A quality education is the single best tool to prepare children for their future, which is why I am proud to have authored AB 2337, signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom. AB 2337 ensures California’s smallest, rural school districts…

With every passing year, California continues to shatter records with devastating fire seasons, and 2020 is no exception.  This year, the state has lost 4.2 million acres, approximately 9,000 structures, 31 lives, and fire season has not even ended. Gov. Gavin…

As school districts in Los Angeles and San Diego have announced their continued closure through the coming fall semester, I am one of many concerned parents who fear this trend could spread statewide. The communities I represent in the First…

The issue of wildfire is one California leaders have neglected for decades and only seem to pay attention to nowadays between the months of May through October, as year after year, our state is devastated by catastrophic fire. Since the…

The California State Auditor last month published a report investigating the state’s disbursement of the $9.5 billion provided in the federal CARES Act’s Coronavirus Relief Fund to counties. The report uncovered that large counties with more than 500,000 residents received nearly double…

As we approach a full year since California schools shut down to slow the spread of COVID-19, parents are wondering when their children will ever see a classroom again. As families raise their voices, the governor and the majority leadership in…

As a farmer, representative of the North State, and Vice-Chair of the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee, I was disturbed to see the introduction of Assembly Joint Resolution 5, seeking to rehash the debate on banning wild horse and burro gathers.…

Drug trafficking. Murder. Millions of acres of illegal marijuana fields. Most Californians assume the best place to look for these stories is their preferred streaming service, but they are taking place in our own backyard. Thousands of acres of land…