Press Releases

Medically Supportive Food and Nutrition Advocates Gather in Support of AB 1644 to Improve Patient Health and Lower Soaring Health Care Costs

SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D-Oakland) honored Elaine Brown for making HERstory as part of the Women’s Caucus annual celebration of Women’s History Month.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Today, Assemblymember Bonta (AD-18) introduced a bill to continue moving California’s prison system away from the hyper-punitive approach that characterized the era leading to mass incarceration and toward a system that centers rehabilitation, humanity and healing.

SACRAMENTO – Today, Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D-Oakland) introduced AB 793 a bill that works to support safe access to reproductive and gender-affirming care in the digital age by protecting people from unconstitutional searches of their data.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) – In response to the rising tide of political violence in California and the United States, Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D-Oakland) introduced Assembly Bill (AB) 37 on the very first day of the 2023 legislative session to improve security for candidates, elected officials, their family, and staff.

SACRAMENTO, CA) – Today, Governor Newsom signed a package of bills aimed at strengthening California’s cannabis laws. Included in the package was Assembly Bill (AB) 1706 by Assemblymember Mia Bonta which will resolve implementation gaps in California’s cannabis record sealing law.

Legislation would include Bay Area’s 477 floating homes within the state’s existing rent protection cap

(SACRAMENTO, CA) Assemblywoman Mia Bonta (D-Oakland) introduced Assembly Bill 252 adding rent and vacancy control to the Floating Home Residency Law to protect one of the Bay Area’s last sources of affordable housing.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) March 2 is “National Read Across America Day.” Established in 1998 by the National Education Association, students, teachers, parents, and community members come together on “National Read Across America Day” to read books and celebrate the joy of reading.

Today, Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D-Oakland) announced the introduction of Assembly Bill 1706, which will resolve implementation gaps in California’s cannabis record sealing law. Assemblymember Bonta is championing legislation that will ensure Californians receive the record relief to which they are entitled under the law, given the delay in timely implementation.

Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D-Oakland), along with cosponsors GRACE, End Child Poverty California, and the Cradle to Career Coalition, virtually launched the It Takes a Village Act bill and budget proposal earlier today.