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Dear Neighbors,

My proposed laws for 2018 include a continued effort to reform the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems as part of my #EquityAndJustice2018 package and reducing childhood poverty to help families and communities.

Other measures focus on expanding worker training to prevent sexual harassment, extending a model program to keep and create mostly off-screen jobs in California’s renowned film and TV industries, and providing women key health information.

Dear Neighbors,

This past week’s shooting in Maryland marks the 17th school shooting we have had this year. Tragedies such as these demonstrate that raising public awareness about gun violence, creating more civically minded students and supporting fellow students at this Saturday’s March For Our Lives event at Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles is more critical now than ever.

Dear Neighbors,

Connect. Inspire. Soar. Do that and more during Black History Month by celebrating 26 years of great Black films and art during the Pan African Film and Arts Festival beginning Wednesday, Feb. 7 through Feb. 19 at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza theater complex.

PAFF’s goal is to present and showcase the broad spectrum of Black creative  works, particularly those that reinforce positive images and help destroy negative stereotypes. Film and art can often lead to better understanding and foster communication between peoples of diverse cultures, races and lifestyles, while at the same time serve as a vehicle to initiate dialogue on the important issues of our times.