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Twenty-six members of the Legislature, including all 19 Democratic women, 5 Republican women and two Assemblymen allies have signed a letter urging the Governor to support child care in this year's budget. Without enough subsidized child care in our state, parents cannot work and our economy cannot continue to grow.
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Women's Caucus leaders send letter to Napolitano regarding recent sexual harrassment allegations at UC Campuses.
The leaders of the California Legislative Women's Caucus sent a letter today to University of California President Janet Napolitano expressing deep concern about recent allegations of sexual harassment at a number of UC campuses, calling the responses from the institutions where the alleged behavior has occured "consistently abysmal."
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Real-life 'Rosie the Riveters' honored in Sacramento for Women's History Month
To kick-off Women's History Month in March, the California Legislative Women's Caucus partnered with Governor Jerry Brown's office to host real-life Rosie the Riveters at the State Capitol.
Eight women who worked at the Richmond shiyard during World War II were honored on the Assembly and Senate floors during session.
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Last year, the Democratic members of the California Legislative Women's Caucus helped advance the nation's strongest equal pay law for women, positioning California as a leader in the fight to improve the economic lives of women and families.
This year, the Democratic women are back with a package of policy and budget priorities to further advance the lives of women and their families, the structures that support the California workforce and the economic future of the state.
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On the verge of implementation of the strongest equal pay law in the nation, Academy Award-winning actress Patricia Arquette joined Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, Chair of the Legislative Women's Caucus, during a press conference to discuss the California Fair Pay Act that goes into effect January 1, 2016.