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Glendale commission backs several California bills, will forward recommendations to city council
Summary
On May 11 the Glendale Commission on the Status of Women voted to carry forward support for a package of state bills — including AB 2134 (parental leave for local elected officials), SB 1192 (Reclaim Act for domestic violence survivors) and a set of bills affecting health coverage, childcare and foster‑youth disaster aid — asking staff to forward the commission's recommendations to city council.
The Glendale Commission on the Status of Women agreed May 11 to forward a package of recommendations on state legislation to the City Council, including reaffirming prior support for AB 65 and recommending support for AB 2134 (parental leave for local elected officials), SB 1192 (domestic‑violence Reclaim Act), AB 1570/AB 1560 (breast imaging coverage and related health bills), AB 2066 (pregnancy as a qualifying life event), AB 1628 (Safe Surrender Kid Act) and several other measures on child care and foster‑youth disaster aid.
Kira Ross, the commission’s Sacramento lobbyist, briefed commissioners on the bills’ purposes and where they stood in the legislative process. Ross said some bills were on appropriations suspense files and that the state appropriations committees would address cost impacts this month. "If we're going to…
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