(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) released the following statement following the National Park Service’s announcement regarding the issuance of a permit for the far-right “Patriot Prayer” rally at Crissy Field on Saturday:

“By approving the permit for this weekend’s protest, the National Park Service ignored our pleas and flirts with disaster.  I draw no comfort from the permit’s laundry list of restrictions because the National Park Service has not disclosed how many of its own officers will enforce it.  If events turn violent, state and local law enforcement will inevitably be called in to clean up the mess.  I urge San Franciscans to speak out and stay safe by attending one of many counter protests in different locations.  Let’s show the nation that the arc of history bends towards San Francisco values, starting with equal rights for all, by speaking out passionately and peacefully against hate.”

Many Republican lawmakers oppose or abstain in vote about this atrocity of history and nativist policies of today

(SACRAMENTO, CA) – The California State Legislature passed a resolution recognizing the 135^th Anniversary of the signing of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and calling on President Donald Trump to revoke his anti-immigrant executive orders. Authored by Assemblymembers Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) and David Chiu (D-San Francisco), Assembly Joint Resolution (AJR) 14 passed out of the Assembly today with a 60-0-19 vote following a Senate 30-10-0 vote last month.  Thirty-one Republicans voted no or abstained from this measure.

Citing concern for public safety after violence at White Supremacist rally in Charlottesville, the letter urges the National Park Service to reconsider issuance of permit for rally in Crissy Field

San Francisco – Today, Senator Scott Wiener, Assemblymember Phil Ting, and Assemblymember David Chiu sent a letter requesting that the National Park Service reconsider the issuance of a permit for the so-called Patriot Prayer Rally scheduled on August 26, 2017. The letter reads:

"As San Francisco's elected representatives in the California Legislature, we write to express our deep concerns about the issuance of a permit for the so-called Patriot Prayer Rally on Crissy Field on August 26. Our concern is for the safety of the people of San Francisco, and, given recent events in Charlottesville, we are not confident that peace can be maintained at this rally.

Representatives of San Francisco and San Mateo County call on Brisbane City Council to put forward a development plan that addresses regional need for housing

San Francisco  –  Today, Senator Scott Wiener, Assembly Speaker pro Tem Kevin Mullin, Assemblymember David Chiu, and Assemblymember Phil Ting released the following statement in advance of Monday evening’s Brisbane City Council meeting on the Baylands Development:

SACRAMENTO, CA – Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), Chair of the Assembly Budget Committee, released the following statement in response to the withdrawal of admission for nearly 500 hundred students at the University of California, Irvine. 

SACRAMENTO, CA – Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) released the following statement about the California State Legislature’s passage of measures to fight climate change through AB 398 and air pollution through AB 617:

“This isn’t a perfect deal but it’s the right deal at the right time.  We will plot a path to environmental justice and leave the state better off than how we inherited it.  Air pollution and climate change should be confronted simultaneously to preserve basic human needs for future generations.  Our cap and trade program has emerged stronger.  With more supporters than ever, the program has triumphed politically.  On this foundation of inclusion and consensus, we can maintain the momentum for progress in all communities beyond the next decade.”

Further information about this legislation is available at www.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov.

SACRAMENTO, CA – The Senate Committee on Public Safety passed legislation by Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) that would make law enforcement body camera recordings subject to public disclosure through the Public Records Act.

“The growing lack of trust between communities and the law enforcement officers who protect them has led to the growing use of body cameras. If body cameras are to strengthen public trust, then we need a statewide standard for the release of body camera footage to the public,” said Ting.  “If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth millions. It’s time we let the footage speak for itself. Withholding these recordings is perceived as hiding information, and this only causes mistrust, especially when there are incidents of alleged officer-involved uses of force.”

$3 Billion in Frontloaded EV Buyer Incentives Would Decline as State’s EV Market Grows

Facebook Live announcement footage available here.

San Francisco – 1.5 million electric vehicles (EVs) will be on California roads by 2025, and 5 million by 2030, with the help of a new rebate program created by legislation announced by Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) that faces votes in two State Senate committees next week.

SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), Chair of the Assembly Budget Committee, released the following statement about Governor Jerry Brown’s signature of the 2017-2018 State Budget for California.  Brown signed the bill without any changes.  Ting’s statement follows:

“This budget is a unified expression of California values during a strange and scary time in our nation.  It protects the investments we have made in the success of our people and persists onward to build a more inclusive state.  We are fighting poverty, standing up for immigrants, and rebuilding our infrastructure.  These investments to expand our middle class are budgeted while the state responsibly amasses financial reserves unseen for generations.  We have also enacted important reforms to ensure greater transparency at the University of California and fairness in our state’s tax system by reducing the functions of the State Board of Equalization.”