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Anastasia Moloney, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Context News / Thomas Reuters Foundation

LOS ANGELES, June 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - California lawmaker Mialisa Bonta made her abortion public to help other women keep theirs private.

It was in 2022 that Bonta went public about terminating her own unplanned pregnancy at the age of 21, joining a growing number of influential women opting to open up in the face of increasing U.S. restrictions on abortion.

Alameda Sun, Sun Staff Reports

California Assemblymember Mia Bonta named Alameda Family Services (AFS) the 2023 California Nonprofit of the Year for her assembly district. Bonta and her assembly staff congratulated AFS officials and gave them their award at a ceremony in Sacramento on Wednesday, June 7.

Sophia Bollag, San Francisco Chronicle

California’s police standards commission is bracing to decertify or suspend 3,000 to 3,500 police officers each year for serious misconduct under a new state law, according to estimates from the commission.

Updates Council on accomplishments and goals

Karin K. Jensen, Alameda Sun'

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.

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.

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.