Sacramento CA – Today, Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan’s bill AB 1666 passed off the Assembly floor with a bipartisan vote of 56 to 12. AB 1666 protects those in California from civil liability for providing, aiding, or receiving abortion care.
With the Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, leaving each state to determine its own laws on abortion access, California legislators are speeding up efforts to safeguard patients and providers impacted by anti-abortion laws in other states.
ORINDA, CA - Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda), Chair of the Assembly Select Committee on Reproductive Health released the following statement regarding the Politico story on the Supreme Court’s impending decision on Roe v. Wade:
LAMORINDA, CA — Lafayette's Brook Street Park looked more like Brook Street Airport on Monday.
The city on Monday reopened the newly-renovated park, with Assembly member Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, D-Orinda, Lafayette Mayor Teresa Gerringer and members of the Lafayette Parks, Trails and Recreation Commission attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The celebration of the cozy community park had an airport theme. Attendees got pretzels and "Lafayette Airlines" pins.
Two Jewish members of the state Assembly representing the Bay Area, Rebecca Bauer-Kahan and Marc Levine, have introduced legislation that would change hate crime laws by meting out the same punishment for using different “terror symbols,” such as swastikas, nooses and burning crosses.
Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) has introduced her 2022 bill package that focuses on district and statewide priorities, including firearm advertisements, penalizing the use of hate symbols and illegal dumping, among other issues, according to a statement from her office.
Assembly Bill 2374, legislation to help combat illegal dumping across California, was introduced by state Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) and sponsored by Contra Costa County Supervisor Diane Burgis. The bill increases the fines for individuals and businesses who are illegally dumping commercial quantities of waste.
Alameda County — Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, whose district includes the Tri-Valley, introduced legislation Feb.15, that would ban non-agricultural use of five pesticides that scientists and environmentalists believe kill bees, butterflies and birds.
Bauer-Kahan’s bill would end the use of neonicotinoid pesticides on lawns, gardens and golf courses, but continue to allow them at agricultural sites.
Sacramento, CA – With the recent bill introduction deadline, Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan has introduced legislation addressing her priority issues of mental health, gender equality, wildfire protection, education, gun safety, environmental protection and more.