This week, the California State Senate passed 11 bills authored by Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) that prioritizes economic solutions for working families across the state.
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Con el inicio del Mes de la Salud Mental Materna en California, defensores de todo el estado celebran un gran avance en la lucha por la justicia en materia de salud materna. El proyecto de ley SB 626, de la Senadora Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (Demócrata por Los Ángeles) y coautora principal de la Senadora Sabrina Cervantes (Demócrata por Riverside), avanzó en el Comité de Salud del Senado esta semana tras una oleada de apoyo por parte de sobrevivientes, profesionales clínicos y líderes comunitarios.
As California kicks off Maternal Mental Health Month, advocates from across the state are celebrating a major step forward in the fight for maternal health justice. SB 626, authored by Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) and principal co-authored by Senator Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside), advanced through the Senate Health Committee this week after a groundswell of advocacy from survivors, clinicians and community leaders.
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Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) will join maternal mental health survivors, advocates, healthcare providers and lawmakers at the State Capitol on Tuesday, April 29 for “From Pain to Power: A Storytelling & Advocacy Day to Transform Perinatal Mental Health in California.”
Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) has introduced a new bill package that represents her commitment to fighting for greater equity, worker protections, and opportunities for all Californians.
La Senadora estatal Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (demócrata por Los Ángeles) convocó a más de 75 líderes de los sectores laboral, empresarial y público en el LA Trade Technical College el viernes para una cumbre única en su tipo, enfocada en ampliar el acceso equitativo a empleos bien remunerados en tres industrias emergentes: infraestructura verde, cannabis e inteligencia artificial (IA, por sus siglas en inglés).
State Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) convened more than 75 leaders of labor, business and the public sectors at LA Trade Technical College on Friday for a first-of-its-kind summit focused on expanding equitable access to good paying jobs in three emerging industries – Green Infrastructure, Cannabis, and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Led by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas, the summit served as a call-to-action to develop a long-term workforce equity strategy tailored to California’s rapidly changing economy.
Senator Smallwood-Cuevas has joined the California Coalition for Perinatal Mental Health and Justice in announcing the introduction of her bill SB 626 – critical legislation aimed at addressing the urgent needs of birthing people across California. The bill seeks to transform the perinatal mental health care system around detection, treatment and access to care.