AB 2041 passes the Assembly with unanimous votes, moves to the Senate (Sacramento, CA) - Assemblymember Sandré R. Swanson (D-Alameda) is proud to announce that AB 2041 passed through the Assembly with unanimous bipartisan support. The bill is sponsored by the California Council of the Blind and is a technical…

AB 2279 Returns Local Accountability and Control to School Districts (SACRAMENTO, CA) – AB 2279, authored by Assemblymember Sandré R. Swanson (D-Alameda), Chair of the Select Committee on State School Financial Takeovers, passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee today. The bill returns local accountability and control to struggling school districts by…

ACA 18 Passes Key Assembly Policy Committee (Sacramento, CA) –Assemblymember Sandré R. Swanson (D-Alameda) is proud to announce that his measure to protect vital police and fire protection services, ACA 18, passed out of the Assembly Local Government Committee yesterday. ACA 18, titled the First Responder Initiative, is a constitutional…

I join Alameda County in commemorating the fourth week of April as Sexually Exploited Minors Awareness Week. As you may know, California’s underground economy is thriving on the commercial sexual exploitation of children and the trafficking of minors. As a part of my legislative effort to combat human trafficking and the…

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Applications Available for Swanson’s Second Annual “There Ought to be a Law” Contest (Sacramento, CA) – Assemblymember Sandré R. Swanson (D-Alameda) launched his Second Annual "There Ought to be a Law" Contest this week, inviting students of all ages to submit legislative proposals to his office no later than Thursday,…

(Sacramento, CA) – Assemblymember Sandré R. Swanson (D-Alameda), Chair of the Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment, was proud to announce that Governor Brown signed AB 469 this week. The bill establishes new misdemeanor penalties for employers who steal worker wages and requires employers to provide workers with written disclosures…

Swanson's AB 1136 Signed by Governor Brown Today (SACRAMENTO, CA) - Today, Governor Brown signed the Hospital Patient and Health Care Worker Injury Protection Act. The Act, which is authored by Assemblymember Sandré R. Swanson (D-Alameda), is being called a "triple win" victory by advocates in that it protects patients,…

AB 410 Empowers the Blind and Visually Impaired to Participate in the Adoption of State Regulations Sacramento, CA - Assemblymember Sandré R. Swanson (D-Alameda) is proud to announce that Governor Brown signed the Equal Access to Public Information for the Blind Act today – a bill that was vetoed by…

AB 90 Authorizes State to Seize Profits from Sex Traffickers Sacramento, CA - Governor Brown this week signed Assemblymember Swanson's bill to expand the list of human trafficking-related activities subject to criminal profiteering asset forfeiture. "Domestic sex trafficking has nearly doubled since 2006," explained Swanson. "Drug traffickers are migrating to…