Press Releases

Friday, October 13, 2017

Today, Governor Jerry Brown announced the signing of AB 705, which changes the way that community college students are placed in remedial courses at all 114 of California’s Community Colleges.  

 

Friday, October 6, 2017

SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin’s significant piece of legislation (AB 797) designed to extend Solar Thermal rebates for customers until 2020 was signed by the governor. The bill will go into effect at the beginning of 2018.

Monday, September 18, 2017

Last week, the California Legislature passed Assemblymember Irwin’s Community College Placement Bill, AB 705, which changes the way in which students are placed in remedial courses at Community Colleges throughout California.

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Two Bills passed by the Legislature are designed to bolster California’s Cybersecurity

SACRAMENTO – The California State Legislature passed two bills designed to help further secure California’s valuable network from cybercriminals. Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, Chair of the Select Committee on Cybersecurity, has authored AB 531 and AB 1022, which provides more tools for California to assess its cyber-readiness and ensure that the state is doing all it can to keep important data secure.

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Three Workshops aimed at helping Women set to begin at the end of September

 

SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin is hosting a series of workshops aimed at guiding women through current issues that affect them on a daily basis. The workshops are being held at the Ventura County Community Foundation at 4001 Mission Oaks Blvd. in Camarillo on Thursday: September 28, October 5, and October 12.

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

(Sacramento, CA) – “I’m appalled by today’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

 

Nearly 800,000 DACA recipients in the United States have now been put at risk of deportation, including close to 200,000 of them who currently reside in California.

 

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

(Sacramento) - Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks), Chair of the Assembly Veterans Committee, today announced that the Assembly has secured an additional $1 billion in the Affordable Housing Bond agreement (see attached document) to extend the Cal-Vet Home Loan Program, which is currently scheduled to expire in 2018.