Press Releases

2018-08-28_Frazier press release_AB 2363 bill to reduce traffic fatalities goes to governor.pdf

SACRAMENTO – A bill to create a task force whose goal would be to end traffic fatalities in California has been approved by the Legislature and is on the governor’s desk. AB 2363, jointly authored by Assemblymembers Jim Frazier (D-Discovery Bay) and Laura Friedman (D-Glendale), would direct the Secretary of Transportation to create the Zero Traffic Fatalities Task Force, to develop a structured, coordinated process to form policies and reduce traffic fatalities caused by vehicle collisions to zero.

2018-08-20_press release_Frazier good government CTC independence bill goes to Gov.pdf

Would make California Transportation Commission an independent entity again

SACRAMENTO – The state Senate has approved a bill by Assemblymember Jim Frazier (D-Discovery Bay), chair of the Assembly Transportation Committee, which would remove the California Transportation Commission (CTC) from under the jurisdiction of the executive branch and reestablish it is an independent entity in state government. AB 2734, which received unanimous, bipartisan support in both houses of the Legislature, now goes to the desk of Gov. Jerry Brown.

SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Jim Frazier (D-Discovery Bay) released the following statement after 19-year veteran CHP Officer Kirk Griess was struck and killed by a vehicle while conducting a traffic stop on Interstate 80 in Fairfield today.