San José), released a statement regarding the agreement on Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) reform.

Torrance, CA - California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi's (D-Torrance) AB 2268, which would exempt children enrolled in Transitional Kindergarten (TK) from being assessed using the English Language Proficiency Assessments for...

SACRAMENTO, CA - The Chair of the Select Committee on Downtown Recovery, Matt Haney (D- San Francisco), hosted a committee hearing in downtown Los Angeles focused on the prevalence of vacant office buildings downtown and its impact on the essential...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Select Committee on Permitting Reform, chaired by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, will host its inaugural hearing to advance a bipartisan initiative on permitting reform. The Committee will gather testimony from diverse stakeholders...

SACRAMENTO, CA – Assemblymember Gregg Hart (D-Santa Barbara), Chair of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, announced a legislative oversight hearing in response to the recent State Auditor's report on wage theft. The audit identified substantial...