SACRAMENTO — Disability rights advocates on Monday gathered outside the state Capitol to push back on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed cuts to in-home supportive services.
SACRAMENTO, CA – AB 2753, which prohibits registered sex offenders from running for public office, passed the Assembly floortoday. Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria (D-Merced) authored this important piece of legislation after reports circulated about a registered sex offender running for city council in Fresno earlier this year.
SACRAMENTO, CA –Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria (D-Merced) introduced AB 1923, an update and new round of $300 million in funding to the Distressed Hospital Loan Program (DHLP), which was created in 2023 to help re-open Madera Community Hospital and prevent other hospitals throughout the state from closing. AB 1923 passed unanimously with bipartisan support this week out of the Assembly Health Committee.Signaling how important the legislature considers this program to be funded again, because of severe healthcare cuts from H.R.1.