Press Releases

September 18, 2020
Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari
Department of Homeland Security
1100 Alabama Ave. SE
Washington, DC 20032

Dear Inspector General CuffariDear Inspector General Cuffari:

SACRAMENTO – Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino), Chair of the Legislative Women’s Caucus and Assemblymember Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara), Vice Chair of the Legislative Women’s Caucus issued the following statement after Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) was recently denied the opportunity to use proxy voting during maternity leave;

“As Women’s Caucus leaders, we are deeply troubled that a member of our Caucus was required to travel to Sacramento with her newborn baby—in the midst of maternity leave during a global pandemic—so that she could vote on end-of-session measures.

SACRAMENTO – Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino), Chair of the Legislative Women’s Caucus and Assemblywoman Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara), Vice Chair of the Legislative Women’s Caucus released the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s May Revision:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sergio Reyes
January 9, 2020 (916) 651-4020
California Leaders to Celebrate Women in Power
California Women Mark Centennial of 19th Amendment
SACRAMENTO – Leadership California and the California Legislative Women’s Caucus are
sponsoring “Witness the Power of She”, an event on Monday, January 13, 2020 at the Leland
Stanford Mansion (800 N Street; Sacramento, CA 95814) to mark 100 years of women’s right to
vote in the United States.