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Statement from Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris on Governor’s Proposed Budget

SACRAMENTO – Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Laguna Beach), Chair of the Accountability & Administrative Review Committee, released the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2020-21 state budget:

“Every day, I talk to families, workers and small business owners who have been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020-21 state budget comes at a critical juncture; we must invest wisely in order to defeat this virus, provide much needed relief and set California on a robust path to recovery.

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.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 74 NON-PROFITS OF THE YEAR ANNOUNCEMENT

Six Orange County Non-Profits Recognized

IRVINE – Every year the California Association of Nonprofits asks legislators to select one incredible organization to recognize at a ceremony in the Capitol. With the pandemic moving  the awards online, it presented an opportunity to recognize the work of six amazing non-profits, one from each of the cities in the 74th Assembly District.

RELEASE: Legislature Passes Bill to Keep Laboratory Jobs Based in California

Legislature Passes Bill to Keep Laboratory Jobs Based in California AB 1327 Passes with Bi-Partisan Support


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 1, 2020

SACRAMENTO — In an effort to keep high-paying jobs in the state and maintain a robust laboratory force to provide COVID-19 testing, the Legislature has passed Assembly Bill 1327 with bipartisan support.

ORANGE COUNTY TO PRIORITIZE TESTING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, July 30, 2020
 

ORANGE COUNTY TO PRIORITIZE TESTING
FOR FIRST RESPONDERS

Irvine – Following Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris’s July 22nd letter requesting the Orange County Board of Supervisors and Orange County Health Agency refocus testing priorities for first responders, today, the OC Heath Agency announced expedited for testing for the people on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.