SACRAMENTO, CA – The California State Assembly passed a resolution recognizing the 135^th Anniversary of the signing of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and to call 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 with a 52-0 vote.   The measure now heads to the State Senate for review. 

(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), Chair of the Assembly Budget Committee, released the following statement about the May Revision of Governor Jerry Brown’s state budget proposal for the 2017-2018 fiscal year, which starts on July 1. The Assembly Budget Committee released a preliminary analysis of the proposal. Ting’s statement follows.

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA) – Flanked by supporters at a hotel converted to shelter the homeless, Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) announced a bill to give San Francisco flexibility to build homeless shelters and transitional housing for unsheltered homeless residents.  The bill faces its first hearing in the State Legislature next week.

“Business as usual is failing to solve our homeless crisis,” said Ting.  “We need the freedom to think and act big, without the conventional bureaucratic challenges that bog us down.  This bill will give our community the flexibility and freedom to craft innovative, local solutions to get the best use out of the resources we have to fight homelessness.”

(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) announced legislation creating 25 new neighborhood-restricted liquor licenses for San Francisco restaurants along underdeveloped commercial corridors.

“Our outer neighborhoods need an economic boost.  Successful restaurants help build our communities by creating jobs, fueling foot traffic for small businesses, and providing important spaces for neighbors to meet,” said Ting.  “Our town knows how to eat.  Restaurants located in our outer corridors require a liquor license to compete but need relief from affordability challenges.”

(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), Chair of the Assembly Budget Committee, released the following statement in response to the passage of Senate Bill (SB) 1, which raises over $5 billion each year to pay for improvements in the state’s transportation infrastructure.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) announced legislation to make California the first state to ban chemicals linked to cancer and organ failure from fast-food wrappers and food take-out containers.

“Dangerous chemicals should not be wrapped around our food, especially what we give to our kids,” said Ting.  “Food convenience and food safety should not be competing values for those of us with lives on the go.  It’s time for California to purge these toxic chemicals from our food so they cannot further damage our health and the environment.”

CA Lawmakers Push State to Divest from Companies Building Trump’s Border Wall

(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Assemblymembers Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D-San Diego), and Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) announced legislation requiring the state’s pension funds to divest from companies involved in the construction of the president’s wall along the United States-Mexico border.  The announcement follows the request for proposals for border wall prototypes issued Friday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Ting Bill Links Housing Density with Affordability

(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) announced legislation strengthening the ability of local community planning tools to result in more affordable housing.

“Housing costs are uprooting families and reducing access to high-wage jobs of the future.  Across California, families overpay for housing and commute great distances from what they can afford,” said Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco).  “This reform will mean communities get more affordable housing when awarding developers bonus units for greater housing density.”