Citlalli Florez, Davis Vanguard
SACRAMENTO, CA – Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D-Oakland) introduced Assembly Bill 793 nearly four months ago here at the State Capital to protect unconstitutional searches of personal data, which would support safer access to reproductive and gender-affirming care – the legislation is expected to be approved soon.
Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle
Oakland plans to provide free high-speed internet access for residents in public housing in an effort to close the digital divide, officials announced.
The Oakland Housing Authority plans to supply 1,117 households in the city’s five largest public housing communities with free wireless internet access by 2024, city officials said in a statement Saturday. Community rooms and areas will also have free Wi-Fi.
Black Latina Assemblymember Mia Bonta Leads With Intention
Genoa Barrow, Sacramento Observer
Each of the five Black women serving in the California Legislative Black Caucus talk about the importance of diversity and seeing others who “look like them” in the political space.
That has added meaning for Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D-Oakland), featured in the fourth installment of our “A Powerful Sisterhood” series highlighting the contributions of past and present Black women lawmakers in California.
SACRAMENTO – On Monday, April 24, Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D-Oakland), Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) and Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) honored the Oakland High School Boys Basketball Team and the Oakland Tech High School Girls Basketball Team for their victory this year as the 2023 California High School Basketball Champions.
Cyrus Farivar, Forbes
For Mia Bonta, a California state legislator, last summer’s Supreme Court decision overturning 50 years of abortion rights in the United States was something of a wakeup call.
Medically Supportive Food and Nutrition Advocates Gather in Support of AB 1644 to Improve Patient Health and Lower Soaring Health Care Costs
Black Women In California Legislature Lead The Charge For Change
Genoa Barrow, The Observer
The Greek goddess Minerva appears on the state’s official seal, but some Californians point to a Black female warrior, Califia, as a symbol who encourages others to leave their mark on the state Capitol and seal the deal with laws that seek to improve life for all Californians.
Carrie Hahnel & Francis A. Pearman, EdSource
New school enrollment numbers in California point to an uncomfortable truth: California may have too many schools for its shrinking student population.
Mark Hedin, California Black Media - Oakland Post
Since Yvonne Braithwaite Burke became the first Black woman elected to serve in the California State Assembly in 1966, 20 other African American women have represented their constituents in both houses of the California State Legislature with distinction.
Many of them have gone on to make their marks in various political arenas at the state, local and national levels.