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1.26.2021 Commentary from Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris: With court appointments and GOP legislatures, Roe vs. Wade is under attack

Published in The Daily Pilot, January 26th, 2021

When I was born in 1975, Roe vs. Wade was already two years old. The “right to choose” to get an abortion is something I have known my entire life. To some extent, I — like many women of my generation — took this right for granted. It felt like part of the fabric of our lives. It felt like a fight that we had already won. It felt like we could move on to the next hill.

How wrong we were.

01.25.2021 Recuperan 300 mil dólares en efectivo, arrestos y cargos por fraudes al beneficio de desempleo en Orange ($300,000 recovered in cash, arrests and unemployment benefit fraud charges in Orange)

Excerpted from Univision.

01.25.2021 California paid out $11 billion in fake jobless claims last year, official says

Excerpted from ABC 7

By Eileen Frere

1.25.21 California Unemployment Scam Charges Revealed, Hearings Continue

Excerpted from Patch.

By Ashley Ludwig

LAGUNA BEACH, CA— Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris of Laguna Beach joins with Orange County prosecutors this week to detail multiple charges against defendants accused of ripping off the state's unemployment program during the COVID-19 pandemic.

District Attorney Todd Spitzer joins Norris, who will be leading hearings on the issue this week.

Three felons, including a convicted murderer, were charged one week ago in the scheme to obtain unemployment benefits during the pandemic illegally.

1.21.2021 Orange County readies second mass vaccination site at Soka University, tweaks appointment system

01.21.2021 Orange County leaders celebrate MLK Day with the Rev. James Lawson

Excerpted from The Daily Pilot

By Vera Castaneda

11.15.21 When Can I Get the COVID-19 vaccine?

Excerpted from The Los Angeles Times

By Hayley Smith, Colleen Shalby, Sara Cardine, Jonathan Wosen

1.14.21 California Counties, Lawmakers Call For More Organized, Better-Funded COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout As Cases Continue To Climb

Excerpted from CapRadio

1.14.21 O.C. fairgrounds in Costa Mesa being eyed for next county vaccine super site, mayor says

Excerpted from Daily Pilot

By Sara Cardine

1.14.21 Details emerge about economic proposal offered up by Borgeas

Excerpted from Mariposa Gazette

By Greg Little

A few more details have surfaced about a bill in the California Legislature that could provide a financial lifeline to small businesses and nonprofits across the state. SB 74, also known as the Keep California Working Act, was introduced by Republican Sen. Andreas Borgeas, who represents Mariposa County along with Sen. Anna Caballero, a Democrat of Salinas and Assmblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, a Democrat from Laguna Beach.