I’m very grateful for the opportunity to celebrate the Khmer New Year with our San José community this morning at Khemararam Buddhist Temple and Khemara Rangsey Temple!

This is so shady. If Liccardo wants a recount, he has a right to ask for one and pay for it to be conducted. To have one of his cronies do it and say he’s doing it on behalf of Evan Low, who opposes a recount, is slimy politics. And, we need to know who’s really paying for it.

Happy Birthday to friend, mentor and living social justice legend Dolores Huerta! #SiSePuede

It’s a great day whenever you’re in San José! #happy408day

Racial Justice & Poverty Town Hall hosted by Senator Dave Cortese and myself, highlighting the results of the Silicon Valley Pain Index. Appreciate the panelists who added greater context on the interplay between economic justice, housing access and criminal justice policy.

At our Racial Justice Town Hall, Assemblymember Ash Kalra 🌱 says that inequality represents more than economic numbers — “it’s real pain, real people, real families…We want to be part of the solution.”

When Silicon Valley tech companies talk about their DEI program or their robust STEM pipeline program they’ve had for years to diversify their workfore, don’t believe them. When they say they have a diverse workforce, don’t believe them. They’re lying. #SiliconValleyPainIndex

So excited about the new Caltrain electric train sets! Trains will arrive at major stations every 15-30 minutes and will be smooth and comfortable. Coming to a station near you soon!

Join me and Senator Dave Cortese tomorrow as we host a Racial Justice & Poverty Town Hall highlighting the results of the most recent Silicon Valley Pain Index!

Thank you Chair Assemblymember Liz Ortega and the Assembly Labor Committee for passing AB 2602 to strengthen protections for performers to protect their image and likeness from being replicated by AI without fair compensation. Thank you to SAG-AFTRA & @californialabor for your partnership!

Thank you to Assembly Higher Education Chair Mike Fong and Committee members for passing my AB 2398 on a bipartisan vote to require campus specific audits by the CSU in order to create better transparency and accountability! Thank you to California Faculty Association for you partnership!

To those who knew them, the World Central Kitchen workers who were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Monday were described as devoted humanitarians who would do anything they could to help those in need. nyti.ms/3VK3NFo

The Hunt family, who bought the Chiefs in 1960 for $25,000, is worth billions. The team is now valued at over $4 billion. They can afford to bill their own stadium.

How about while the investigation of the slaughter of the seven World Central Kitchen aid workers proceeds that there be an immediate ceasefire? Over 32,000 Gazans have been killed and journalists & humanitarians, whether with the UN or World Central Kitchen are regularly being killed.

“You don’t strike a deconflicted convoy repeatedly, hitting three vehicles in succession over the course of a kilometer of road, by accident,” Jeremy Konyndyk, president of Refugees International and a former Obama official wrote on social media. washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

Thank you to Chair Alex Lee 李天明 and the Assembly Human Services Committee for unanimously voting for AB 1993 to allow small RCFE homes to serve up to ten individuals, unlocking homes for thousands of residents, providing both housing and care for the state’s aging population.

Made some broccoli with daikon yesterday for lunch and it hit the spot! #latepost

Great to be with long-time friends and meet some new ones at the APALI CLP graduation mixer today at Rookies Sports Bar in downtown San José!