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RELEASE: Laguna Beach’s Pacific Marine Mammal Center Awarded 2021 Nonprofit of the Year

SACRAMENTO – Laguna Beach-based Pacific Marine Mammal Center (PMMC) is being honored by the State Legislature as the 2021 California Nonprofit of the Year for Assembly District 74. The Pacific Marine Mammal Center focuses on rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing marine mammals and inspiring ocean stewardship through research, education and collaboration. To date, the center has rescued more than 10,000 animals ranging from seals and sea lions to dolphins and sea turtles.  
 

RELEASE: Laguna Beach Books Honored – Small Business Spotlight

SACRAMENTO – Laguna Beach Books has been selected as part of the Small Business Spotlight for Assembly District 74. This Laguna Beach-based small business was founded in 2006 and is one of the last remaining independent bookstores in Orange County.

 

06.12.21 Orange County Remembers Residents Who Died from Coronavirus in Countywide Memorial

Excerpted from Voice of OC

By Omar Sanchez

More than 5,000 candles were lit Friday night vigil in the first memorial sponsored by county government to residents who died from Coronavirus.

Cutouts of doves imprinted with the message “Forever loved forever missed” were placed around the lake behind the Costa Mesa Avenue of the Arts Hotel in the 7:30 p.m. gathering with more than 50 attendees. 

6.08.21 Letter Urging to the Governor to Increase Budget Reserves

Letter to Governor

Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Laguna Beach) has signed on to a letter authored by her colleagues Assemblymembers Tim Grayson (D-Concord) and Tom Daly (D-Anaheim) urging Governor Gavin Newsom to increase reserves in the proposed 2021-22 State Budget. Several other members joined the authors in support, including: Assemblymembers Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, Marc Berman, Jim Frazier, Laura Friedman, Jesse Gabriel, Eduardo Garcia, Jacqui Irwin, Evan Low, Jose Medina, Sharon Quirk-Silva, James Ramos, Robert Rivas, Blanca Rubio, Rudy Salas, and Carlos Villapudua.

RELEASE: Bill to Modernize Domestic Violence Hotlines Advances

AB 689 Will Expand Access to Services for Survivors

SACRAMENTO – Legislation to expand access to domestic violence services, authored by Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, has passed the Senate Public Safety with unanimous bipartisan support. AB 689 will allow for survivors of domestic violence to seek help via text and other computer-based technologies.

RELEASE: State Assembly Votes to Increase Access to Safer, Less Costly Nursing Home Alternative

AB 540 Will Help Seniors Access Care in Their Communities, While Remaining Independent in Their Own Homes

SACRAMENTO – The State Assembly has passed legislation to expand access to community-based care for medically frail seniors. The Program for All-Inclusive Care (PACE) provides medical and dental care, meal assistance, transportation services, family caregiver respite, physical therapy and socialization activities that enable seniors to age in the comfort of their own home instead of nursing homes.

06.02.21 CA Assembly passes EDD bill aimed at preventing prison fraud

Excerpted from KCRA3

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —The assembly passed bills on Wednesday addressing reform of the state's troubled Employment Development Department.

Assembly Bill 110 would require that EDD cross-reference records of those incarcerated with the unemployment records and applications.

After a KCRA 3 investigation revealed the rampant fraud being perpetrated against the state's unemployment department, district attorneys across the state started their own investigation.