2023-2024 State Budget Highlights
$145 Million in Direct Investments for the District & Statewide:
$1,250,000 - for the South Bay Center for Counseling to support the expansion of the Strength Based Community Change’s Thriving Families Well-being Initiative.
$2,500,000 - for Kedren South to fully fund and build the acute psychiatric wing in the new Psychiatric Acute Care Hospital & Children's Village in South Los Angeles (LA).
$1,250,000 - for the Beacon House Association of San Pedro's Bartlett Center. The Bartlett Remodel will update equipment and fixtures and increase storage capacity, allowing BH to increase daily meals served from 940 to 2,100 to residents and unhoused neighbors.
$80,000,000 - for Juvenile Court Schools.
$60,000,000 - to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to expand nursing programs (co-champion).
World AIDS Day
CARSON, Calif --- “This year we acknowledge the 29th Anniversary of World AIDS Day.
Gipson Champions Environmental Projects for the 64th District
SACRAMENTO, Calif --- The California Natural Resources Agency just announced the approval of 39 projects across the state, with three of them coming as a result of Assemblymember Gipson being a champion for green space and the environment.
First Round of Transportation Projects Announced in 64th Assembly District
Carson, Calif --- Caltrans recently announced the first listing of local transportation projects in accordance with Senate Bill 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (SB1), in the 64th Assembly District totaling $84.5 million in road and highway repair, street pavement, and infrastructure upkeep.
Statement by Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson on Filipino American History Month
CARSON, Calif --- California continues to benefit from the wave of Filipino Immigration that began around the early 1900s. It was after the passing of the Immigration Act of 1965 that as many as 20,000 immigrants a year are welcomed.
Sexually Exploited Children Will No Longer Slip through the Cracks
SACRAMENTO, Calif --- Governor Brown just signed a bill by Assemblymember Gipson that will close a loophole regarding the provision of extended foster care benefits for Commercially Sexually Exploited Children, commonly referred to as CSEC youth.
Governor Signs Gipson Bill Focused on Humane Treatment of Incarcerated Youth
SACRAMENTO, Calif --- Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 878 by Assemblymember Gipson which will ensure incarcerated youth are treated fairly when being transported from a juvenile justice facility or presenting before a court.