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RELEASE: Harborside Restaurant — Local Restaurant Spotlight
NEWPORT BEACH – Harborside Restaurant has been honored by Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris as the Local Restaurant Spotlight for December. This local treasure features beautiful waterfront views and has an award-winning menu. Located in the historic Balboa Pavilion with spectacular views of the Newport Harbor, Harborside Restaurant is a fixture in the community.
12.17.21 State officials hand off $8 million to preserve Banning Ranch as public park
Excerpted from the Daily Pilot
By Lily Nguyen
The purchase of Banning Ranch remains within reach as conservationists received a ceremonial check representing $8 million Thursday from state officials to help purchase the 384-acre oil field.
RELEASE: Assemblywoman Petrie-Norris Presents $8 Million Check for Banning Ranch Preservation
COSTA MESA – On Thursday, December 16, 2021, Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris presented a check for $8 million from the State to support the purchase of one of the last remaining parcels of privately owned land along the Southern California coast. The Trust for Public Land and the Banning Ranch Conservancy plan to conserve Banning Ranch by converting the 385-acre plot of land into a public park and nature preserve. The new park and preserve will provide access to open space for nearly 9 million Californians who live within an hour’s drive of Banning Ranch.
12.16.21 Report Card: What did Assembly members from Orange County get done in 2021?
Excerpted from the Orange County Register
By Brooke Staggs
Petrie-Norris, 46, is in her second term representing Assembly District 74, which stretches along the coast from Huntington Beach to Laguna Beach and includes most of Irvine. She serves on committees overseeing accountability, banking, jobs, revenue and veterans.
12.16.21 How California fails its most vulnerable residents
Excerpted from CalMatters
By Emily Hoeven
If the pandemic made one thing clear in California, it’s that the state often fails to protect its most vulnerable residents.
That was the takeaway from an emotional eight-hour hearing Wednesday, during which state lawmakers listened to testimony about possible reforms to a state law governing how and when severely mentally ill family members can be forced into treatment.
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12.15.21 Amplify Energy and subsidiaries charged with negligence in Orange County oil spill
Excerpted from the Los Angeles Times
By Richard Winton, Laura J. Nelson, Thomas Curwen
A federal grand jury Wednesday charged three companies with criminal negligence in connection with the oil spill that tarred the Orange County coast in early October.
The three-page indictment alleges that Amplify Energy Corp. and two subsidiary firms, Beta Operating Co. and San Pedro Bay Pipeline Co., illegally discharged oil into federal waters from the pipeline they operated off Huntington Beach.
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ADVISORY: Banning Ranch $8 Million Check Presentation
Money Secured in the State Budget to Acquire the 385-Acre Property for Conservation
COSTA MESA – On Thursday, December 16, 2021, Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris will present a check for $8 million dollars from the State to support the purchase of one of the last remaining parcels of privately owned land along the Southern California coast. The Trust for Public Land plans to conserve Banning Ranch by converting the 385-acre parcel of land into a public park and nature preserve. The new park and preserve will provide access to open space for nearly 9 million Californians who live within an hour drive of Banning Ranch.
RELEASE: Legislators Conduct Oversight on Substance Abuse Treatment Industry
Cycle of Tragic Loss of Life Demands Immediate Action
SACRAMENTO — At an oversight hearing held by the Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review Committee, the Department of Health Care Services provided details on their processes for licensing and oversight