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SACRAMENTO – On Thursday night Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 690, authored by Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters).

Assembly Bill 690 will increase access to pharmacy care in vulnerable and rural areas of California, by authorizing the use of telepharmacy in medically underserved areas and streamlining the process for pharmacies to reopen after a natural disaster.

The bill contains an urgency clause, which means its provisions go into effect immediately.

SACRAMENTO — This weekend, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills by both of Lake County’s state representatives.

The governor signed 80 bills this weekend and vetoed over 120, wrapping up the 2019 legislative season. Among the bills signed were two introduced by Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, D-Winters, and one by Sen. Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg), both of whom represent Lake County at the capitol. Newsom also vetoed two Aguiar-Curry bills this weekend.

SACRAMENTO — Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry has received the Women’s Legislators Lobby Pacesetter Award in recognition of her bold leadership in carrying Assembly Joint Resolution 30, “Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act” through the California Legislature.

The resolution called on Congress to pass H.R. 669, authored by California Representative Ted Lieu, D-Los Angeles County, to prohibit the President from unilaterally authorizing the deployment of nuclear weapons in an offensive attack without specific authorization from Congress.

SACRAMENTO – On Friday, Assembly Concurrent Resolution 66, authored by Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters), cleared its final hurdle in the California State Legislature.

The bill passed through both the Assembly and the Senate with overwhelming, bipartisan support.

ACR 66 officially designates an approximately five-mile stretch of Interstate 5 from Greenbay Road to Salt Creek Drive in Colusa County as the “Officer Natalie Corona Memorial Highway,” in honor of fallen Davis Police Department Officer Natalie Corona.

SACRAMENTO – This week, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bills 530 and 632 by Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) to benefit Solano and Lake Counties.  AB 530 allows the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District to expand its services into Middle Green Valley in Solano County. AB 632 allows Lake County to consolidate the elected offices of the Auditor-Controller and the Treasurer-Tax Collector into one single elected office. Both bills received overwhelming bipartisan support by the Legislature

SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) authored and passed a suite of environmental policies through the Assembly Natural Resources Committee this week with unanimous bipartisan support.

AB 144, AB 815, and AB 1237 will change the way the state of California looks at recycling, and treats and diverts organic waste for environmentally beneficial purposes.

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.

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.