LACYD Endorsed Legislation

Since the beginning of the year, the legislative committee and executive board of the Los Angeles County Young Democrats have voted to support the following pieces of legislation:

California State Legislature:

AB 30 (Price)
Assembly Bill 30 is the 2009 version of Assembly Bill 1819, which was introduced by Assemblymember Curren Price Jr. in 2008 and was supported by LACYD. Like its predecessor, AB 30 will allow for 16 and 17 year olds in the State of California to pre-register to vote. Eligible 16 and 17-year old Californians will complete voter registration forms which will be kept on record and automatically enacted when the voter turns 18 and is legally eligible to vote. This bill is an excellent and proactive way to expand the ranks of registered voters in California and LACYD is proud to be one of its first endorsers.

AB 106 (Price)
Assemblymember Price has also introduced AB 106, which will allow for Californians to be automatically registered to vote when they apply for a state issued drivers license or when they file a state tax return. This is the second bill introduced by Assemblymember Price in 2009 that seeks to enable all Californians to participate in our democracy. LACYD supports AB 106.

SB 160 (Cedillo)
SB 160 is the California Dream Act- another bill which has been reintroduced in 2009 that LACYD supported in its previous version. The Dream Act, introduced again by Senator Gil Cedillo, will allow every U.S. citizen and undocumented “AB 540” student to apply for non-competitive student aid at California public colleges and universities. The Dream Act is an absolutely necessary piece of legislation that LACYD resolutely supports. Our state is losing some of its most talented young thinkers to a policy prohibiting financial support for their higher education. SB 160 can stop this unforgivable policy and must be approved.

ACA 2 (Furutani)
Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 2 was introduced by Assemblymember Warren Furutani. The simple, direct and necessary amendment to the state constitution will allow 17-year olds who will be 18 and eligible to vote at the time of the next general election, to vote in the corresponding primary or special election. If young voters are going to be able to vote for a candidate in a general election, why shouldn't they be able to help decide what their options will be? If you are noticing a pattern in the first few bills endorsed by LACYD in 2009 (and you should be), you should check out the platform posted below. "LACYD seeks to engage young adults in the political process." Assemblymember Curren Price's AB 30 and AB 106 help achieve this goal and so does ACA 2. LACYD supports ACA 2.