Today, Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles), Lorena Gonzalez, grocery and retail store workers, criminal justice advocates and researchers held an online press conference on how the proliferation of self-checkout has caused an increase in theft and violence and presented new data on how self-checkout has negative consequences related to staffing levels and customer disrespect and bullying.
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About 100 labor and racial equity activists joined Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas and a group of legislative colleagues at the State Capitol West Steps today for a press conference to call on Governor Newsom to sign and fund SB 1340 to help ease the state’s job crisis primarily impacting Californians from underserved communities of color.
About 100 labor and racial equity activists will join Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, Senator María Elena Durazo and Assemblymember Liz Ortega at the State Capitol West Steps tomorrow, Tuesday, August 13 for a 10 am press conference to call on Governor Newsom to sign and fund SB 1340 to help ease the state’s job crisis primarily impacting Californians from underserved communities of color.
Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) today announced that the City of Los Angeles in her 28th District has been awarded a $3.85 million grant aimed at addressing and preventing youth homelessness. The Family Homelessness Challenge Grant, administered by the California Department of Housing and Community Development, is part of a statewide effort to provide housing and supportive services to vulnerable youth as they transition into adulthood.
La Senadora Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Ángeles) anunció hoy que la ciudad de Los Ángeles en su distrito 28° ha recibido una subvención de $3,85 millones destinada a abordar y prevenir la falta de vivienda de los jóvenes. La Subvención del Desafío para las Familias sin Hogar, administrada por el Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Comunitario de California, es parte de un esfuerzo estatal para brindar vivienda y servicios de apoyo a jóvenes vulnerables en su transición a la edad adulta.
SACRAMENTO – July 10, 2024 – Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) today released the following statement after Kroger and Albertsons issued to the public a specific list of stores that the companies plan to divest to C&S Wholesale Grocers if their proposed mega-merger is approved:
As self-checkout has become more commonplace, lone workers have become easy targets for theft and violence. Today, Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles), California Labor Federation Chief Operating Officer Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, grocery and retail store workers, and criminal justice advocates held an online press conference to discuss their support of SB 1446 – the Retail Theft Prevention and Safety Act – and how the proliferation of self-checkout has caused this increase in theft and violence and how California can begin to curb these issues.
A medida que el autopago se ha vuelto más común, los trabajadores solitarios se han convertido en blancos fáciles para el robo y la violencia. Hoy, la Senadora Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Ángeles), la Directora de Operaciones de la Federación Laboral de California, Lorena González Fletcher, los trabajadores de tiendas de comestibles y tiendas minoristas y los defensores de la justicia penal celebraron una conferencia de prensa en línea para discutir su apoyo al Proyecto de Ley Senatorial SB 1446 – Ley de Prevención y Seguridad del Robo en Tiendas Minoristas – y cómo la proliferación del autopago ha provocado este aumento de robos y violencia, y cómo California puede empezar a frenar estos problemas.