BURLINGAME, CA— The California Public Parking Association (CPPA) presented Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) with their “Legislator of the Year” award today for his legislative work to provide additional protections to Parking Control Officers.
Assemblyman Leno was presented the “Legislator of the Year” award at the CA Public Parking Association Annual Awards Banquet after working with the organization and others to ensure the enactment of AB 1686.
With the signing of AB 1686 into law, the maximum fine for assaulting a Parking Control Officer will be doubled beginning on January 1, 2008.
“The work Assemblymember Leno has done to ensure a safe working environment for Parking Control Officers has been invaluable and is appreciated by our many members who place themselves in potentially dangerous situations every day,” said Matthew Farrell, President of CPPA.
“I am honored to receive the ‘Legislator of the Year’ Award from the California Public Parking Association,” said Assemblyman Mark Leno.
“No one should have to work in an environment in which they don’t feel safe; hopefully AB 1686 will be the first step to ensure Parking Control Officers will be able to perform their duties without fear of retribution,” added Leno.
The California Public Parking Association has several hundred members, many of whom work as Parking Control Officers for Counties, Cities, and Special Districts throughout the State.
For those joining in gay marriages today, the road from outlaw status to respectability was paved in the Legislature over three decades.
From decriminalizing sex between same-sex couples, to outlawing job discrimination against homosexuals, to adding gay members to the legislative roster, the government has been taking steps, measure-by-measure, that have led to gay couples joining hands in marriage ceremonies across the state.
