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For her decade-plus of environmental work, Tara Hammond of the La Jolla-based Hammond Climate Solutions Foundation has been recognized as one of this year’s Environmental Heroes for California’s 77th Assembly District.

The district, represented by Assemblywoman Tasha Boerner (D-Encinitas), encompasses Carlsbad, Encinitas, Solana Beach, Del Mar, Coronado and San Diego’s coastal communities from La Jolla south to downtown.

Overall, 10 area residents — seven adults and three young “rising stars” — were honored for their work in various environmental fields.

A newly-approved bill signed in late September by Gov. Gavin Newsom allows cities within San Diego County, or the county itself, to ban electric bicycles for riders who are younger than 12 years old.

Representing California's 77th District, State Assemblymember Tasha Boerner was inspired to run for office because she wanted to help build a better community for her children. Her favorite part of her job is writing her own bills and helping her constituents work through their problems.

California has saved millions of children from losing health insurance now that legislation is in effect to protect those under five on the state's Medicaid program.

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June 8, 2024  

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Hundreds Take Climate Action in San Diego County

Millions of California residents are at risk of losing health care due to simple paperwork errors, but a new bill aimed at safeguarding provision was put on hold by an Assembly Appropriations committee this week.

Assembly member Tasha Boerner (D-Encinitas) introduced the Protecting Medi-Cal Coverage for Californians Act (AB 2956) to protect adults enrolled in Medicaid, and vowed to keep fighting for it.

NOT IN MY HOUSE: Californians are mad as hell about their utility bills, and lawmakers know it.

But their efforts to micromanage state agencies’ handling of water and electricity rates are falling flat.

When the heat hits in California, public swimming pools become vital refuges for tens of thousands of families, many of modest means. But because of bureaucratic red tape and the aftermath of pandemic shutdowns, many pools statewide are confronting a labor pool problem — not enough lifeguards.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KABC) -- California lawmakers have approved a bill that would let bicyclists treat stop signs as yield signs.

The bill's author says the policy has been shown to make biking safer in other states. By encouraging people to use bikes, it also aims to reduce vehicle emissions, said Assemblymember Tasha Boerner Horvath, D-Encinitas.

The bill only makes it OK for bicyclists to roll through stop signs when they deem it's safe to do so.

Encinitas Assemblymember Tasha Boerner Horvath’s bill to strengthen a sexual assault victim’s right to privacy on social media was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Increasingly in sexual assault cases, social media activity irrelevant to the the case is being admitted into evidence, often with the result of embarrassing, shaming, or humiliating victims to discourage their testimony.