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Garcia Honored as Champion for Special Needs Students

Thursday, May 3, 2018

SACRAMENTO — Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia, D-Coachella, was recognized this week by the Special Education Local Plan Area Administrators Association of California for his dedicated efforts to increase special education services and resources for individuals with disabilities through public policy.

SELPA Administrators of California is an extensive association of professional educators organized to present, review and evaluate major special education issues. The association presented Garcia with the award this morning, during their annual Legislative Information Sharing Day.

Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia Honored As Policy Champion for Special Needs Students

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

(SACRAMENTO, CA) Today, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) was recognized by the Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) Administrators Association of California for his dedicated efforts to increase special education services and resources for individuals with disabilities through public policy.

Assemblymember Garcia Rallies Support from Scores of Colleagues for his $75 Million Funding Request for Local Air Districts

Monday, April 30, 2018

(SACRAMENTO-CA) Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) has submitted a budget request for $75 million to fully fund the implementation of AB 617. A total of fifty legislators signed on to this request letter championed by Assemblymembers Eduardo Garcia and Timothy Grayson (D-Concord).

Assembly Approves Garcia’s Effort to Designate Cathedral City’s LGBT Veteran Memorial as Official State Memorial

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

(SACRAMENTO-CA)Today, Cathedral City Mayor Stan Henry and Mayor Pro-tem Greg Pettis joined Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) at the State Capitol for a historic vote to designate the city’s LGBT Veterans Memorial as the official LGBT Veterans Memorial of California.

Garcia Seeks Money to Combat Gangs

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Earlier this year, Garcia and Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham, R-San Luis Obispo, submitted a formal budget letter requesting for $9.2 million to reinstate funding for the California Gang Reduction, Intervention and Prevention (CalGRIP) program. The Governor’s current proposal eliminated allotments for this program.

Garcia added that, “Victim confidentiality is paramount to building positive rapport with public safety officials and ensuring that victims feel safe bringing forward testimony in gang-related cases.”