Tag: Toni Atkins

Drug Poisoning Victims’ Families Demand Legislative Action on National Fentanyl Awareness Day

May 10, 2023
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Protesters gathered in front of California Sen. Toni Atkins’s (D-San Diego) office in San Diego on May 9—National Fentanyl Awareness Day—requesting the majority leader take a bipartisan fentanyl bill to the floor for a vote. Family members wearing t-shirts and carrying pictures of their deceased loved ones joined with advocacy groups in a unified call…

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California’s ‘Dream for All’ Home Down Payment Program Ran Out of Money in 12 Days

April 18, 2023
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Demand for California’s new downpayment assistance program overwhelmed the system and depleted its $300 million budget in less than 12 days, with applications put on pause effective April 7, according to the housing finance agency. The legislator responsible for proposing the program responded optimistically to the news. “It is incredible and inspiring to see that…

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California Approves Amendment to Codify Abortion for November Ballot

June 28, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—California Assemblymembers voted to bring forth an amendment to codify abortion in its Constitution yesterday afternoon in a 58 to 16 vote. Senate Constitutional Amendment 10 (SCA 10), authored by Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), will go before voters in the General Election in November. SCA 10 will expand the state’s current…

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