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Welcome to the official website of the 13th Assembly District, designed to keep you up to speed on the work I am doing in the capitol and in our community.
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Assemblyman Mark Leno's Floor Speech on the Balanced Budget Proposal
August 17, 2008
Californians Want Budget to Reflect Their Values
Californians Want Budget to Reflect Their Values from California Assembly Access on Vimeo.
(Sacramento)- Support for a state budget that reflects real California values is growing throughout the state. From Southern California, through the Central Valley and along the California Coast to the San Francisco Bay Area and the rest of Northern California people are calling on state lawmakers to approve a new state spending plan that funds education, health care, transportation and care for the elderly, blind and disabled. In this Assembly Access video real Californians, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass and other top Democratic Assemblymembers make it clear it's "our values and our future" that must be included in the state budget.
More budget information from the Assembly Democrats can be found here.
California Legislature Urges Feds to Protect Imperiled Sea Turtles
SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Legislature today adopted Assemblyman Mark Leno’s Assembly Joint Resolution (AJR) 62 opposing Federal proposals to permit swordfish longline fishing in vital sea turtle habitat off the California coast.
Leno and Huffman Applaud Suspension of Aerial Spraying of Light Brown Apple Moth in Urban Areas
SACRAMENTO, CA—Assemblymembers Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) commended the announcement made today by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) that they would stop the planned aerial pesticide spraying in urban areas to control the light brown apple moth (LBAM). The announcement comes after months of legislative and grassroots efforts to stop the proposed spraying in the Bay Area and along the coast.
Leno's Light Brown Apple Moth Bill Requiring an EIR Prior to Any Spraying Approved by Assembly
AB 2760 will provide the public with critical information on the safety of pesticides before they can be used
SACRAMENTO, CA— Assemblyman Mark Leno’s (D-San Francisco) bill requiring that an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) be completed before the state Department of Food and Agriculture can apply pesticide in an urban area for the eradication of the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) passed the Assembly today by a vote of 41 to 32. It now moves on to the Senate for consideration.
Leno Oil Spill Response Bill Passes Assembly
Bill mandates faster response, improved containment technology, mandatory deployment in foggy conditions, and mutual aid agreements to reduce impact of future spills
SAN FRANCISCO, CA— Assembly Bill 2547, The Oil Spill Response and Technology Improvement Act authored by Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), passed the State Assembly late Wednesday night by a vote of 45 to 32. The bill improves oil spill response and clean up through investments in better technology, mutual aid agreements between responding organizations, tighter standards for response personnel, and mandatory containment response for accidents in foggy conditions.
Leno Bill Grading Polluting Sewers Passes Assembly
The California Clean Water Act expands public information requirements in effort to prevent sewage spills like those in Southern Marin County
SACRAMENTO, CA – Assembly Bill 2986, The California Clean Water Act authored by Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), was passed by the State Assembly late Wednesday night in a vote of 45 to 31. The bill requires the State and Regional Water Boards to assign an annual letter grade to every sewer collection system and sewage treatment plant in California in order to inform voters, rate payers, and local officials of problem systems before harmful, illegal discharges of untreated waste occur.
Last year, Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) sponsored a bill banning two types of toxic chemicals used as fire retardants in foam padding in furniture. These chlorinated and brominated chemicals are linked to cancer, birth defects and reproductive disorders; they migrate from furniture to dust particles, are breathed in by children and pets, and are found in the breast milk of nursing mothers. That bill, however, never reached Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's desk, falling victim to election-year squabbling.
