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Offshore drilling crackdown stalls in California Legislature

Legislation that would clamp down on offshore drilling along California's coast stalled on Friday.

The measure, SB 188, had been introduced by Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) after President Trump announced in April that his administration would consider allowing more drilling.

The Audit Protection Act, jointly authored by Assemblymembers Al Muratsuchi, Phil Ting and Kevin McCarty, passes California Senate

Bill would impose civil penalty of up to $5,000 on anyone who intentionally deceives, defrauds, obstructs or interferes with an official state audit

Torrance, CA – The California Senate passed AB 562, the Audit Protection Act, by a vote of 5-1.  Jointly authored by Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance), along with Assemblymembers Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) and Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), the bill would impose a civil penalty of up to $5,000 on anyone who intentionally deceives, defrauds, obstructs or interferes with the California State Auditor in the performance of his or her official duties.

Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi joins the South Bay Aerospace Industry Alliance

Torrance, CA – Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi joined the South Bay Aerospace Industry Alliance to champion the iconic industry.  The South Bay Aerospace Industry Alliance is a non-partisan community-based coalition of community leaders formed to support the regional aerospace industry.

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton lends a hand at Rolling Hills Estates camp

Kids dribbled and dunked — with a little help from Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton — at Rolling Hills Country Day School on Thursday.

The basketball-filled-day was put on for children with Camp Escapades, a summer program for children with disabilities and their siblings.

Walton joined LA Kings mascot Bailey and community leaders, such as state Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi and Torrance Mayor Pat Furey, for the annual community game, which brings together the Escapades campers with children in Country Day Camp, a program on the Rolling Hills Estates campus.

Assemblyman Urges U.S. to Learn Lessons of Japanese Internment

Sacramento, Aug. 2 (Jiji Press)--A California assemblyman is calling on the United States to learn from the country's internment of Japanese-Americans during the World War II, amid turmoil caused by U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban on Muslims.

"Education (on the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans) is desperately needed," said Al Muratsuchi, a 52-year-old assemblyman who supports a bill to fund education on the history of wartime internment.

Assembly Natural Resources Committee passed SB 188, a bill co-authored by Asemblymember Al Muratsuchi and meant to stop oil drilling off the coast

Bill in response to President Trump’s recent Executive Order authorizing it

Torrance, CA –The Assembly Natural Resources Committee passed SB 188, a bill authored by Senator Hannah Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) and co-authored by Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi, Senate pro Tempore Kevin De Leon (D-Los Angeles) and Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens), that would prohibit the State Lands Commission from approving any leases authorizing the new exploration or development of oil and gas drilling off the California coast. It would also prohibit the renewal of leases that would engage in any new exploration or development of oil or gas drilling.