Latest Press Releases

Sen. Ted W. Lieu honors owners of Tony P's Dockside Diner in Marina del Rey

June 11, 2012

Tony P’s Dockside Grill named local Senate district ‘Business of the Year’

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Ted W. Lieu today presented Tony P’s Dockside Grill owners Tony Palermo and Dan Ringwood with the 2012 Business of the Year Award for his Senate district as part of an annual tribute to small business.

Press Releases

Sen. Ted W. Lieu’s job-training bill passes first Assembly policy review

June 06, 2012

Program would require annual reviews of skill shortages

Related Stories:

Senate OKs plan to extend, improve state job-training program

Press Releases

Senate OKs plan to extend, improve state job-training program

June 01, 2012

Jobs program set to expire by end of 2012
SACRAMENTO – To help create jobs, the California Senate late Thursday approved a plan by Sen. Ted W. Lieu that would improve ways to create a workforce that meets the needs of employers.

Press Releases

Senate sends Assembly plan to protect against predatory ‘buy here, pay here’ dealers

May 31, 2012

Car buyers would have greater protections from used-car dealers
SACRAMENTO – In what promises to provide greater protections to those who buy used cars, the California Senate today approved a plan by Sen. Ted W. Lieu to crack down on dealers offering ‘buy here, pay here’ installment loans where interest can be as high as 30 percent.

Senate OKs cracking down on deceptive ‘therapies’ to change sexual orientation

May 30, 2012

Sen. Ted W. Lieu bill would be nation’s first regulating gay-to-straight conversions

SACRAMENTO – Senate action today would make California the first state in the nation to crackdown on unethical treatments that promise to change a person’s sexual orientation.

Press Releases

GUEST PRESS RELEASE: Energy Security Coordinating Act of 2012 Approved

May 30, 2012

FROM THE OFFICE OF SEN. FRAN PAVLEY
Sacramento – The Energy Security Coordination Act of 2012, Senate Bill 1409, was approved by the State Senate today on a unanimous, bi-partisan vote. SB 1409 is authored by State Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills), co-authored by Senator Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) and Senator Ted W. Lieu (D- Torrance).

Press Releases

Senate OKs Sen. Ted W. Lieu’s bill to block landlords from requiring tenants to pay rent only online

May 29, 2012

Complaints from residents prompt renter-protection bill
SACRAMENTO – In response to complaints from residents that more and more landlords are requiring rental payments be made only online, the California Senate today approved a bill by Sen. Ted W. Lieu that would ensure residents can continue paying with check or money order.

Press Releases

GUEST PRESS RELEASE - The Humane Society of the United States:California Fish and Game Commission Stays Out of Legislation to Ban Hounding of Bears and Bobcats

May 25, 2012

Commissioner calls hounding an “abhorrent” practice

Press Releases

Hundreds honor Donna Duperron of Torrance as Sen. Ted W. Lieu’s Woman of the Year

May 24, 2012

Torrance Chamber president honored
As about 450 civic leaders watched, Donna Duperron, president and chief executive officer of the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce, was honored today as Sen. Ted W. Lieu’s 2012 Woman of the Year.

Press Releases

IN TED'S WORDS: Sen. Ted W. Lieu explains why his funeral-protection measure is necessary to protect families of the fallen and others

May 23, 2012

Families deserve the right to mourn in peace

By Sen. Ted W. Lieu
28th Senate District

(Sen. Lieu, a USAF reservist in the JAG Corps, was named 2011 Lawmaker of the Year by the Vietnam Veterans of America, California State Council.)

For two years I’ve worked with a broad coalition of Democrats, Republicans and veterans groups on legislation to protect grieving families in California from hate-filled funeral protests.

Press Releases

Search this site:

Latest Press Releases