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By Jeannette Sanchez-Palacios
Getting involved in politics for many people means grabbing their phone or computer and sharing their anger and resentment toward politicians and a system they feel doesn’t listen to them. It might be satisfying to lash out at what’s happening in the world, but there is so much more that can be done.
OXNARD – Earlier today, Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin hosted an event in Oxnard to announce $68.6 million dollars in funding for an overpass project at Rice Avenue and Fifth Street. This project will build a bridge at Rice Avenue over the train tracks in an area where several fatal train collisions have occurred.
(Thousand Oaks, CA) - Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) held the 2nd Annual Be Prepared Safety Fair on May 19, 2018 at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Park. There were booths, displays, demonstrations, K9’s, safety vehicles and a drive-in car seat safety check station. “We are trying to give the citizens of this community, the equipment they need to stay safe,” said Assemblymember Irwin. “It is very important that when an emergency happens, they know how to protect themselves because it may be a while before help comes along.” Here’s more from the Safety Fair in this Assembly Access video.
SACRAMENTO – One of Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin’s (D-Thousand Oaks) key pieces of legislation this session, AB 2770, which will help prevent future sexual harassment in the work place passed the Assembly earlier this week.
(Thousand Oaks, CA) – Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) is hosting a free, family friendly safety fair on May 19th. In addition to the emergency preparedness booths and demonstrations there will be bike safety specialists and child car seat experts on hand. Plus, free hands only CPR training. The Be Prepared Safety Fair is May 19th from 10am to 1pm at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Park. Learn more in this Assembly Access video.
SACRAMENTO –Assembly Bill 2325 by Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin prevents a county from denying county mental or behavioral health services to an eligible veteran, regardless of whether that veteran might be covered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The bill passed the Assembly last week and now heads to the State Senate.
As written in EdSource by Jacqui Irwin and Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley.
It’s all about accurately measuring college readiness — and annihilating the achievement gap in the process.
For far too long, community colleges have relied on often inaccurate assessment tests that each year cause more than a million students nationwide to begin their postsecondary education in remedial courses they may not need. In California alone, more than 170,000 students are placed in remedial, or basic skills, math courses — with more than 110,000 never completing the math required to earn a degree. Even worse, data show students of color are more likely than white students to be sent to multiple remedial courses that do not count toward their college degree. What’s more, each remedial course increases the chances of a student throwing his or her arms up and dropping out.
By Mike Harris, Ventura County Star
More than three years after a deadly train vs. vehicle crash in Oxnard, nearly $70 million in funding for a long-planned bridge that officials say would have prevented the collision looks like it's finally materializing.
The California Transportation Commission's staff is recommending the commission's board approve the funds from a new source: state Senate Bill 1, last year's Road Repair and Accountability Act. The legislation is funded by increased gas taxes and new vehicle license fees.
By Becca Whitnall for the Thousand Oaks Acorn
A bill making its way through the state Legislature could restore redevelopment agencies in the name of addressing California’s housing crisis.
Assembly Bill 3037, dubbed the Redevelopment Law of 2018 and backed by local Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Camarillo), would reestablish the city-controlled agencies with new restrictions to prevent the graft and abuse that helped hasten their demise.
By Sonia Fernandez in The UCSB Current
California Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin tours UCSB’s Wilcox New Innovation Incubator and other facilities funded by AB 2664.
Long recognized as fertile ground for entrepreneurship and innovation, UC Santa Barbara now has a space dedicated to the sharing of ideas and resources to cultivate the next generation of tech startups.
Wilcox New Innovation Incubator, located on the ground floor of UCSB’s Mosher Alumni House, is the result of a collaboration between the campus’s Technology Management Program (TMP) and Alumni Affairs. It was funded in part by Assembly Bill 2664, University of California: Innovation and Entrepreneurial Expansion.