Capitol Goes Red! 

Today, I rose and coauthored HR-79 American Heart Month and Wear Red Day in the Capitol.

This February, show your loved one you care with your whole heart. Capitol Goes Red Day is to raise awareness of heart disease as the number one killer of women.

Prevention is a key component to living a healthy life, which is why knowledge of this disease and recent medical advancements is crucial for you and your family’s health

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. Today, I signed a pledge to support ending domestic violence for women and teens.

International Women In Science and Math Day

Less than 30 percent of researchers worldwide are women. On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, lets change that narrative.

I encourage all young women in our district to continue their work and contributions to science and math. Your devotion to improving interest in science and mathematics for the next generation is going to path the way for many young women to pursue promising careers in a variety of scientific fields.

Celebrating the 40th Annual OC Black History Month Parade and Cultural Faire in style. I am happy to see a wonderful gathering of individuals in celebrating the incredible black history in Orange County and Nationwide. 

Today, I stand with the incredible women leaders of the California Legislative Women's Caucus and joined by our female Constitutional Officers to take a photo in solidarity for the Suffrage Centennial!

I am proud to celebrate the continued growth of Latina leadership in California.  Today, my colleagues and I welcomed Nury Martinez, the first Latina President Pro Tempore of the LA City Council, to the capitol.

Today we honor the memory of the millions of individuals – the mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, friends and neighbors – who lost their lives during a time of unparalleled inhumanity and cruelty on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

We reaffirm our ongoing accountability as citizens and as a nation to live out the admonition, “Never forget. Never again.”

Thank you for visiting me in the State Capitol, City of Buena Park Delegation. It’s nice to take time during a busy committee schedule to see our friends and hear about the great work being done in our district! Keep up the great work City of Buena Park - City Hall.

Sunny Youngsun Park, City Council Member and the Buena Park delegation of Chief Corey Sianez, Buena Park Police Department, Jim Vanderpool, Buena Park City Manager, and Adria Jimenez, Buena Park City Clerk were attending the League of California Cities Conference in Sacramento.
 

“Decisions to change admissions requirements need to be vetted fully, including collaboration and transparency, as well as, through studies, that would determine any impact it may have on students,” said Assemblywoman Quirk-Silva.  “We must identify how any decision will disproportionally effect students of color; creating additional barriers to a student’s education.”

Assembly Bill 1930 requires that any change in student eligibility policy requirements, the CSU and UC must coordinate to try to align their respective student eligibility policies so that there are a common set of clear state public university requirements for public school students. Additionally, an independent, third-party research organization must be commissioned to assess whether the change in student eligibility policy would have a disparate impact on rates of graduates in public secondary schools, who are members of underrepresented student groups.

"As a teacher for over 30 years, I have seen how decisions can disproportionally affect one group of students over another,” said Assemblywoman Quirk-Silva. “We do not want to add to a K-12 system, where disparities in college readiness already exist.”