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May is Asian Pacific Island Heritage Month. The California State Assembly celebrated the accomplishments of several Californians, including author & fellow UC Berkeley alumni/classmate, Viet Thanh Nguyen, whose New York Times best-selling novel “The Sympathizer” won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction & numerous other awards. In addition, we honored former Asian Law Caucus Executive Director and my former Board Chair at Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Law Caucus, Peggy Saika, who has been a big influence in my career. Long-time leaders and honorees, Dave Low Amanda Nguyen, Maeley Tom, Ron Wong and Vincent Zhou, were also recognized for their contributions.

Assemblymember Phil Ting honored Rabbi Carla Fenves during the California State Assembly’s annual recognition of Holocaust Remembrance Week. She is the granddaughter of two Holocaust survivors, Ervin and Vera Fenves of Hungary. During World War II, Vera survived by hiding in the kitchen of a righteous gentile family’s restaurant. Ervin escaped a Nazi labor camp and joined the resistance using his artistic talents to forge documents. After first meeting as children, Ervin and Vera reconnected after the war, married, and had two children.

Assemblymember Ting makes remarks at the 13th annual Afterschool and Summer Challenge.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Assemblymembers Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), Chair of the Assembly Budget Committee, and Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento), Chair of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance, held a media availability to discuss the critical findings of an independent state audit released today about the budgeting practices and operations of University of California’s Office of the President.  The two requested the audit last year.  Audio of their media availability is available