Access, equality and justice should be the foundations of government and business. They also should form the basis for how we treat our neighbors. Yet, discrimination and bias creep into behavior, systems and policies at alarming rates..

In my first year in office, I introduced three bills (AB 241, 242, 243) that require mandatory implicit bias training for law enforcement officers, medical professionals, judges and trial lawyers. AB 241 and 242 were signed into law by Governor Newsom.

I co-authored SB 188, known as the Crown Act, to end discrimination based upon a person’s natural hairstyle and ensure that no one has to abandon healthy, natural hair to placate unhealthy and unnatural biases.

I voted to expand paid family leave and to require publicly held corporations headquartered in California to have at least one director from an underrepresented community by the close of 2021.

I have a 100% score from Equality CA and was the only California legislator to receive a perfect score from Disability Rights CA. I am a staunch advocate for members of the LGBTQ community and for Californians with disabilities.