Standing with Immigrant Communities, Latino Caucus Denounces Immigration Raid
Assemblymember Liz Ortega thanks Governor Newsom for delivering on low-cost naloxone commitment
SACRAMENTO — On Friday, Assemblymember Liz Ortega (D-San Leandro) thanked Governor Newsom for taking quick action on his commitment to make affordable naloxone available to Californians through the CalRX program, issuing the following statement:
Asm. Liz Ortega Hosts Select Committee Hearing on Job Opportunities for People with Disabilities
SACRAMENTO, CA – On Tuesday, Assemblymember Liz Ortega (D-San Leandro) chaired a public hearing to explore the reasons for California’s stubbornly low employment rates for people with disabilities and how the state can better support them in obtaining meaningful employment.
Asm. Liz Ortega (D-San Leandro) Appointed Chair of California Assembly Labor and Employment Committee
SACRAMENTO ― Speaker Robert Rivas announced the appointment of Assemblymember Liz Ortega as the new Chair of the California Assembly Labor and Employment Committee. As a labor leader of over 20 years, Asm. Ortega’s appointment brings hard-earned expertise to the committee’s work.
Freshman files: Assemblymember Liz Ortega
Labor unions have been at the center of Assemblymember Liz Ortega’s life since early childhood and the centerpiece of her career.
So it’s natural that her top priorities in the state Assembly are also labor aligned, including legislation mandating that high school students learn about labor laws.
Ortega, 45, learned at a young age that her family had health insurance because her parents had union jobs, her mother doing laundry for hotels and her father as a dishwasher and then a second job, this one a union position as a janitor at the Oakland Coliseum.
California Public School Students Will Learn About Labor Rights Under First-of-Its-Kind Law
A.B. 800 empowers young people with the information and tools they need to understand their rights as workers.
While Republican-controlled state legislatures have rolled back child labor protections this year, Democratic lawmakers and rights advocates in California on Monday celebrated Gov. Gavin Newsom's signing of a first-of-its-kind law that they say will make young people less vulnerable to workplace abuses by teaching them about labor protections.