SACRAMENTO, CA - Thousands of California working families have been granted an extended reprieve from choosing between their jobs and their children's wellbeing with a court settlement extending CalWORKs Stage 3 child care funding through the end of this year.
SACRAMENTO – Assembly Speaker John A. Perez unveiled a plan today to preserve child care subsidies for low-income parents that were formally receiving cash-assistance but are now working. The Legislature adopted a 2010-2011 budget that preserved the funding, but then-Governor Schwarzenegger line-item vetoed the funds.
SACRAMENTO – Senator Noreen Evans, Chair of the Legislative Women’s Caucus, has introduced Senate Bill 155, legislation that will ensure access to comprehensive maternity health coverage in California.
AB 511 requires meteorological towers under 200 feet to be clearly marked for low-flying pilots
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SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed four bills to protect pregnant women and new mothers. The bills ensure maternity services are covered by health insurers and new mothers can no longer lose their health insurance as a result of taking maternity leave.
WHAT:
Democratic women lawmakers will host a rally at the State Capitol with a simple message for the governor: stop targeting women and children with the pain of cuts in our state budget and stay in the state to work towards a fair and balanced budget.
WHO:
Democratic women members of the California State Assembly and Senate Advocates for women, children, education, health care, and the safety net
WHEN:
11:30am on Wednesday, September 8, 2010
ROSEVILLE - Assemblywoman Beth Gaines, R-Roseville, held her first Northern California Women's Conference on Saturday, October 8 at the Sunset Center in Rocklin. More than 300 women from across Northern California attended this free event.
Sacramento - State Senator Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) will receive the Stanley Mosk Defender of Justice Award from the Judicial Council of California for her strong support of the California judicial branch of government. She is the first woman ever to be honored with the award. Evans will accept the award at a 4 p.m. ceremony Monday in San Francisco at the Ronald M. George State Office Complex.
Assemblymember Mariko Yamada, Chair of the Assembly Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care, and Assemblymember Jim Beall, Chair of the Assembly Committee on Human Services, held a joint hearing in Los Angeles to examine the economic challenges facing older women. The December 9th hearing covered various topics including the life-long gender wage gap, historical gender discrimination, and longer life-spans that can threaten older women's fiscal well-being and retirement.
When male voters went to the polls in California in 1911, one of the questions on the ballot was: Should women be allowed to vote? The issue of woman suffrage was being raised across the country and 5 states, all in the west, had approved the radical and controversial idea.