Category: Bills Signed Into Law
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The California Voting Rights Act: How SB 976 Gave Communities a Real Voice
In the summer of 2002, a Senate Majority Leader from Northeast Los Angeles got a law signed that would change the way more than 170 California cities elect their local officials. This is the record of the California Voting Rights Act.
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Before the Digital Divide: How AB 3643 and SB 1563 Built California’s Right to Be Connected
In 1994, four years before the term digital divide entered the national vocabulary, a California State Senator from Northeast Los Angeles got a law signed that put the right to be connected into the Public Utilities Code. This is the record of the two bills that built California's universal service framework.
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The Polanco Act: How AB 3193 Let California Cities Reclaim Contaminated Land
In the closing days of the 1990 California legislative session, a thirty-nine-year-old first-term Assembly member got a law signed that would change the shape of California cities for the next three decades. This is the record of the Polanco Act.
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SB 984 and César Chávez Day: The Record of the Law
In the spring of 2000, a single California law made César Chávez the first farmworker in the history of the United States to be honored with a paid state holiday in his own name. The author was Richard G. Polanco. This is the record of that law.