12.16: State Announces: Tax Credits and Support for Small Businesses
In an effort to continue supporting small businesses through the pandemic, the state has recently increased different channels of support, including:
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12.12.20 Column: California’s unemployment payment fiasco makes the DMV look like a well-run agency
Excerpted from The Los Angeles Times
Meanwhile, Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Laguna Beach) said desperate Californians have “this sense of falling into a black hole” as they continue struggling with a malfunctioning computer system. They can’t get their benefits, spend months in EDD purgatory and can’t get anyone to answer their cries for help.
12.11.20 LAGUNA BEACH INDEPENDENT: Petrie-Norris Sworn-in for Second Term
Excerpted from Laguna Beach Independent:
Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Laguna Beach) was sworn in Monday for her second term serving the 74th Assembly District, which includes Laguna Beach.
12.09.20 OC Register: Proposed bill would require in-person instruction at schools when a county’s COVID stats improve
Excerpted from The OC Register.
The proposed law would still allow students to choose the distance learning option, said Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, but targets concerns about the effectiveness of distance learning and the overall well-being of youth during the pandemic.
ASSEMBLYWOMAN PETRIE-NORRIS SWORN-IN FOR SECOND TERM
SACRAMENTO – Cottie Petrie-Norris was sworn in today for her second term serving California’s 74th Assembly District which includes Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach, Laguna Woods and parts of Irvine and Huntington Beach.
12.04.20 OC Register: Sober living, addiction treatment conflicts return to lawmakers’ crosshairs
Excerpted from OC Register:
11.21.20 Volunteers distribute holiday meals in Costa Mesa as officials stress pandemic caution
Excerpted from Daily Pilot
By Andrew Turner
The holidays bring an infectious spirit of giving, something that community members have done well to observe for needy families from the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
As Thanksgiving approaches, the Power of One Foundation and more than 70 volunteers worked together to make sure that families would be able to put food on the table to celebrate it.