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CAMARILLO – To help offset the blood supply shortage occurring due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D – Thousand Oaks) collaborated with the American Red Cross, Conejo Valley Recreation and Park District and other local organizations to host six blood drives throughout Ventura County.
Ventura County is looking for donations of face masks and other protective equipment to help health care workers responding to the coronavirus.
This week, the Ventura County Office of Emergency Services began accepting donations at three drop-off locations: Assembly member Jacqui Irwin’s offices in Oxnard and Camarillo and the Ventura County Community Foundation in Camarillo. The county is requesting new and unused surgical masks, N-95 masks, procedure masks, isolation gowns, medical goggles, dracon culture swabs and Tyvek suits.
By Gretchen Wenner in the Ventura County Star
If you have spare protective gear used by medical workers, Ventura County wants it.
On Monday night, officials put out a plea to the public for donations. The request comes as local cases of the new coronavirus continue to rise and four staff members at Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura have tested positive for the virus.
SACRAMENTO – Every year, the California Legislative Women’s Caucus sponsors the annual “Woman of the Year” celebration as part of Women’s History Month. This year, Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) named Santa Rosa Valley resident, Rosemary Allsion, as her 2020 Woman of the Year.
Legislation to create a California Housing Agency that oversees all activities related to housing was introduced by Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) Feb. 19. “AB 2506 is a necessary reform which concentrates California’s efforts into one agency, allowing for more streamlined and timely action to increase our housing supply shortfall,” said Irwin.
SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D – Thousand Oaks) has introduced Assembly Bill 2372, which would increase confidentiality for reports and records of coroners and medical examiners for victims and crime victim families.
SACRAMENTO – Today, after the State of the State address by Governor Gavin Newsom, Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D – Thousand Oaks) introduced Assembly Bill 2506, which creates a stand-alone Housing Agency, with a Cabinet-level Secretary, charged with overseeing all activities related to housing.