League of Women Voters ^®
of Santa Monica

Mayor Eric Garcetti wants everyone to write to your State Senator, Assembly Member and Governor Brown in support of AB 317l. This bill was rolled out by 11 mayors of California cities, including Los Angeles. The bill will address the homeless crisis by asking Gov. Brown to commit $1.5 billion of the $6 billion state surplus to cities to use to help solve homelessness in their area.

Join us for our next meeting. For more information contact Sandra Trutt, mailto:s.trutt [at] verizon.net

The swift action of League supporters like you helped put the California Disclose Act on the governor’s desk. Now, the flood of dark money coming into campaigns will be subject to greater transparency with the passage of the Disclose Act, AB 249.

Community colleges are a crucial gateway to higher paying jobs, but too many California students face an unnecessary roadblock to academic and career success. Currently, standardized tests assess 75 percent of community college students as “unprepared”—making them less likely to finish their education. But new research shows that these students are more prepared than the tests indicate. By being forced to take unnecessary remedial non-credit courses, community college students waste time and money.