In This Issue Greetings! Earthquake Preparedness Prevent Overdose Deaths Day of Silence 3-D, Don’t Drive Distracted My Report Card Never Forget LGBT Aging Survey Tenants Survey School Success and Opportunity Act Walk to Aid Homeless Photo Contest Greetings! Baseball has resumed in San Francisco and I'm excited about watching the…

In This Issue Greetings! More champions Talkin' 'bout my legislation Things you should know For your calendar Greetings! Welcome to my first newsletter of 2013. The Assembly is back in full session in Sacramento, taking up issues that are important to Californians. In addition to our regular session, the Governor…

In this issue: Thanking the Voters Celebrating the Champions What We're Doing in Sacramento Honors Getting Graded Coming Events Thanks and He's Welcome Thank you, San Francisco, for again choosing me as your representative in Sacramento. As candidate for what will now be the 17th District – the eastern side…

In this issue: California Delegation to Washington D.C. At Home in San Francisco Around the Nation Current Legislation California Delegation to Washington D.C. San Francisco Assemblymember Tom Ammiano and California delegation met with Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Just last month I had the opportunity to join a bipartisan delegation of California…

In this Issue Legislative Update Healthy San Francisco Update on Medical Marijuana in California Assembly Public Safety Committee Hearings Pelican Bay BART Police Update on State Redistricting Commission ACLU Legislator of the Year award Energy Upgrade California Legislative Update The legislative session has officially ended and Governor Jerry Brown signed…

State Budget Update:Governor Brown released his May Revision of the state budget on May 16 and as we have been starting to see, the economy is finally showing signs of recovery. This is reflected in the solid increase in revenues -$6.6 billion - included in the revision. However, we still…

Dear Friends: Welcome to my March newsletter.  This month’s edition includes up to date information regarding the state budget, legislation I have introduced for this session and free tax preparation resources available for you here in the Bay Area. First, I am proud to announce two exciting appointments. I was…

Dear Friends:   This has been a busy fall and I have many updates to share with you. Legislatively, I am pleased to report that the Governor signed five bills that I authored this year and they will become law on January 1, 2011. The bills address a range of…

State Budget The state's fiscal year began July 1 but California continues to operate without a budget with the Governor and the Legislative leadership still without agreement on how to close a roughly $4 billion budget gap.   I feel strongly that we cannot allow the budget deficit to be…

Legislative Update Throughout this legislative session, I have been consistently pushing for reform in Sacramento including protecting tenants by ensuring responsible investment at CalPERS, reforming California’s Three Strikes law, and closing loopholes in our tax system to make corporations pay their fair share.  I am now proud to report that…