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RELEASE: Garden Grove Men Charged with Opening Business to Defraud California Employment Development Department of Nearly $500,000 in Fake Unemployment Claims

Eight others, including two convicted murderers and four other prisoners, charged in schemes to steal tens of thousands of dollars by filing false unemployment applications

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer was joined by Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris at a press conference this morning to announce the prosecution of two business owners who opened up a Garden Grove storefront with the sole purpose of filing false unemployment claims with the state of California for people who did not qualify in order to steal taxpayer dollars intended to help those out of work due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

RELEASE: Bill Introduced to Keep Laboratory Jobs Based in California

AB 265 Protects Jobs & Medi-Cal Services When We Need Them the Most
SACRAMENTO — In order to protect California jobs and preserve the state’s ability to provide critical services to Medi-Cal patients, Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris is reintroducing legislation to remove the 80% of Medicare cap on reimbursement rates for laboratories in California.

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.