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RELEASE: Bill to Expand Access to Birth Control Moves Forward

SACRAMENTO – Californians are one step closer to increased birth control access. Assembly Bill 1264, authored by Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Laguna Beach), would allow Californians to access birth control prescriptions through a phone app by clarifying prescribing telehealth law related to appropriate prior examination. After passing the Assembly floor 64-0-16, the bill passed on a bipartisan vote of 8-0-1 in Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee today, June 17, 2019.

ADVISORY: OVERSIGHT HEARING ON FI$CAL IMPLEMENTATION - Wednesday

SACRAMENTO – On Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. in State Capitol Room 437, Assemblymembers Cottie Petrie-Norris and Phil Ting are convening an oversight hearing on the implementation of Financial Information System for California, (FI$CAL). The hearing will be viewable via livestream on the Assembly website: https://assembly.ca.gov/todaysevents. Assemblymembers Petrie-Norris and Ting will be available outside the committee room at 10:15 a.m. to answer Capitol Press Corps questions.

AGENDA

Statement from Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris on 2019-20 Budget Bill

SACRAMENTO — Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Laguna Beach), Chair of the Accountability & Administrative Review Committee, released the following statement after voting for Assembly Bill 74, the 2019-20 state budget bill passed today, June 13, 2019. 

“I am pleased with the balance in the 2019-2020 budget. With careful attention to state and local issues, we have crafted a budget that will strengthen state reserves, enhance budget resiliency and create economic opportunity to fuel California’s long-term growth.

RELEASE: Orange County Poised to End Veteran Homelessness - $2.9 Million Secured in 2019-20 Budget

IRVINE–Today, June 12, 2019, in a historic milestone in Orange County’s commitment to end homelessness, Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris presented a check for $2.9 million to the Orange County United Way to fund housing for Orange County’s veterans experiencing homelessness. Governor Gavin Newsom approved the one-time funding as part of the 2019-20 California State Budget.

DAILY PILOT: Political Landscape: Assemblywoman Petrie-Norris announces bipartisan working group to tackle issues in addiction treatment

Excerpted from Los Angeles Times

By Luke Money

State Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Laguna Beach) has convened a group of her colleagues from both sides of the aisle to create a legislative coalition to tackle issues and challenges in California’s addiction-treatment industry.

“For years, attempts to address substance abuse treatment have fallen flat and people are dying,” Petrie-Norris said in a statement Tuesday announcing the Legislative Substance Abuse Treatment Working Group.

Bi-Partisan Legislative Substance Abuse Treatment Working Group Announced - Tackling the Opioid & Substance Abuse Epidemic

SACRAMENTO – Today, Tuesday, June 4, 2019, a bipartisan group of legislators announced a new Legislative Substance Abuse Treatment Working Group formed to address the challenges confronting California’s addiction treatment industry.  Members include, Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, Chair of the Accountability & Administrative Review Committee, Senators Patricia Bates, Jerry Hill, and Henry Stern, and Assemblymembers Richard Bloom, Tasha Boerner Horvath, William P. Brough, Tom Daly, Kevin McCarty and Marie Waldron.