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Assemblymember Ridley-Thomas Announces Legislation to Enable Emergency Declaration for State’s Homelessness Crisis
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Assemblymember Ridley-Thomas Announces Legislation to Enable Emergency Declaration for State’s Homelessness Crisis

Sentinel News ServiceFebruary 2, 2017

Assemblymember Sebastian Ridley-Thomas introduced legislation that would expand the current definition of a “state of emergency” to now include homelessness. With the expanded definition, the proposed bill, AB 220, would allow the state to provide more resources toward fighting homelessness. “The rapid growth of individuals living without housing has accelerated dramatically and is threatening California’s economic stability,” said Ridley-Thomas. “Communities statewide have erroneously been forced to deal with the burden of a homeless crisis on their own, which endangers the health and safety of tens of thousands of residents, including men, women, youth, and seniors. It’s time for the State

Los Angeles County 2016 Election Results
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Los Angeles County 2016 Election Results

Kimberlee Buck, Contributing Writer & Amanda Scurlock, Sports WriterNovember 10, 2016

As of Tuesday, November 8, the 2016 Los Angeles County election has come to an end. Below are the election results. Janice Hahn Congresswoman Janice Hahn is the daughter of Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenny Hahn and the U.S. Representative of the 44th district of California. As of press time, Congresswoman Hahn wins against her opponent Steve Napolitano for the Board of Supervisors of the 4th district with Hahn receiving 55 percent of the vote and Napolitano receiving 44 percent. Karen Bass In 2014, Congress member Karen Bass was re-elected to her third term representing the 37th Congressional District. This

Better Mental Health
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Better Mental Health

Sebastian Ridley-ThomasAugust 24, 2016

“When policy-makers say that someone has fallen through the cracks, we attempt to explain a situation as something that we cannot control. As an elected representative, it is my responsibility to identify those cracks, and propose responsible solutions to repair those cracks and ensure that they do not splinter again.

End Mandatory Overtime
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End Mandatory Overtime

July 6, 2016

So you manage an enterprise and your commodity is healthcare service delivery. Your patients are indigent veterans, state prisoners, the forensically mentally ill and disabled. Over many years for various reasons you do not have the personnel to get the job done well. In some instances, you do not have enough persons to cover the basic responsibilities of the job adequately. What is your recourse? Possibly overtime, registries, hiring more well-trained personnel, recruiting and retaining the best workforce available. Let us say that the options for managing the workforce are available at varying degrees over many years. Sometimes registries are

Calif. For Energy Independence partners with the L.A. Urban League to promote STEM
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Calif. For Energy Independence partners with the L.A. Urban League to promote STEM

Special to the SentinelApril 28, 2016

Californians for Energy Independence and the Los Angeles Urban League have partnered on an educational program to encourage high school and college students to explore jobs in the energy industry. The program – “Careers in Energy” – focuses on the importance of STEM studies: science, technology, engineering and math. More than eighty-five local high school students attended the event and learned how excelling in STEM can lead to high paying jobs after college.

#LaughingWhileBlack’s Lisa Johnson testifies before Assembly Committee endorsing the Stop Racial Profiling Act
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#LaughingWhileBlack’s Lisa Johnson testifies before Assembly Committee endorsing the Stop Racial Profiling Act

Sentinel News ServiceApril 27, 2016

Assembly Bill 2707 (Stop Consumer Racial Profiling Act of 2016) passed out of the California State Assembly’s committee on Privacy & Consumer Protection on a unanimous 11-0 vote. This measure would prohibit profiling or targeting of a person that results in differential treatment based on his or her race or ethnicity and that constitutes a denial or degradation in the product or service offered to customers.

Green Infrastructure: Practical Environmental Leadership in the Urban Context
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Green Infrastructure: Practical Environmental Leadership in the Urban Context

Assemblymember Sebastian Ridley-ThomasApril 21, 2016

Smart public policies can address and solve persistent problems. Sound public policies advance the goals and aspirations of hopeful people in our communities.

Climate change, environmental degradation, toxic contamination, exploitation of resources each plagues contemporary existence and threaten to erode long-term quality of life at home and abroad. The challenge is translating these problems through the practical lenses of everyday living and finding solutions.

Community Leaders Hold Reception for Attorney General Kamala Harris’ U.S. Senate Campaign
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Community Leaders Hold Reception for Attorney General Kamala Harris’ U.S. Senate Campaign

Snetinel News ServiceApril 14, 2016

  Los Angeles-area African American leaders held a reception to support California Attorney General Kamala Harris’ U.S. Senate campaign on Sunday Ain Baldwin Hills. About 75 people gathered at the Post and Beam restaurant to hear Harris talk about why she’s running for Senate. “Everywhere I go, Californians tell me they want more leaders in Washington who will break through the dysfunction and actually help families in our state,” she said. “I’ve done just that as a career prosecutor — winning results that have made a real difference for California families — and that’s what I would continue to do