(SACRAMENTO) – Assemblymember Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa), Chair of the Assembly Democratic Caucus, was appointed to the Commission on the Status of Women today by Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez (D-Los Angeles).

“This is a tremendous honor,” said Evans.  “I look forward to working with the Commission to remove roadblocks for women trying to balance obligations with family and work.  As a mother of three, I know how challenging that juggling act can be.  Working parents are the backbone of this state and children are our future.  Our state government can and should do more to help working families succeed.”

Evans joins four other legislators currently sitting on the 17-member Commission.  Her appointment to makes her the only legislator from Northern California to be serving on the Commission.

The Commission is charged to study, recommend, and advise the Governor and the Legislature on inequities in laws, practices and conditions that affect women.  It was established in 1965 as an Advisory Commission under Governor Pat Brown and signed into law as a permanent Commission by Governor Ronald Reagan in 1971.

For more information about the Commission, please visit http://www.women.ca.gov.