Category: Maria Elena Durazo

Los Angeles Lawmaker Proposes California ‘Homelessness Prevention Act’

March 15, 2023
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Sen. María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) proposed a new bill last week that will add additional protections under California’s Tenant Protection Act of 2019 and lower the threshold property owners can increase rent. Durazo held a news conference March 10 to promote Senate Bill 567—called the Homelessness Prevention Act—of which details are currently being finalized…

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State Officials, Service Providers Launch Re-Entry Program for the Formerly Incarcerated

October 28, 2021
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During the pandemic, the already-high number of people being released from California’s jails and prisons soared. Now, several state officials joined service providers to launch a program aimed at helping formerly incarcerated people re-enter society. Sen. Maria Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) joined Assemblymembers Isaac Bryan and Mia Bonta Oct. 28 to launch the Re-Entry Providers…

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