Asm. Ken Cooley

This measure would proclaim August 2021 as Breastfeeding Awareness Month of 2021 in California. The measure would recognize the unique benefits that breastfeeding provides, as specified, and would affirm that Californians should work to ensure that barriers to initiation and continuation of breastfeeding are removed. The measure would encourage Californians to work together to explore ways to, among other things, improve women's access to breastfeeding support services in medical, social, and employment settings.

This measure would proclaim the month of September 2021 as California Firefighter Appreciation Month and September 25, 2021, as California Firefighters Memorial Day.

This measure would proclaim the week of September 5, 2021, through September 11, 2021, as Suicide Prevention Week in California.

Existing law establishes the Department of General Services, under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of General Services, in the Government Operations Agency and vests the department with specified powers and duties pertaining to state-owned real property and state buildings. This bill, no later than March 1, 2022, would require the department to prepare and submit to the Joint Rules Committee a report summarizing current building safety guidelines of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or similar building safety guidelines, relating to the integration of shelter-in-place facilities in public buildings.

This measure would proclaim September 20, 2021, as Latino Veterans Day.

This measure would acknowledge the Department of Veterans Affairs' staff for their service to California's veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This measure would designate the first full week of October of each year as "Public Power Week" in the State of California in honor of public power utilities and their customer-owners, policymakers, and employees who work together to provide the best possible energy service for the benefit of their communities.

This measure would recognize the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) for setting the most ambitious carbon reduction goal of any large utility in the country and applaud SMUD's commitment to finding innovative ways to reach its zero-carbon emissions goal without impacting reliability or rates. The measure would recognize that SMUD's zero-carbon emissions goal puts the Sacramento region on the map as an example to follow and as a region where innovative, climate-friendly businesses want to be, the achieving the zero-carbon emissions goal that brings benefits not only globally, but also locally, the reduced emissions improve our local air quality and overall health and create jobs, and that SMUD is helping create a cleaner, more prosperous, and healthier region for all.

This measure would declare California to be the first Compassionate State in the United States of America.

This measure would proclaim the month of July 2021 as California Parks and Recreation Professionals Month to celebrate the accomplishments and resilience of parks and recreation professionals throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.