Assemblymember Chris Ward's Statement on Governor Newsom's 2024-25 State Budget Proposal
![“With a major budget deficit in the Governor’s draft budget, California is facing hard choices ahead in the coming months. I appreciate the administration’s work on this draft, but it should not sit well with any of us that we would be regressing in commitments to support more affordable housing and future climate investments. I’m encouraged that there are no proposed cuts to programs responding to homelessness, but the most important solution in the end remains affordable housing."](/sites/a78.asmdc.org/files/2024-01/January%20Budget%20Statement.png)
(SACRAMENTO, CA) – For almost 20 years, discussions to redevelop the Department of Motor Vehicles field office in the Hillcrest neighborhood of San Diego ha
(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Assemblymember Chris Ward (D-San Diego) issued the following statement upon being appointed Chair of the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development:
(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Student school board members have a critical role representing their peers and sharing their voice with board of education members.
(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Governor Gavin Newsom signed several bills over the weekend strengthening protections for LGBTQ+ Californians, including the Transgender Youth Privacy Act (AB 223) by Chris Ward, Vice Chair of the California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus.
(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Today, the California Legislature passed the Protect and Retain the Majority Act (ACA 13) to send the measure to California voters next year.
(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Atmospheric rivers and their patterns can also help us to better understand climate change and the environmental implications too much or too little water can have on our state.
(SACRAMENTO, CA) — Assemblymember Ward released the following statement regarding the recent audit of utility rates by the California State Auditor's Office:
(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Currently, under California law, any ballot measure approved by a majority of voters can selectively require a future measure to pass with a supermajority of the vote.