Dad. Husband. Educator. California Assemblymember. Former Assembly Education Committee Chair. Candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Polls for Republicans are just getting worse by the day in a way that isn't actually all that common in midterms. It's gotta be mostly the gas prices, although maybe AI anxieties are also reverberating negatively for the GOP. Model update out soon.
My Assembly Bill 2148 seeks to prohibit artificial intelligence from replacing educators. While AI presents both potential benefits and risks for public education, our students need human connections that no technology can replace.
Met with teachers from throughout California at State Capitol today.
I’ve been fighting for years to fully fund our schools, and I strongly oppose the Governor’s budget proposal to underfund Proposition 98 and our schools by $5.6 billion.
I am in constant coordination with security and intelligence officials, including at @Cal_OES, to monitor potential threats to California — including those tied to the conflict in the Middle East.
While we are not aware of any imminent threats at this time, we remain prepared for any emergency in our state.
I stand with SF teachers on strike. As Chair of Assembly Education Committee, I’ve been fighting for years to increase educator pay, fully fund our schools, and provide healthcare for all. That is what our teachers and students deserve.
Welcome California PTA!
As a longtime PTA member I worked with the CA PTA to get my AB 49 Safe Haven Schools Act signed into law to keep ICE out of our schools.
With CA PTA president Heather Ippolito and local LA South Bay PTA leaders Anita Avrick and Karen Ford Cull
ICE is shooting and killing innocent US citizens, not going after dangerous criminals.
These amateurs don’t have the training or disposition to be in our communities.
Stop these dangerous ICE raids NOW!
School enrollment drops amid ICE raids.
I wrote Assembly Bill 49, the California Safe Haven Schools Act, to keep ICE out of our schools.
But Trump’s campaign of fear is having a devastating impact on our immigrant students and families.
latimes.com/california/story…
Happy Thanksgiving! Hosted a Thanksgiving meal giveaway at Harbor Hills. Thank you California Water Service and Boys and Girls Club of LA Harbor for sponsoring this year’s Operation Gobble!
UC resident physicians & fellows with @cirseiu have led the way nationwide in improving medical training, working conditions & patient care. As they’re negotiating a new contract, it’s critical they CAN attend bargaining sessions to advocate for the quality healthcare we deserve.