Thanks for taking the time to visit my website. I represent Atwater Village, Burbank, Glendale, Hollywood, La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta, Los Feliz, Montrose, and Silver Lake in the state legislature. Restoring California's greatness is my mission. And I always value hearing your thoughts, and I do my best to respond via e-mail.
Mike Gatto
Assemblyman, Forty-Third District
Chair, Appropriations Committee
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- The popular foodie movement encourages the use of locally-grown produce, but if a home cook tries to sell food, it's illegal. So, California is making an effort to join 31 other states in allowing the sale of homemade food.
"This fruit originated in China 3,000 years ago. It's called a 'sweet lemon' in China. It's a cross between a mandarin orange and a lemon," Karen Morss explained to ABC7 News. Eight years ago, she planted 40 Meyer Lemon trees on a three-quarter acre lot next to her house. She sells the lemons, but what she'd really like to do is sell home-crafted marmalade made in small batches in her home. "It's an enormous market potential. People want to know that their food is produced with love and when you buy from a small grower or a small producer, there's been a lot of love added to that product," she said.
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Thursday, August 16 2012
Car Nostalgia Gets A BoostAfter a summer of strife in Sacramento over missing park funds, competing tax proposals, and bickering over pensions, lawmakers actually did something nice Thursday. They sent Gov. Jerry Brown a bill that, in a nod to nostalgia, allows the state to revive and re-issue license plates seen on California cars…
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Wednesday, August 15 2012
Gov. Jerry Brown weighs protections for California sports fansGov. Jerry Brown is weighing a proposal to better protect sports fans from violence at California's professional football stadiums, hockey arenas and baseball parks. In the wake of violent incidents across the state, including the 2011 beating of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow at Dodger Stadium, the Legislature this…
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Monday, August 13 2012
Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s Bill to Protect Senior Citizens Heads to Governor for SignatureSacramento, CA – AB 1624, authored by Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D–Los Angeles), an important measure to protect senior citizens and others from having their bank accounts drained, cleared its final legislative hurdle today, passing the State Assembly on concurrence by a unanimous, bipartisan vote of 78-0. The bill now heads…
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Monday, August 13 2012
Mike Gatto's Stadium Violence Prevention Bill Heads to the GovernorSacramento, CA – Assembly Bill 2464, the Improving Personal Safety at Stadiums Act, authored by Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles), passed the Senate today by a 36-0 vote. The Act would require major-league sports stadiums in California to clearly post the numbers fans can use to call or text-message stadium…
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Monday, August 13 2012
Assemblyman Mike Gatto Bill to Allow Motorists to Show Proof of Auto Insurance on Their Smartphones Heads to GovernorSacramento, CA – Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s (D-Los Angeles) Assembly Bill 1708, a measure which would give California drivers the option to present their proof of auto insurance in electronic form, such as on a smartphone or other personal electronic device, was passed by the Assembly on a vote of 78-1…
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Saturday, August 11 2012
Gatto appointed to Appropriations CommitteeAssemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Silver Lake) was appointed this week as chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee, where he will have significant sway over funding decisions, including those that could benefit the 43rd district. House Speaker John Perez made the appointment because Gatto is a "talented legislator" who can gather support…
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Thursday, August 02 2012
Recycled Water for Carwashes is Common SenseCarwashes are among the biggest retail users of water. And unlike restaurants or schools or homes, the water used in carwashes is meant to get dirty. So does it make sense to wash a dirt-encrusted Jeep with drinking water? That's the premise behind my Assembly Bill 2230. It would require…
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Friday, July 27 2012
Veterans Closer to Completing Two Strike War Memorial WallAssemblyman Mike Gatto presented a $5,000 donation from The Home Depot Foundation to restoring the Two Strike Park veteran war memorial wall. The call to action started in 2006, when Army Spc. Nicholas Steinbacher was killed in Iraq. After Steinbacher's death, Veterans of Foreign War Post 1614 and American Legion…
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