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Proud to have participated in a panel, entitled "A Future LA County Without Hate", as part of a Los Angeles County "LA vs Hate United Against Hate" Week.

We discussed the spike in hate crimes, particularly against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Earlier this year, I introduced AB 557, a bill that will require the California Department of Justice (CA DOJ) to establish a toll-free hotline as well as an online reporting system to report hate crimes and hate incidents.

We must all remember that hate crimes are crimes against an entire community, not just an individual victim. We cannot stand idly by and allow these crimes to continue to happen. I will work hard to fight against all hate crimes in the South Bay, Los Angeles County and the State of California.

Had a great Torrance Virtual Community Coffee last night. Torrance Mayor Pat Furey and City Manager Aram Chaparyan joined me.

We discussed a wide range of issues impacting Torrance residents including 405 freeway construction, noise from the Torrance Airport, and the fight for local control over housing.

I toured a floating offshore wind farm during the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference in Scotland. Scotland is among the world's leaders in wind energy, with almost 100 percent of all national electricity generation coming from clean, renewable energy. These windmills are located 30 miles from land, so local residents can't see or hear them. I will work to bring floating offshore wind to California to fight climate change.

My office held our 5th Annual Operation Gobble yesterday! Thank you to Golden State Water and Young Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow for contributing and making this event happen. A special thanks to Wanda Love for helping organize this event on her birthday.

Thank you to all who attended.

Working hard representing California at United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland. Met with representatives from Australia, France, Germany, India, Scotland, and others to learn and share what we need to do to fight the global climate crisis. Governments and private industry coming together to save our planet.

#COP26

I participated, alongside several of my colleagues, in a Joint Oversight Hearing on the Orange County Oil Spill today in Costa Mesa in Orange County. We discussed why this happened and what we can do to ensure that this doesn't happen again.

We need to shut down all offshore oil drilling to protect California's beautiful coast. The Orange County oil spill caused undue damage to our ocean, our coast, our marine life, and economy. In 2018, I authored AB 1775, which prohibits new oil leases in state waters needed to support new federal oil and gas development to fight Trump's plans for new offshore oil drilling, but we were not able to shut down existing oil leases in state waters.

Shutting down offshore drilling will prevent disasters such as the spill in Orange County, which is why we need to keep fighting to shut down each and every oil rig to continue to protect our ocean, our wildlife and our coasts from the damage of further oil spills.

South Bay Economic Forecast presented by Cal State University Dominguez Hills. As Chair of Assembly Select Committee on Aerospace, spoke on panel focusing on future of South Bay aerospace industry. According to economists, South Bay economy looking good, with supply trying to catch up to strong demand. Housing prices up 22 percent(!) in past year and no sign of an unsustainable bubble.

Thank you longtime Manhattan Beach educator Chuck Currier and Manhattan Beach Unified School District (MBUSD) for today's unveiling of the Francis Miyosaku Uyematsu monument at Mira Costa High School. The Uyematsu family owned 120 acres of land in Manhattan Beach before World War II, including all of the land that is Mira Costa High School today. However, because of the wartime mass incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans by the US Government, the Uyematsus eventually had to sell the land to then Redondo Beach Unified School District. Longtime activist Mary Uyematsu Kao gave a powerful speech weaving together the history of the South Bay from the Gabrielino Tongva indigenous people to Bruce’s Beach to the Japanese American mass incarceration and the ongoing struggle for social justice for all. The monument will help teach current and future generations of students of this South Bay history, in hopes that this injustice will never happen again.

Grand opening of new Mira Costa High School athletic center, thanks to Measure EE $39 million bond measure passed in 2016. Costa and Redondo High now have the nicest athletic facilities in the South Bay because of their local bond measures and strong community support. Whirlpools, massage tables, and team meeting rooms look like pro sports training facilities. Thanks to the student ambassadors for the tour!