Spending some time looking back on 2019. CA made some serious "first-in-the-nation" and big moves...
- First-in-the-nation subsidies for middle-income families-- expanding access and making healthcare MORE affordable.
- First-in-the-nation ban on “pay for delay” practices: blocking Big Pharma from keeping generic drugs off the market.
- First-in-the-nation to allow access to HIV prevention medication without a doctor’s prescription.
- First-in-the-nation to challenge the NCAA with @KingJames and allow student athletes to receive compensation from the use of their name, image, and likeness.
- First-in-the-nation to mandate later school start times.
- First-in-the-nation to ban discrimination based on natural hair.
- First-in-the-nation to ban school lunch shaming.
- First-in-the-nation to ban the sale of new fur products.
- Created the first electric truck manufacturing standard.
- Created the first statewide early earthquake warning system.
- Signed a first-in-the-nation Executive Order to create the largest single purchaser for prescription drugs.
We also tackled some of the biggest issues our state faces by...
- Establishing the nation’s strongest renter protections -- including a cap on your rent and protections against evictions.
- Creating the toughest police use-of-force laws in the country.
- Signing 15 gun violence prevention bills -- including strengthening our red flag laws and tightening the regulation of “ghost guns.”
- Establishing a groundbreaking voluntary agreement on emission standards with major automakers to help tackle climate change & protect our air.
In 2019, we also:
- Put a moratorium on the death penalty.
- Banned private prisons and detention centers.
- Created the largest reserves in state history and paid down CA’s debt.
- Reached a record 3.9% low unemployment rate and a record 116 months of record job expansion.
- Put an additional $1B back in the pockets of working families.
- Expanded paid family leave.
- Established two free years of community college.
- Invested $1 billion dollars to prevent, mitigate and recover from wildfires.
- Invested $1.75B in new housing construction funding.
- Invested $1B to address homelessness.
- Created a stable ongoing funding for safe and affordable drinking water.
- Ensured Rape kits are processed within 20 days.
- Extended the window to file sexual abuse claims.
- Established same-day voter registration.
- Banned deep fake videos within 2 months of an election.
...And more.
SO, here's to 2020 -- to standing up for our CA values and never shying away from the big issues our state and country are facing.
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