(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Today, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) has released the following statements on Governor Gavin Newsom’s initial 2021-22 State Budget proposal:
(SACRAMENTO, CA) – As part of concerted legislative efforts to support California small businesses, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) is proud to join Senator Andreas Borgeas (R-Fresno) and Senator Anna Caballero (D-Salinas) on Senate Bill 74, the Keep California Working Act.
(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia's (D-Coachella) first act of 2021-22 legislative session was to introduce legislation that would prioritize food supply workers, including farmworkers and grocery store workers, for vaccine distribution and access to rapid testing during a pandemic.
California officials, who have spent years studying the idea, don’t merely see Imperial County as a glorified mine. The lithium, they say, could become the foundation of a local market that could make the U.S. a force in a battery industry that China dominates. They want as many future jobs to be clustered in California as possible. They’ve even started using the name “Lithium Valley” to brand the idea. Because the lithium is there, they reason, why not make the batteries there, too, at factories powered by clean geothermal energy?