Happy Friday from beautiful Magic Johnson Park in South LA! We're here to discuss a proposed Climate & Natural Resources Bond alongside Los Angeles County Parks & Recreation, Assemblywoman Luz Rivas, Asm. Eduardo Garcia, Ben Allen, ResourcesLegacyFund, & park and environmental justice advocates.

Follow for key takeaways🙌

🎙️ ON AIR:

We're speaking w/ Ethan Elkind & Asm. Eduardo Garcia about 'Lithium Valley,' a vast underground reserve near the Salton Sea.

❓ Do you live in or near 'Lithium Valley'? What are your thoughts?

📻 Listen:
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Incredible game! On to the championship! #goaztecs

🏀Making time in our Oaxaca itinerary to cheer on our San Diego State University Aztecs in the #MFinalFour ! This has been a historic #MarchMadness for our district team. #GoAztecs San Diego State Men's Basketball #TheTimeIsNow San Diego State University_IV

We celebrated a huge win for students today! The @collegeofthedesert Indio Central Pantry opened with @californiavolunteers, @josh_fryday, and @asmegarcia. The new College Corps California Governor program that partners FIND and COD will help fight hunger & student debt 👊🙌

Kickin’ off the #CaliforniansForAll College Corps in City of Indio at College of the Desert with Josh Fryday, @AsmEGarciaAD56, CV Commissioner Jesse Melgar, & FIND Food Bank!🎉

With this new investment, we are helping local students graduate college on time & with less debt!👏🏽

The pantry, which is designed to look and feel like a grocery store — minus any price tags — is open to all COD students to help themselves and their families to up to 35 pounds of food per week. desertsun.com/story/news/edu…

Día de los Muertos. Honoring the memory of our loved ones and ancestors with our community’s vibrant traditions.
#GarciaOnTheGo #DiaDeLosMuertos #DiaDeMuertos

Millions in state funding coming to Riverside County, including $11.3 million for Coachella to create housing for the homeless & other vulnerable populations. Proud to see our strong state, county, & local partnerships deliver these important investments for our community.

We will #NeverForget . Twenty-one years ago, our nation was forever changed. We honor those we lost, survivors, our first responders, and their friends and families. We are forever grateful for our heroes who ran towards the danger to save others. #911Anniversary

California Governor signed my measure, #AB2238 , creating the nation’s first Advance Warning & Ranking System for Extreme Heat Waves! #AB2238 #CALeg

Believe it or not, this may be the coolest summer of our lives. CA will continue to experience record breaking heat waves.

As Californians across the state still face record-high temperatures, this action to protect our state against extreme heat could not come at a more crucial time. Thank you to my colleagues for their leadership on this issue, and to California Governor for signing!

Happy #LaborDay ! Our workers deserve our gratitude and support every day. All we have achieved has been made possible thanks to our workers, unions, and labor advocates. We remain committed to advancing policies that improve well-being and protect worker rights. #GarciaOnTheGo

NEWS RELEASE 9/1/2022: IID extends Conserve Alert through September 7, encourages continued conservation. Read the release here: iid.com/Home/Component…

Thank you Assemblywoman Luz Rivas and Ricardo Lara for your leadership. It was an honor to partner together to pass this first-in-the-nation statewide #ExtremeHeat ranking and advance warning system.

As extreme heat waves become more prevalent, it is all the more urgent to secure the reliability of our state’s electrical grid. We have a serious problem before us, and our legislature continues working late to take action by our legislative deadline. desertsun.com/story/news/202…

The California ISO has issued a statewide #FlexAlert for Wednesday, August 17, from 4-9 p.m. due to excessive heat and high energy demand. Consumers are urged to reduce energy use to protect grid reliability. Read the news release: ow.ly/3tHJ50KlrcJ

The Coachella Valley is ground zero for California’s housing crisis. Huge thanks to @AsmEGarciaAD56 for championing our shared work to transform the trajectory of opportunity for everyone who calls our region home.

These funds will assist in achieving our vision of radically spurring affordable housing development in the region–delivering 2,500 affordable units in the Coachella Valley over the next 24 months. Read press release: lifttorise.org/app/uploads/20… 1/2

RCOE’s #MigrantEd of Coachella Valley visited our state’s capitol building in Sacramento 🐻. What a great opportunity to learn more about California history. They also visited @AsmEGarciaAD56 there! WorldStrides