FAIRFIELD, CA — Nearly $13 million in project money is headed to Assembly District 11, of which $5.25 million is going to Solano County.
Assemblywoman Lori Wilson, D-Suisun City, announced this week that six district projects will receive $12.75 million as part of the recently signed 2023-24 California Budget Act.
FAIRFIELD, CA — Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas has named his leadership team and has kept Assemblywoman Lori Wilson as the majority whip.
Wilson, named assistant majority whip by former Speaker Anthony Rendon, and promoted to majority whip in December, called it an honor to be able to continue in the role.
SACRAMENTO, CA — Today, Members of the California Legislative Black Caucus held a press conference denouncing the recent SCOTUS decision on affirmative action.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Assemblymember Robert Rivas was sworn in as the 71st Speaker of the California State Assembly. Assemblywoman Lori D. Wilson issued the following statement:
SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Assembly Judiciary Committee today advanced Assembly Bill 957, The TGI (Transgender, Gender-Diverse, and Intersex) Youth Empowerment Act, by Assemblywoman Lori D. Wilson (D-Suisun City).
California’s agricultural sector plays a key role in fighting our climate crisis. On the one hand, agriculture emits approximately 8% of the state’s total greenhouse gases. That percentage would be much higher if it accounted for emissions throughout the entire food and farming supply chain. On the other hand, climate change—drought, flooding, wildfires, and extreme temperatures—also disrupts farms and food systems.
Today the names of Black women are synonymous with California politics. Women such as future Congress members Barbara Lee; Diane Watson; Maxine Waters, who went viral reclaiming her time in 2017; and Karen Bass, who recently was elected Los Angeles’ first female and second Black mayor. Women like Holly Mitchell, who created legislation that solidified African Americans’ “natural” right to wear their hair however they want in the workplace.
