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Clearly, there’s great potential for cycling trails to redefine the economic and social fabric of communities. But it’s just as important to remember that the benefits go beyond the tourism economy: Thoughtfully designed trails in accessible locations can restore and protect environmental values and make it easier for all residents to benefit from time in nature. To that end, California… Read more »

In some cases, if the sponsor doesn’t seem like a safe option, the children end up staying in HHS custody in a long-term care facility that provides additional services, including county services to find a non-relative guardianship or foster placement, according to Preston. The Fairplex shelter is expected to remain open through the end of the year. “We as Americans have a… Read more »

“There was always this fight to give [the bureau] more time, depoliticize it, try to get a more accurate count,” said Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez of Los Angeles, a co-sponsor of the measure. He said the bill was necessary in order to give “greater legal standing for the states to push back their redistricting.” Still to come are challenges to maps once they’re drawn, which Paul Mitchell,… Read more »

Moments after President Joe Biden recognized the Armenian Genocide on Saturday, Rep. Adam Schiff kicked off an already planned press conference on the steps of Burbank City Hall, to commemorate the Armenian Genocide, but also to gather some of his Congressional colleagues who have supported efforts for U.S. recognition of the crime. Joining Schiff at the press conference were… Read more »

After Republicans forced the party-line vote on Waters this week, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) circulated a letter renewing his effort to expel Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from Congress and urging more fellow Democrats to sign onto his resolution. And moments before this week’s vote, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) warned that Republicans… Read more »

A California Democrat is renewing his push to expel Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) over her reported support for a so-called "America First Caucus." Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) told Forbes that he is seeking support for a resolution to expel Greene following news that she and other far-right lawmakers considered launching the… Read more »

Meanwhile, Forbes’ Andrew Solender is reporting that Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) is once again talking about pushing his resolution to expel Greene. Leadership talked him down from forcing the vote a while back, but after Republicans went after Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) this week, Gomez is apparently feeling emboldened to try again. Full Article Read more »

Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) is reigniting his effort to garner more support for a resolution that would expel Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from Congress after Republicans tried to censure a Democrat for inciting violence but stayed silent on a member of their own party. In a Dear Colleague letter to all congressional offices Wednesday, Gomez said that Greene continues to represent… Read more »

Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) on Tuesday told Forbes he plans to make a new push to get lawmakers behind his long-shot resolution to expel Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from Congress by drawing on outrage over her ill-fated attempt to establish a congressional group dubbed the America First Caucus. Full Article Read more »

Greene’s effort to remove Waters comes just one day after she scrapped plans to launch a right-wing America First Caucus in the House, and amid a long-shot effort by Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) to expel Greene from Congress. Greene has mainly focused on publicity stunts since her removal from committees, proposing a bill to reduce Dr. Anthony Fauci’s salary to $0,… Read more »