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Tuesday, October 23, 2018

2018-10-22_press release_Select Committee on Disabilities to hold hearing in Concord.pdf

SACRAMENTO – The Assembly Select Committee on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities will hold a hearing Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Concord City Council Chambers, 1950 Parkside Drive in Concord.

Assemblymember Jim Frazier (D-Discovery Bay), who chairs the Committee, and Assemblymember Timothy S. Grayson (D-Concord), are scheduled to attend the hearing, which will serve as a listening session for the local I/DD community to speak about their experiences. Other Bay Area legislators may also attend the hearing.

Monday, October 15, 2018

2018-10-15_press release_Select Committee on Disabilities to hold hearing in Fresno.pdf

SACRAMENTO – The Assembly Select Committee on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities will hold a hearing Tuesday, Oct. 16, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Fresno City Hall, 2600 Fresno St.

Friday, October 5, 2018

2018-10-5_Frazier press release_Select Committee on Disabilities to hold hearings around state.pdf

Hearings scheduled for Fresno Oct. 16 and Concord Oct. 24

SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Jim Frazier (D-Discovery Bay), chair of the Assembly Select Committee on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, has announced that he plans to have the Committee hold hearings in communities around the state in the coming weeks and months to assess how Californians with I/DD are being served by the state and their local communities.

Friday, September 21, 2018

2018-09-21_press release_Gov signs Frazier clean energy truck bill AB 2061.pdf

SACRAMENTO – Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill by Assemblymember Jim Frazier (D-Discovery Bay), chairman of the Assembly Transportation Committee, which clears the path to start replacing diesel and gasoline fueled commercial trucks with zero-emission and near-zero-emission models. AB 2061 was approved by the Legislature with strong bipartisan support.

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

2018-09-19_press release_Gov signs Frazier bill AB 2441 to remove derelict commercial vessels.pdf

SACRAMENTO – Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill by Assemblymember Jim Frazier (D-Discovery Bay) that seeks to remedy the problem of derelict commercial vessels in Delta waterways. Assembly Bill 2441 directs the State Lands Commission, in consultation with state and local agencies, to develop a comprehensive plan for the removal of these hazardous craft.

Friday, September 7, 2018

Letter from Delta Caucus urges postponement of tunnel hearings.

SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Jim Frazier (D-Discovery Bay), co-chairman of the California Legislative Delta Caucus, today sent the attached letter from the Caucus to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, urging postponement of a hearing scheduled Tuesday morning on State Water Project contract extensions and amendments, which has implications for the proposed Delta tunnels project.

Friday, August 31, 2018

2018-08-31_press release_Frazier bill AB 3135 to fund more CHP officers goes to Gov.pdf

SACRAMENTO – A bill to restore California Highway Patrol officer positions that were cut during the Great Recession is now on the governor’s desk. AB 3135, authored by Assemblymember Jim Frazier (D-Discovery Bay), chairman of the Assembly Transportation Committee, received unanimous bipartisan support in both houses of the Legislature.