January 4, 2013
Rape case story prompts promise of legislative action
By: Elex Michaelson
KABC.com
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Eyewitness News first reported on it Thursday night, and now there is a widespread call for action to plug a loophole in California's rape law.
SACRAMENTO – State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) has just been elected vice-chair of the California Legislative Women’s Caucus.
Commission on Status of Women and Girls Joins New Coalition to Support Women Veterans:
State Library Survey Prompts Action
Legislative Women's Caucus
Summary of Events ~ 2012
Awareness
The Legislative Women's Caucus is consistently asked to bring awareness to great causes that affect women throughout our state. Through events and resolutions, the LWC is always happy to lend a helping hand.
For the first time in Olympic history all participating teams had female athletes.
Over 5000 female Olympians came to London in 2012.
TITLE IX
On Monday, March 4, 2013, the Legislative Women’s Caucus Breaking celebrated Women’s History Month with an Assembly Floor ceremony: Breaking the Glass Ceiling. A reception and luncheon to honor these 11 amazing women was held before and after the event, respectively.
The awards celebrate the successes of California women in breaking barriers in the fields of science, technology, the arts, the judiciary, and beyond. The honorees broke barriers with achievements previously only realized by men.
Elected by her peers, Lowenthal will lead the 31-member group.
SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, was elected to serve as Chair of the California Legislative Women’s Caucus. Senator Hannah Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara, was elected the Vice Chair.
SACRAMENTO – On Wednesday, August 21, the California Legislative Women’s Caucus will be launching a speakers series called Women’s Voices, and is pleased to announce that Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, will be the inaugural guest speaker.
Sandberg, the author of Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead, will speak at a luncheon being held from noon to 1:15 at 1201 K Street, 15th floor, Sacramento. Attendance at the event is by invitation only, but credentialed media are invited to cover the talk.
SACRAMENTO – Democratic members of the California Legislative Women’s Caucus today announced plans for legislation to address the wage gap that women face at work. Today, the chair of the Women’s Caucus, Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) introduced Senate Bill 358, the California Fair Pay Act, which will strengthen California’s equal pay laws to ensure that women are paid equally for work that is comparable to their male colleagues and do not face retaliation if they discuss or ask about pay at work.