Bill Protecting State General Fund From Losing
Upwards Of $300 Million Is Approved By Senate
Sacramento-Assembly Bill (AB) 11 authored by Assemblymember Kevin de Leon, Chair of the Assembly Appropriations Committee, requiring the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) not to comply with a federal tax break giving billions of dollars in tax benefits for corporate takeovers of failing banks, cleared the State Senate with a 38 to 0 bipartisan vote. Read More...
Aspen Institute Selects De León As A Fellow In The "Rising Stars" In Governance And Public Leadership Program
Washington, DC – The Aspen Institute has chosen Assemblymember Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) to participate in its prestigious Rodel Fellowship Program. The 2009-11 Rodel Fellows represent 22 states and include statewide officeholders, state legislators and local government officials. Read More...
California Lawmaker Tries to Stop
the Sale of Bullets to Felons
(Sacramento) – It is illegal for convicted felons to purchase guns in California. But it is perfectly legal to sell ammunition to criminals. California Assemblymember, Kevin de Leon (Los Angeles) has written legislation aimed at keeping bullets out of the hands of felons, gang members or anyone else prohibited for owning a weapon. More in this Assembly Web Report.
Legislature Approves Resolution Apologizing For Discrimination Against Chinese In California
(Sacramento, CA) -The California State Legislature approved with bipartisan support Assembly Concurrent Resolution (ACR) 42 and was chaptered by the Secretary of State on Friday, July 17, 2009; the resolution, coauthored by Assemblymembers Paul Fong (D-Cupertino) and Kevin De León (D-Los Angeles), acknowledges the history and contributions made by Chinese Americans and Chinese immigrants. Read More...
Statement Regarding State Budget Crisis
Kevin de Leon urges the Assembly to pass a severance tax on oil extraction in California to minimize budget cuts to schools.
(Los Angeles, CA)-Assemblymember Kevin de León, Member of the Budget Conference Committee and Chair of the Assembly Appropriations Committee made the following statement regarding the ongoing state budget negotiations: Read more...
Boosting Per-Pupil Education Funding
(Sacramento) – Assemblymember Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) says the State Legislature must go on record as supporting an improvement in per pupil education funding in California. During a recent floor debate Assemblymember de León called on his fellow lawmakers to support Assembly Concurrent Resolution 54. ACR 54 states the Legislature’s intent that California must allocate sufficient funds for education to bring per-pupil spending up to or beyond the national average and to a level that covers the actual cost of educating California’s diverse student population. ACR 54 has cleared the Assembly and is awaiting action in the State Senate. Here’s more from Assemblymember de León in this Assembly Access video.
Mr. De Leon speaks on the Assembly floor urging his colleagues to support ACR 54 to set the goal of increasing overall funding to California’s starving schools.
Fong And De León Request Formal Apology For Past Discrimination Against Chinese In California
SACRAMENTO (CA)-Assemblymembers Paul Fong and Kevin de León introduced Assembly Concurrent Resolution (ACR) 42, a resolution which acknowledges the history and contributions made by Chinese Americans and Chinese immigrants. It also expresses regret for the discriminatory laws and constitutional provisions that California enacted to persecute Chinese living in the 19th and 20th centuries – acts which the state has never, until now, formally apologized for. Read more...
California should apologize for persecution of Chinese immigrants, legislator says
California should formally "express regrets" to the Chinese immigrants who were historically persecuted and abused while they helped build the Golden State's railroads, mines and agricultural fields, said a state legislator who is promoting legislation that would lead to the first-ever government apology to Chinese-Americans.Read more...
