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Irwin receives honor from solar industry group

At its annual Solar and Storage Worker Day, the California Solar Energy Industries Association honored Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin, D-Thousand Oaks, for her work to promote the growth of local solar and energy storage.

As published in the Ventura County Star.

Assemblymember Irwin's Statement on ending the DACA program

(Sacramento, CA) – “I’m appalled by today’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

 

Nearly 800,000 DACA recipients in the United States have now been put at risk of deportation, including close to 200,000 of them who currently reside in California.

 

Protecting Our Children from Identity Theft

(Sacramento) - Legislation authored by Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) to protect children from identity theft is being implemented with help from State Attorney General Xavier Becerra.

Protecting our Children's Identity

(Sacramento) – Legislation authored by Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) to protect children from identity theft is being implemented. Assembly Bill 1580 allows a parent, legal guardian or conservator to freeze the credit of a child under the age of 16. This is a significant step forward because credit bureaus do not typically shield a child’s credit record unless it has already been stolen. Now the State Attorney General Xavier Becerra is distributing a parent handbook on how to protect their children’s identities. During a joint news conference with the Attorney General Assemblymember Irwin said, “Parents now have one more tool to protect their children from identity theft.” Learn more in this Assembly Access video.

MEDIA ADVISORY - Child Identity Theft Press Conference

 Freezing a child’s credit is now streamlined because of enacted Child Identity Theft Law
 

BACKGROUND: Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) will hold a press conference in Sacramento with California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to discuss the results thus far of implementing AB 15

Irwin, State Assembly Honor Cyber Innovation Challenge Winners

(Sacramento) – Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) joined with the rest of the State Assembly in honoring four teams of high school students who won the California Cyber Innovation Challenge, a state-level cyber security championship, sponsored by the California governor’s Go-Biz office. “It’s absolutely critical that we think about security FIRST,” said Assemblymember Irwin. “Even when you’re talking about the “internet of things” – you need to think about how to make the “internet of things” secure.” Here’s more from Assemblymember Irwin and some of the students in this Assembly Access video.