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AB 773, the Slow Streets Act, authored by Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian (D-Van Nuys) was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom today and will now permanently allow local jurisdictions to restrict traffic on selected streets. The legislation expands on Governor Newsom’s Emergency Executive Order, which granted local areas the ability to implement Slow Streets Programs as a response to COVID-19 public health guidelines. “Los Angeles’ Slow Streets program has offered children, families, and constituents throughout our city the opportunity to play, exercise, and socialize, safely, in their own neighborhoods throughout the pandemic and can now permanently be expanded throughout California,” said Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian.

(Sacramento, CA) Today California’s State Assembly passed AB 132 and expanded funding for the largest child savings account (CSA) program in the country, the California Kids Investment and Development Savings (CalKIDS) by investing $1.8 billion one-time funding and $186 million every year moving forward.

Sacramento, CA—Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian (D-Sherman Oaks) is thrilled to announce $11 million in state funding for three arts and educational institutions: $9 million to establish a TUMO Center for Creative Technologies in the Southeast San Fernando Valley; $1 million allocation to the University of Southern California Institute of Armenian Studies; $1 million to the Lark Musical Society, a nonprofit that delivers high-quality classical music education, curating performances of music, song, and dance.

Sacramento, CA—Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian (D-Sherman Oaks) is proud to announce that the 2021 fiscal year budget will include $5.7 million of funding to expand Jewish Family Service LA’s SOVA Community Food & Resource Program (JFS SOVA) in Van Nuys.

(Sacramento, CA) Today, Assemblymember Nazarian (D-Van Nuys) introduced legislation to eliminate the statewide preemption on local sugary drink taxes, a measure forced upon the legislature by the soda industry in 2018 that was described by the Sacramento Bee as a "shakedown" akin to “extortion”.

(Sacramento, CA) - Today, Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian (D-Van Nuys) proposed the enactment of AB 773, the Slow Streets Act, which will allow local jurisdictions to restrict traffic on selected streets.

Sacramento, CA-- On February 9, the 50th anniversary of the 1971 Sylmar Earthquake (also known as the San Fernando Earthquake), Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian (D –Van Nuys) will introduce the Seismic Functional Recovery Act calling for California’s building codes to include standards to provide for timely recovery of housing and other community services following an earthquake.

The California Armenian Legislative Caucus is holding two scholarship contests for the 2021 commemoration of the Armenian Genocide. California high school students in 9th through 12th grade are invited to participate in an essay contest and/or a visual arts contest to increase greater awareness of the Armenian Genocide on its anniversary.