Press Releases

(SACRAMENTO, CA) The United States Department of the Treasury recently released the final certifications for California’s Opportunity Zone designations. Of these zones, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) is very pleased to announce the sweeping success of his requests for the inclusion of numerous local census tracts.

(Sacramento, CA)  – Yesterday, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) stood alongside a vast coalition of our state’s leading outdoor recreation industry leaders and advocates in staunch support of legislative efforts to establish a California Office of Sustainable Outdoor Recreation.

(Sacramento, CA) - Today, the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development passed AB 3037 a legislative effort joint authored by Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) to allow localities to establish Redevelopment Housing and Infrastructure Agencies (RHIAs) to fund affordable housing and infrastructure projects in California.

(Sacramento, CA) – Today, members of the California Latino Legislative Caucus conducted a press conference to announce this year’s legislative and policy priorities. Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia’s (D-Coachella) AB 1885, California Resident Worker Program and Economic Stabilization Act, ranked among the top of their 2018 agenda.

(Coachella, CA) – Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella), Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD), and Pueblo Unido CDC called together fellow Disadvantaged Communities Infrastructure Task Force (a.k.a. DAC Infrastructure Task Force, DACIC) members to announce AB 2060 (E.

(Sacramento, CA) - Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) and a bipartisan coalition of legislators submitted a letter to the Assembly Committee on the Budget requesting a $25 million investment into workforce development programs, as established in AB 1111 (E. Garcia, 2017), Breaking Barriers to Employment.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) — Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) welcomed eleven Imperial County high school students to the California Capitol and proudly presented them during this afternoon’s assembly session. These youth are currently participating in Comité Cívico del Valle’s Youth Environmental Health Internship.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) — Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella), Chair of the Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies and about a dozen other California legislators submitted a letter requesting that critical natural resources programs receive funding in this year’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) budget allocations.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) Today, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) recognized Coachella Valley resident and longtime healthcare champion, Lucy Moreno as the 56th Assembly District’s 2018 Woman of the Year recipient.

(SACRAMENTO, CA)— Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) has released the following statement regarding Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ legal action against the State of California: