Press Releases

(Sacramento – CA) Today, State Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) honored Indio resident, Reginald ‘Reggie” Powell as the 56th Assembly District’s 2018 Veteran of the Year.

(Sacramento – CA) Today’s favorable vote in the Senate Committee on Agriculture advances Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia’s (D-Coachella) AB 2106, Sale of California Produce, past its first hurdle in the Senate.  Garcia introduced this legislation at the behest of farmers within in his district who felt that the 5% bid preference under last year’s AB 822 (Caballero/E.

(Sacramento – CA) Today, the California State Legislature voted to approve the 2018-2019 Budget. Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) applauds several 56^th Assembly District budget victories. 

(Sacramento – CA) Today, the Senate Governmental Organization Committee voted to approve Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia’s (D-Coachella) legislative proposal designating Cathedral City’s LGBT Veteran Memorial as the state’s official LGBT Veteran Memorial.

(Sacramento – CA) Today, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) was proud to honor Sure Helpline Crisis Center as the 56^th Assembly District Nonprofit of the Year.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) — The California State Assembly just wrapped up a full week of floor votes, hearing well over 400 measures.

(SACRAMENTO, CA)— Now midway through the 2018 legislative session, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) is geared up for a full week of Assembly floor votes to send the remainder of his bill package onto the Senate. Last Friday, he safely ushered eight bills out of the Appropriations suspense file, and they have now joined his list floor vote eligible measures.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) – This afternoon, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia’s (D-Coachella) $25 million workforce development budget request was approved by the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration. The funds would kick-start the competitive grant program, as established in AB 1111, Breaking Barriers to Employment (E. Garcia, 2017).

(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Today, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No.