SACRAMENTO- Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley)’s proposal to allow taxpayers to help reduce California’s rape kit backlog passed the Assembly Revenue and Tax Committee on a unanimous vote yesterday.
SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley), issued the statement below following the bomb threat made today against the Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center, which is located in California’s 28th Assembly District.
SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley), Chair of the California Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee, introduced an amendment to the state constitution today that would lower the voting age from 18 to 17 in California. Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 10 is co-authored by a bipartisan group of California Millennial Caucus members.
SACRAMENTO—Members of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus joined Equality California, the Transgender Law Center, ACLU, and others today to denounce the Trump Administration’s recent reversal of transgender bathroom protections. The reversal was announced late Wednesday night in a joint letter from the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education.
SACRAMENTO—Chair of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus, Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley) released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s recent reversal of transgender bathroom protections.
SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley) introduced legislation today to establish Dream Resource Centers at California’s public colleges and universities. AB 1622 will ensure college campuses offer a centralized location to provide specialized support services and resources for undocumented students.
On January 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning nationals from seven Muslim majority countries – popularly referred to as the Muslim ban. This is a thinly-veiled xenophobic reaction that takes advantage of the growing racial prejudice and hysteria over economic uncertainty in our country.
SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley), Chair of the California Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee, introduced a package of bills this week to improve voter participation, eliminate barriers to voting, and fight back against those who seek to deny Californians their voting rights.
As Chair of the California Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee in the state Legislature, I was shocked and dismayed to hear President Donald Trump continue to make irresponsible and unfounded allegations about widespread voter fraud in California.
State and county election administrators and other public officials – Republican and Democratic alike – have repeatedly warned that these false assertions undermine the public’s trust in our elections. If President Trump has evidence of widespread voter fraud, he should share it with election officials so that it can be investigated. In the absence of such evidence, however, I can only conclude that the President’s statements are nothing more than a transparent attempt to distract people from the fact that he lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes.
California will continue to hold free and fair elections to choose their elected officials under my watch. Any efforts to curb voting access through intimidation or to purge voter rolls of eligible citizens will be met with fierce resistance.
I look forward to working with my colleagues and Governor Brown to improving our democratic process.
Sincerely,
Evan Low
Chair, Committee on Elections and Redistricting
Assemblymember, 28th District
SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, the California Legislative Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Caucus elected Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley) to serve as Chair and Senator Ricardo Lara (D- Bell Gardens) to serve as Vice Chair.
"I am honored that my colleagues have elected me as the next LGBT Caucus Chair and I thank Assemblymember Eggman for her leadership," said Assemblymember Evan Low. "We have a historically high number of 8 members and over the past decades, we have made incredible advances in the fight for equality – from securing same-sex marriage, to increasing advocacy for and visibility of transgender rights, to strengthening our laws and protections in the areas of health care, education, and poverty alleviation. However, this past election serves as a reminder that much more work remains to be done. My colleagues and I are committed to doing everything in our power to ensure California remains a leader in advancing LGBT civil rights protections throughout our State and the nation."
