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In a world where we have a nuclear arsenal that can kill millions and cause untold environmental damage, we must do what we can to protect our global community. This is why I introduced Assembly Joint Resolution 30 urging Congress to quickly pass the Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017 (HR 669), which makes it impossible for the President to launch a first-strike nuclear attack without a formal Declaration of War.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) adjourned in the memory of Davis Police Officer Natalie Corona. Natalie was just 22 years old when she was shot and killed on the evening of January 10th, while performing her duties as a rookie Davis Police Officer at a routine traffic stop. She is survived by her parents, Merced and Lupe Corona, and her sisters Jackie, Cathy, and Cindy of Arbuckle, CA, where she was born and raised.
“Her commitment to service was only exceeded by the love for her big Colusa family,” said Aguiar-Curry. “Every person I’ve spoken with during the past few days has said Natalie was meant for great things. One of her colleagues said this rookie would have been the chief someday.”
SACRAMENTO, CA – Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) issued the following statement following the shooting of Davis Police Officer Natalie Corona in the line of duty in Davis, CA on the evening of January 10, 2019:
“My heart broke last night upon hearing the news. Natalie Corona, was widely recognized to be a rising star among her fellow police officers in the Davis community. Her service was so much more than a job. She committed herself completely to protecting the Davis Community as an officer, and also committed her personal time to working for us all.
We will, without a doubt, miss her dedication and passion for public safety. Yet, I know that nothing we are feeling could possibly compare to the grief of her family at this time. I am grieving with the Davis community and with Natalie’s family. Our community is shaken, and we will struggle for a long time to process what happened.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) was reappointed by Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) as Chair of the influential Assembly Local Government Committee. This committee oversees a wide array of policy areas, including General Plan development, land use, housing element, city and county organization and powers, special district governance and finance, government transparency and accountability measures, redevelopment, joint powers authorities, state mandates, county clerks/recorders, and civil grand juries.
Sacramento, CA – Today, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D – Winters) and several of her Assembly colleagues introduced ACA 1, a constitutional amendment which would give local governments improved options for funding critical infrastructure projects, including broadband expansion, local roads, and affordable housing projects. This bill is important, because it will empower local communities to address local priorities without needing to rely on state and federal funding initiatives.
ACA 1 would reduce the local vote threshold for approval of bond and special tax measures from a two-thirds vote to a 55 percent majority. This is the same vote threshold that currently applies to all local school district measures. By making this change, ACA 1 puts housing and infrastructure projects on par with school proposals, so that cities, counties, and special districts have a practical financing tool to address community needs.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) passed, and Governor Brown signed, AB 2348, which creates the California Winter Rice Habitat Incentive Program. Supported by $5 million in the 2018-19 Budget, this program will offset the cost of flooding rice fields in the winter, a practice that improves soil health after the growing season and provides critical wetland habitat for birds and other wildlife along California’s Pacific Flyway.
“Researchers at UC Davis told me about the important environmental benefits winter-flooded rice provides,” said Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry. “Flooding rice fields in the winter helps decompose leftover rice straw and waste grain, which offsets open-burring, creates wetland habitat for birds, and can support nurseries for fish. Incentivizing winter-flooding is supported by environmentalists, hunters, and farmers alike.”
It was a banner year on police and criminal justice reform issues before the state legislature. The ACLU of California just issued a legislative scorecard on issues they endorsed and showed how all of the legislators voted on them. For our purposes we’re pulling out only the police and criminal justice reform measures to evaluate how Senator Bill Dodd and Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry fared.
Sacramento, CA – Assembly Bill 2063, by Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters), was signed by Governor Brown. The bill will require a consumer’s ability to pay for home improvements to be determined prior to the signing of a financing agreement to fund those improvements, and before any construction work can start. The bill also makes other consumer protection improvements to the “property assessed clean energy” (PACE) program to ensure that the program can continue without putting homeowners at risk.
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