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Sacramento – Legislation by Assemblymember Eloise Reyes (D-San Bernardino) Chair of the Assembly Human Services Committee, to revamp California’s approach to early childhood education was approved by a vote of the full Assembly and now heads to the state Senate for further consideration.  AB 2581 would create a workgroup focusing on key stakeholder concerns surrounding early childhood development program administration and governance in the event that early childhood development programs see a transition in their administration or governance from one state entity to another

Sacramento – Assemblymember Eloise Reyes’ (D-San Bernardino) legislation, AB 2276, passed the State Assembly with bipartisan support and now heads to the state Senate for consideration.  AB 2276 was introduced in response to a State Auditor’s Report, Childhood Lead Levels: Millions of Children in Medi-Cal Have Not Received Required Testing for Lead Poisoning that revealed over a million children in the Medi-Cal Program have not been properly screened for lead exposure.

Sacramento – AB 2147 authored by Assemblymember Reyes (D-San Bernardino), which provides an expedited expungement process for inmates that have successfully participated as inmate hand crews actively assisting with fire suppression activities passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee.

Sacramento – Assemblymember Eloise Reyes (D-San Bernardino legislation, AB 2276, passed the Health Committee by unanimous vote.  AB 2276 was introduced in response to a State Auditor’s Report, Childhood Lead Levels: Millions of Children in Medi-Cal Have Not Received Required Testing for Lead Poisoning that revealed over a million children in the Medi-Cal Program have not been properly screened for lead exposure.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Yesterday, a joint hearing  was convened with the Assembly Human Services Committee, Chaired by Assemblymember Eloise Reyes (D-San Bernardino) and the Committee on Housing and Community Development, chaired by Assemblymember David Chu (D-San Francisco), to highlight one of the most important issues facing the state of California today, that of youth homelessness.

Sacramento – Assemblymember Eloise Reyes (D-San Bernardino) Chair of the Assembly Human Services Committee introduced AB 2581, which establishes under the umbrella of the California Health and Human Services Agency, a new Department of Early Childhood Development (DECD).  This new department would centralize the state’s administration and leadership of early child development policies and programs.

Sacramento – Today, Governor Newsom centered his State of the State address on how California must get serious with real solutions and actionable policies to address homelessness.  Given the size and scope of this problem, we must look at every tool and option that government has available to mitigate what has effectively become a failure of state and local policy.

Sacramento – Assemblymember Eloise Reyes (D-San Bernardino) introduced legislation, AB 2276, in response to a State Auditor’s Report, Childhood Lead Levels: Millions of Children in Medi-Cal Have Not Received Required Testing for Lead Poisoning that revealed over a million children in the Medi-Cal Program have not been properly screened for lead exposure.  Under the state’s Medi-Cal program, children are required to be screened for lead exposure at the ages of one and two.  Lead exposure in children can lead to learning disabilities and serious health consequences.  This is

Sacramento – Assemblymember Reyes (D-San Bernardino) today introduced AB 2147, which would provide an expedited expungement process for inmates that have successfully participated as inmate hand crews actively assisting with fire suppression activities.