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Irwin, State Assembly Honor Labor Leader Lacayo

(Sacramento) – Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) and the State Assembly adjourned the May 4, 2017 floor session in the memory of Henry “Hank” Lacayo, a personal mentor of Assemblymember Irwin and lifelong public servant who passed away on May 2 at the age of 85 after a long battle with throat cancer. After serving in the U.S. Air Force, Lacayo began organizing for the United Auto Workers in the 1950s. He rose up the ranks and joined UAW’s executive team, becoming the first Hispanic to serve as a political director of a national union. “By the end of his career, Hank had personally counseled Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Carter and Clinton, marched with Cesar Chavez and stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech,” said Assemblymember Irwin.  “He touched many lives and helped chart the futures of countless others, including my own.” Here’s more in this Assembly Access video.

Assemblymember Irwin's Multiple Measures Bill passes through Higher Education Committee

SACRAMENTO – Assembly Bill 705 authored by Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks), passed through the Assembly Higher Education Committee. This bill codifies the use of high school transcript data as a student success indicator to ensure that California is enabling students to graduate faster and increase their likelihood for success. Several states, including Connecticut and North Carolina have implemented multiple measures programs with great success.

Assemblywoman Pushes for Additions to State Technology Recovery Plans

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Seeking to further bolster California against cyberattacks, lawmakers on Tuesday approved legislation that would require state agencies and departments to inventory their critical infrastructure controls.

The inventory would be an added requirement of the Technology Recovery Plans that lawmakers last year asked state entities to complete by July 2018 and submit to the California Department of Technology.

Environment takes center stage at 20th T.O. event

Thousand Oaks' Arbor/Earth Day celebration on Saturday marked many milestones since its genesis in 1997, when the population was 112,000 compared to 130,000 today. In the past two decades, the city’s open space has grown from 13,000 acres to 15,000 acres, and 70 miles of trails have doubled to 150 miles.

Claudia Bill-de la Peña, the mayor of Thousand Oaks, talked about these accomplishments during opening ceremonies of this year's celebration at Thousand Oaks Community Park.

Technology emphasized at county agricultural summit

Plaid shirts and jeans mixed with suits and ties as farmers, students and educators mingled in an exhibit hall at the Ventura County Office of Education conference center in Camarillo.

At the end of a row of display tables featuring companies showing off their products, a group of Oxnard Union High School District students huddled around a fixed-wing drone belonging to David Alamillo, the chief pilot and flight operations manager at Dronifi, a Westlake Village-based drone technology company.

Local judge honored as Woman of the Year

Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin recognized Ventura County Superior Court's first Latina judge in an annual Woman of the Year conference in Sacramento.

Ventura County Superior Court Judge Michele Castillo, a Camarillo resident, was chosen by Irwin to represent her district in the ceremony hosted by the California Legislative Women's Caucus on Monday on the state Assembly floor, according to a news release.

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