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Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) wants everyone to be ready for life’s emergencies so she’s hosting the “Be Prepared Safety Fair” on Saturday, June 24th. The free, family friendly event will feature emergency preparedness booths and demonstrations about keeping your family safe. The event will feature public safety vehicles, K9 cops, an Equestrian Park Ranger Unit, and more! Join Assemblymember Irwin from 10am until 1pm at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Park.

(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.

(Sacramento) – Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks), Chair of the Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee, in association with Creativechaos Vmg, hosted a screening of the award winning documentary Thank you for Your Service, in Sacramento’s beautiful art deco Crest Theater. Thank You For Your Service is an in depth exploration of the challenges confronting our military community after nearly two decades of war. Assemblymember Irwin was a guest of the KMAX TV’s Good Day Sacramento program to discuss the movie screening. Watch the segment in this Assembly Assets video.

(Thousand Oaks) – A program first envisioned by Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) when she was a member of the Thousand Oaks city council has flourished, providing opportunities and experience to hundreds of high school juniors. The Community Internships Training Youth (C.I.T.Y.), connects high school juniors with local organizations who need interns and allows them to gain first-hand experience, while working with local businesses. Assemblymember Irwin says, since being elected to the State Assembly, her office has partnered with C.I.T.Y. program, and has had several exceptional interns in her office. Here’s more in this Assembly Assets video created by City of Thousand Oaks TOTV NewsNet.

(Thousand Oaks) – When the 2015/16 legislative session ended earlier this year it became very clear Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) was very successful in making positive changes for her constituents and the state of California. Legislation she wrote this session bans powdered alcohol, improves the state’s cyber security infrastructure, helps University of California scientists convert their research into products that benefit society, removes barriers to military personnel accessing mental health services, and expands the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. Here’s more of Assemblymember Irwin legislative highlights in this Assembly Access video.

(Camarillo) — When Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) was elected, she met with CSU Channel Islands President Rush to ask him what the needs of the University were. His response was that the needs of the community were for an engineering program. With the needs of the community identified, Asm. Irwin worked with stakeholders and legislators to secure money in the California State Budget to provide funding for the creation of a new school of engineering and 'Mechatronics degree'. The new school is set to open in 2018. Learn more in this clip from Assembly Access.

(Oxnard) - Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) promised that she would fight every day to find solutions to the challenges facing Ventura County. The Brine Line solution proves that she meant what she said. The Brine Line stood completed but not in use until Assemblymember Irwin brought the water district, farmers, and various state agencies together to find a creative way to utilize the plant as a means to bring purified water to farmers in this era of extreme drought. Her “how can I help” approach pushed the community across the finish line and demonstrated how effective a leader she is. Learn more in this clip from Assembly Access.

(Oxnard, CA) – Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) hosted a special meeting of the State Assembly’s Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance at Oxnard College to discuss a new $60-million, one-time incentive grant program, funded by legislation she authored, to improve community college remediation practices. Almost 75% of entering California’s community college students are deemed unprepared for college-level work and in need of basic skills courses. Irwin and students explain the necessity of programs that aim to increase the number of students who complete basic skills, enabling them to pursue a college certificate or degree.

Watch the entire hearing in this Assembly Access Livestream video:

This credit will have a big impact on thousands of families and individuals across the state. The tax credit has been available since January 1, 2016, and I have been spreading the word and speaking with media outlets and community organizations to urge eligible California residents to file their taxes and apply for the state EITC as soon as possible to make sure they get their full refund!

I had the pleasure of speaking with Time Warner Cable Local Edition’s Bella Shaw a few weeks ago and we discussed why it is so important that Californians take advantage of this tax credit and get their full refunds this year.

Please watch our talk and share on your social networks! You can visit my website to find out if you are eligible for the EITC and where you can file here.