Holly J. Mitchell

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Attorney General Becerra Announces Settlement with Companies Charged with Selling Lead- and Cadmium-Tainted Jewelry

Announces legislation with Senator Mitchell (SB 647) to Protect the Public from Toxic Metals in Jewelry

Click on the link to hear Sen. Holly J. Mitchell's reasons for supporting SCR 25, CA Peace Officers' Memorial Day.

Sen. Mitchell made these comments April 30, 2019, during a hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee, which approved the measure 7-2. Senate Bill 329 would amend the Fair Employment and Housing Act  to clarify that housing vouchers are included within California’s prohibition on discrimination based on source of income. This renter-protection bill would help California address its growing homelessness crisis, provide opportunity to families in poverty and help ensure the state can take full advantage of available federal funding.

Includes complete footage from April 23, 2019 press conference on her bills for 2019.

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SB 36 would create transparency and accountability standards for risk assessment tools used in pretrial decision-making

SACRAMENTO – Senate Majority Leader Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) announced that SB 36, which is joint authored by Senator Holly J. Mitchell (D-Los Angeles) passed the Senate Floor on a 37-0 vote today.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Bipartisan legislation to protect Californians, especially children, from jewelry tainted with highly toxic heavy metals sailed through a key committee Wednesday.

The Senate Environmental Quality Committee unanimously passed SB 647, the Safe Jewelry Act, sending the legislation to the Senate Appropriations Committee for consideration.

Watch, listen to Sen. Holly J. Mitchell talk about the need for SB 647, her California Safe Jewelry Act, during its first policy hearing before the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.

11-Bill Package seeks to deliver #EconomicJustice and #Health Justice

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Holly J. Mitchell today formally introduced a new package of bills aimed at promoting economic and health equity to Californians who need it most.

Understanding that economic health can depend on physical and mental health, and that the same is true in reverse, Sen. Mitchell’s 2019 package includes eight bills to support #EconomicJustice and three bills to promote #HealthJustice.

Senate Bill 188 by Sen. Holly J. Mitchell would protect Blacks

SACRAMENTO (April 22, 2019) – The CROWN Coalition, a national alliance comprised of the National Urban League, Western Center on Law & Poverty, Color Of Change, and Dove, is proud to announce the bill they are sponsoring, Senate Bill 188, The CROWN Act, passed the Senate floor today in California on a 37-0 bipartisan vote.