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City Council urges state support for SB 25 to expand domestic‑partner rights
Summary
In a unanimous action at a special meeting, the Los Angeles City Council adopted a resolution backing California Senate Bill 25, asking the governor and state officials to enact protections extending certain employment and family rights to registered domestic partners.
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously at a special session to send a resolution of support for California Senate Bill 25 to the governor and state officials.
Councilmember Antonio Garcetti, who introduced the resolution, described the bill’s effects: it would allow registered domestic partners to qualify for certain employment and family rights now available to spouses, including filing for disability benefits to care for an incapacitated partner, sharing employer‑based health coverage in…
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