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Líderes Campesinas Honored as Nonprofit of Year by Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia presents Líderes Campesinas with Nonprofit of the Year Award

(Sacramento – CA) Today, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) was proud to honor Líderes Campesinas as the 56^thAssembly District Nonprofit of the Year. Several campesinas including, Executive Director, Suguet Lopez, traveled to Sacramento to receive recognition at the 4^th Annual California Nonprofits Day Ceremony.

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Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia Advances District Legislation to the Senate

Friday, May 31, 2019

Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia presenting on the Assembly floor

(SACRAMENTO, CA) —Yesterday, the California State Assembly voted to approve eight more of Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia's (D-Coachella) measures. These bills focus on critical district concerns such as improving special needs services, building safer communities, and ensuring greater accountability for Salton Sea mitigation.

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Safe Drinking Water Tour - Los Angeles

Friday, May 17, 2019

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Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia Engages to Bring Parties Together for Talks on Future of IID’s Electricity Service in Coachella Valley

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Positive Direction: Local Discussions to Move Forward

(SACRAMENTO, CA) —Today, the Assembly Appropriations Committee placed a hold on AB 854 (Mayes) turning the measure into a two-year bill with the intention of allowing for local discussions and negotiations to move forward. Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) has issued the following statement in regards to the positive direction of these talks and the future of Imperial Irrigation District’s electricity service in the Coachella Valley:

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'Food is everything': Riverside becomes first California county to put state's home-kitchen law into effect

Friday, May 10, 2019

As excerpted from The Desert Sun:

The ordinance follows the 2018 passage of AB 626. The bill, which was authored by Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia, D-Coachella, expanded the kinds of foods home-based businesses can sell, from baked goods like pan dulce to cooked items like carne asada tacos.

“It decriminalizes a practice that has been going on for a long time and creates an economic empowerment opportunity for people who want to make a living from something they already do at home and enjoy doing,” Garcia told the San Francisco Chronicle after his bill became law last year. The bill received support from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle but garnered opposition from several associations representing the interests of county governments and health inspectors worried about sanitation.

Líderes Campesinas Honored as Nonprofit of Year by Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia

Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia Advances District Legislation to the Senate

Safe Drinking Water Tour - Los Angeles

Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia Engages to Bring Parties Together for Talks on Future of IID’s Electricity Service in Coachella Valley

'Food is everything': Riverside becomes first California county to put state's home-kitchen law into effect

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