For Immediate Release
Contact: Claudia Wrazel (916) 445-5957

September 24, 2002

Sacramento, CA – Governor Gray Davis today signed into law SB 1894, authored by Senator Martha Escutia (D - Montebello). The bill would require the Department of Health Services to restore a total of $750,000 to five domestic violence shelters that lost their usual DHS grants through no fault of their own, due to a change in the department’s funding priorities in 2000.

For Immediate Release
CONTACT: Catherine Hazelton
(916) 319-2044 or (626) 665-8922

October 3, 2002 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Candice Chung, (916) 319-3216
Lena Kennedy, (626) 577-9944

October 7, 2005

PASADENA, CA. – Assemblymember Carol Liu (D-La Canada Flintridge) hosted her fifth annual Cancer Awareness and Legislative Update Breakfast on Friday, October 07, 2005 at the Pasadena Hilton Hotel. The event provided the latest information on prevention, detection and cure of gender-related cancers, as well as healthy living, diet and emotional well being.

SACRAMENTO – The California State Assembly passed Senate Joint Resolution 51 (Karnette D-Long Beach) yesterday on a 50-27 vote. SJR 51 officially requests that the Bush administration reinstate funding to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

Governor Gray Davis has announced that he will be signing four measures to protect women's reproductive rights at a signing ceremony in San Francisco this afternoon. Assemblymember Hannah-Beth Jackson's Assembly Bill 2194 is one of the measures that will be signed by Governor Davis.

AB 2295 addresses gender equity in California’s athletic programs

Sacramento – Assemblymember Jenny Oropeza (D-Long Beach) announced that AB 2295 was signed into law by Governor Davis today. This legislation will study athletic programs throughout California’s public schools and the rate of compliance with Title IX. AB 2295 cleared both the Assembly and the Senate with bipartisan support.

GOVERNOR SIGNS LIU BILL ALLOWING TAX FORM DONATIONS TO CHILDREN’S FUND

California is the first state to enact gender-motivated violence remedy modeled on federal Violence Against Women Act necessary after U.S. Supreme Court ruling

Sacramento, CA – Governor Gray Davis has signed into law SB 1895, a domestic violence bill authored by Senator Martha Escutia (D - Montebello). The bill would require the Office of Criminal Justice Planning, one of two state agencies that funds domestic violence shelters and programs, to consult with an advisory group of domestic violence experts in administering OCJP grants and programs.