“The allegations concerning Mayor John Valdivia’s conduct both in his previous capacity as a member of the City Council and his conduct as Mayor are very alarming.
Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella), Assemblymember Robert Rivas (D-Hollister), and Assemblymember Devon Mathis (R-Visalia) stood alongside the California Advanced Biofuels Alliance and Imperial Western Products a Coachella based company, to promote Garcia’s AB 2866, Clean Fleet Program.
California Senate Budget Subcommittee 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection, Energy and Transportation and the California Assembly Budget Subcommittee 3 on Resources and Transportation both voted to approve the $28 million proposed for the New River in the Governor’s initial budget draft; $18 million one-time General Fund and $10 million from Proposition 68.
Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez (D-Pomona) introduced legislation at the State Capitol to provide new protections for healthcare workers who have direct contact with patients being treated for opioid overdose.
A joint hearing was convened with the Assembly Human Services Committee, Chaired by Assemblymember Eloise Reyes (D-San Bernardino) and the Committee on Housing and Community Development, chaired by Assemblymember David Chu (D-San Francisco), to highlight one of the most important issues facing the state of California , that of youth homelessness.
Assemblymember Eloise Reyes (D-San Bernardino) Chair of the Assembly Human Services Committee introduced AB 2581, which establishes under the umbrella of the California Health and Human Services Agency, a new Department of Early Childhood Development (DECD).
Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez (D-Pomona) presented Assembly Bill 1155, the Campus-Affiliated Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act, to the Assembly Higher Education Committee where it was voted out. A
Assemblymember Reyes (D-San Bernardino) introduced AB 2147, which would provide an expedited expungement process for inmates that have successfully participated as inmate hand crews actively assisting with fire suppression activities.
Assemblymember Eloise Reyes (D-San Bernardino) introduced legislation, AB 2276, in response to a State Auditor’s Report, Childhood Lead Levels: Millions of Children in Medi-Cal Have Not Received Required Testing for Lead Poisoning that revealed over a million children in the Medi-Cal Program have not been properly screened for lead exposure.
Governor Newsom centered his State of the State address on how California must get serious with real solutions and actionable policies to address homelessness.
Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella), the Imperial County Probation Department, and Rite Track Youth Services celebrated an $830,006 California Youth Reinvestment Grant. Assemblymember Garcia has been a strong advocate to increase investments in this grant program designed to expand youth diversion and alternative-sanction programs, academic- and vocational-education services, mentoring, as well as behavioral health services across our state.
Governor Gavin Newsom delivered his State of the State Address before a joint convention of the California branches of government. Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) has issued the following statement.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Law Enforcement Rangers will conduct driving under the influence (DUI) and registration checkpoints from noon Feb. 13, to 2 a.m., Feb. 17, on BLM-managed public lands in Imperial County within the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area.
The company that produces “Crystal Geyser Natural Alpine Spring Water” pleaded guilty this morning to federal charges of illegally storing and transporting hazardous waste created from filtering arsenic out of spring water at its facility in Olancha, California.