Dear Neighbor, 

Welcome to March, which is Women's History Month, which originated in Santa Rosa, California, with President Jimmy Carter, in February 1980, issuing the first Presidential Proclamation declaring "the Week of March 8th 1980 as National Women's History Week." Every president, beginning in 1995, has proclaimed March as Women's History Month.

On Saturday, March 14, 2020, my staff and I will recognize women in the district with the Second Annual Women of Achievement program. We are fortunate to have bold and enterprising women whose influences have contributed to our communities.

For those who did not hear or read Governor Gavin Newsom's State of the State he delivered on February 19, 2020, you can read it on the Governor's web site.

I agree with Governor Newsom when he said, "By any standard measure, by nearly every recognizable metric, the State of California is not just thriving but, in many instances, leading the country, inventing the future, and inspiring the nation."

He rightfully focused his address on homelessness and the need for affordable housing.

The governor called the crisis a disgrace and presented several sobering statistics

As a legislative body, we have already been at work to put this issue, as the governor proclaimed, at the top of our agenda.

Within the district, I have been working with Assembly Majority Leader Ian Calderon to secure the first right of refusal for the city of Norwalk on the land at the State Hospital.

AB 518 hopes to provide the land to the city so they can begin a regional veterans' village to help address the housing and wraparound services needs of the community.

I am grateful that the Governor is fully committed to eradicating homelessness and increasing affordable housing in California, and I look forward to working with him to achieve his goal

Also this month, a reminder to put your clocks one hour ahead as we spring forward on Sunday, March 8, 2020. It's also a perfect time to change the batteries in your home's smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.

In this month's issue are stories and photos from some of the events my staff and I have attended in the past month, as well as a story on a groundbreaking company in Cerritos founded by two lifelong friends, as well as some informational items on the 2020 Census and earthquake retrofitting for homeowners.

God bless,

Senator Bob Archuleta
Thirty-Second Senate District

Sacramento CA - The California State Commanders Veterans Council (CSCVC) is honored to announce that Senator Bob Archuleta (D-Pico Rivera) has been selected as the recipient of the Council's 2019 Legislator of the Year Award. 

The CSCVC Legislator of the Year Award is given in recognition for leadership and efforts on behalf of California's veterans, active duty military, reserves, and the California National Guard.

Senator Archuleta was presented with the award during the CSCVC's Day at the Capitol event on February 21, 2020.

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EBB provides $3,000 grants to be used toward a code-compliant seismic retrofit for houses that qualify. Find out more about the program and if your house qualifies.

Would you like to receive up to $3,000 toward an earthquake retrofit of your house? The Earthquake Brace + Bolt (EBB) program provides homeowners up to $3,000 to strengthen their home and lessen the potential for earthquake damage.

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After 10 months since the official groundbreaking took place at the site of the Durfee Avenue Grade Separation, Durfee Avenue between Stephens Street and Walnut Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic.  The closure will mark the beginning of the construction of the roadway underpass between Beverly Road and Whittier Boulevard, and a new bridge to carry trains over the lowered roadway.

Access to businesses along Durfee Avenue near the closure will be available at all times.  Access to El Adobe apartment residents will now be available through Deland Street and Pico Court.  Alameda Corridor East (ACE) Project officials are also working on a transportation plan to accommodate students who attend North Park Academy of the Arts and South Ranchito Dual Language Academy once pedestrian traffic is closed in March.  Many students who attend those schools walk along Durfee Avenue and cross the railroad tracks on a daily basis in order to arrive at either of those schools. A student shuttle will operate during morning and afternoon school hours, picking up North Park students at South Ranchito and the Women's Auxiliary and Veterans Park and will drop them off at the Pico Park parking lot near the ballfields.  South Ranchito Students will be able to pick up the shuttle at the Pico Park parking lot drop off location and be dropped off at South Ranchito. This Shuttle Service will be available beginning March 2, 2020 when pedestrian traffic will be closed. 

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CERRITOS – The story of one of Senate District 32's top businesses began on a junior high school basketball court. That was the meeting place for Cerritos natives Daniel Kim and Jay Lee. They could not have imagined that a pick-up game could have been the starting point of one of the fastest-growing technology companies in North America — AuditBoard.

Although they still argue today as to who won that fateful day, Auditboard's co-founders are successfully helping auditors on a global scale.

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