LOS ANGELES – Elected leaders representing the Westside communities of Los Angeles issued a joint statement today strongly condemning a racist text message sent to Black and Latino students in the wake of the 2024 presidential election. The statement is signed by State Senator Ben Allen, Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur, County Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath, City Councilmembers Traci Park and Katy Yaroslavsky, SMMUSD Superintendent Dr. Antonio Shelton, and LAUSD School District Board Member Nick Melvoin.
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LOS ANGELES — Elected leaders representing Los Angeles’ Westside communities have issued a joint statement in response to recent anti-Semitic incidents targeting the Jewish community. The statement is signed by LA City Councilmembers Katy Yaroslavsky and Traci Park, LA Mayor Karen Bass, Santa Monica Mayor Phil Brock, LA County Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Holly Mitchell, California State Assemblymembers Rick Chavez Zbur and Jacqui Irwin, and California State Senator Ben Allen.
LOS ANGELES – This week, Senator Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica) celebrated Crystal Kung Minkoff as the 24th Senate District’s Woman of the Year.
MALIBU – Senator Ben Allen (D-Malibu) celebrated the Governor’s signing of SB 1297 today to bring overdue speeding enforcement tools to the City of Malibu’s stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH).
SAN FRANCISCO – Senator Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica), chair of the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality, released the following statement today in response to the Attorney General holding our biggest polluters accountable for their deception.
Vernon, California – Senator Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica), chair of the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality, released the following statement after the U.S. EPA proposed to add Exide Technologies’ former site in Vernon to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL).
SANTA MONICA – Big Blue Bus riders and operators will experience increased safety with the passage of SB 1417 (Allen), a new law signed by Governor Newsom that allows the City of Santa Monica’s Department of Transportation to deny access to Big Blue Bus services for individuals routinely cited for policy infractions, and/or arrested or convicted for a misdemeanor or felony committed on buses or transit facilities.
