Honoring – and Helping – our Veterans
By Assemblymember Marie Waldron
May is National Military Appreciation Month, with several observances honoring our veterans and their families, including Military Spouse Appreciation Day on...
California’s Priorities for the Future
By Assemblymember Marie Waldron
As the constitutionally mandated June 15th deadline for passing a balanced budget nears, discussions in Sacramento about spending priorities are ramping...
Newsom Administration Increases Efforts to Release More Violent Criminals
SACRAMENTO - On a late Friday afternoon news dump, the Newsom Administration announced they are automatically giving “good time credit” to violent offenders and...
Public Safety Power Shutoffs
By Assemblymember Marie Waldron
Devastation from California’s wildfires has been at record levels in recent years. Last year our wildfire season resulted in over 4...
Bates Applauds Passage of COVID-19 Small Business Tax Relief
SACRAMENTO – Senator Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) issued the following statement after the California State Senate approved Assembly Bill 80 today that will provide...
Arbor Day – A Call to Action
By Assemblymember Marie Waldron
Arbor Day is April 30th, an observance that began in 1872 when the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture adopted a resolution...
Assembly Republicans Launch Aggressive Campaign to Fight Wildfire Devastation
SACRAMENTO: On Wednesday, Assemblywoman Marie Waldron announced that the Assembly Republican Caucus is launching a massive effort to combat wildfires, just as the state...
Employment Development Department ( EDD ) The Crisis Continues
By Assemblymember Marie Waldron
The Employment Development Department (EDD) has been mired in crisis for more than a year now. The massive backlog in unemployment...
Agriculture Day in California
By Assemblymember Marie Waldron
This year California observed AG Day on March 22nd; a day we celebrate our state's unique contributions to the nation’s food...
EDD Website Down, Leaving Unemployed Californians Out of Luck Again
SACRAMENTO – Once again, California’s Employment Development Department (EDD) has failed unemployed Californians. Media outlets report that the state agency’s website went down at...





























