Press Releases

Community Celebrates Successful State Budget Collaboration

(Sacramento, CA) — Despite a challenging fiscal outlook, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) worked in collaboration with community partners to deliver funding for district priorities through the Legislature’s state budget process.

 

The Diaz Brothers, Chief Justice Guerrero, and Former Baja California Congressman Honored with Latino Spirit Awards at California State Capitol

(Sacramento – CA) On Monday, May 1, the California Legislative Latino Caucus honored the Diaz Brothers of the Joel Diaz Training Camp in Indio, Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero, our state's first Latina Chief Justice who was born and raised in Imperial County, and David Pérez-Tejada Padilla, former Baja California Congressman whose policy advocacy supports Imperial County border priorities, at the 21st Annual Latino Spirit Awards.

Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia, Students, and Parents Call for Increased Access to School Mental Health Resources

(Sacramento, CA) —On Wednesday, April 26, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) welcomed student activists, parents, and mental health professionals to the State Capitol for a rally calling for increased access to mental health resources at schools. Advocates organized by Aspire Public Schools gathered in support of Garcia’s AB 1479, school mental health legislation, which successfully passed the Assembly Committee on Education later that afternoon.