U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — the nation’s second most powerful Republican — and California’s Democratic state legislators completely agree on one thing: Marijuana’s cousin hemp should be fully legalized.
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SACRAMENTO – On Thursday, AB 1036 by Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) passed the Assembly Floor with a bipartisan vote of 59-16.
AB 1036 requires the secretary of state to modernize outdated regulations governing county voter outreach programs and encourages the secretary of state to provide additional support to counties with the lowest voter registration rates.
This bill also establishes a High School Voter Education Pilot Program in Yolo County.
Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and some of her colleagues held a press conference and rally in support of her bill, ACA 1. 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 supermajority.
This is the same vote threshold that currently applies to all local school construction bond 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.
Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D–Winters), is hosting a press conference and rally in support of her bill, ACA 1, at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, in Room 317 at the State Capitol.
She will be joined by coauthoring legislators and advocates for local governments, housing, labor, public safety, transportation and conservation.
SACRAMENTO — An Assembly Joint Resolution that advocates universal background checks for people wanting to buy firearms is going before the full Assembly on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the Resolution, sponsored by Winters-area Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, passed out of the Assembly Public Safety Committee with a bipartisan, 7-1 vote.
Passing AJR 4 will put California’s Legislature on record demanding U.S. Congressional passage of and a Presidential signature on House Resolution 8, by Congressman Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, the “Bipartisan Background Checks Act.”
SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) introduced Assembly Bill 958 on Thursday, to provide local, organic food to children in schools. School meals with organic foods offer benefits for health, the environment, and California’s economy by increasing access to organic food for low-income children, decreasing pesticide exposure, increasing climate resilience, and supporting the organic market for California farmers.
Late last year, the Trump Administration rolled back a series of significant school food nutrition improvements passed during President Obama’s first term. Though the federal government is intent on going backwards when it comes to children’s health, here in California, we are moving full steam ahead to ensure that tens of thousands of California students who rely on free or reduced-price school meals have healthier options on their breakfast trays and lunch plates.
SACRAMENTO — Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, D-Winters, introduced Assembly Bill 324, the “Childcare Professional Development Act.” This bill will provide expanded childcare workforce development grants to new providers, so that our state has the capacity to administer a higher level of care to an increased number of children.
The wine industry scored a small win in Sacramento recently, bringing a handful of post-Prohibition laws up to date in the age of social media.
Signed by Gov. Brown in late September, Assembly Bill 2452, which takes effect in January, will let wineries freely use social media to promote certain events hosted by retailers that plan to feature their wines. The bill was the work of Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, state Sen. Bill Dodd and the Napa Valley Vintners trade group.
SACRAMENTO — Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry pushed, and Gov. Jerry Brown has now 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.
