Press Releases

Progress report by Greenlining Institute to be released Friday in L.A.

LOS ANGELES – In response to groundwork laid with help from Ted W. Lieu, a progress report and 28-page study by the Greenlining Institute on the level of foundation support to ethnic groups is scheduled for release Friday in Los Angeles.

Sponsored by the three-branch minority caucus of the Legislature known as the Tri Caucus, the event is centered around the Institute’s review on strengthening donations to minority-led community groups.

Measure narrowly passes on 21-19 vote

SACRAMENTO – State Sen. Ted W. Lieu, D-Torrance, today voted in support of Gov. Brown’s vision for a high-speed rail network in California, making the following statement on the Senate Floor shortly before passage:
 
“If you still believe in the California dream, in our resources and our people, if you believe our best days are yet to come, you will vote for this.”

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To listen to Sen. Lieu's interview on high speed rail, click HERE:

Measures address skill shortages, meeting employer needs

SACRAMENTO – In separate morning and afternoon hearings, two job-improvement bills pushed by Sen. Ted W. Lieu today on bipartisan votes cleared policy reviews and are a step closer to votes on the Assembly floor.

SB 1172 would be nation’s first law regulating gay-to-straight conversions
SACRAMENTO – A key Assembly business-policy panel today approved a patient-protection plan that would make California the first state in the nation to end unethical treatments that promise to change a person’s sexual orientation.

Hearing to begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 26
SACRAMENTO – Flanked by survivors and others, Sen. Ted W. Lieu of Torrance on Tuesday will outline during an Assembly policy review his plan to make California the first state in the nation to crack down on unethical and discriminatory practices that falsely promise to change a person’s sexual orientation.