ELK GROVE, Calif. — California State Senator Angelique Ashby was a Sacramento City Councilmember in Natomas when the city's zoo began planning its move to Elk Grove.
Celebrity and youth advocate Paris Hilton joined California lawmakers on Monday in favor of a bipartisan bill that aims to protect youth placed in treatment facilities licensed by the state.
It was a somber, and at times tearful, gathering today as legislators and advocates promoted a bill to hold behavioral treatment centers for teens more accountable.
As the Legislative Director to Senator Angelique Ashby (D-Sacramento), Cassidy Denny has achieved a career that she could only dream of just five years ago.
Foster youth in California will now be able to attend college free of charge thanks to new legislation. The legislation, SB 307, which was introduced by Senators Angelique V. Ashby and Mike, McGuire was signed into the state budget on July 10.
This is a huge win for foster youth located in the state of California. According to Los Angeles, CA’s KTLA 5, foster children in the state that is home to Hollywood will be able to attend college for free, thanks to a new law.
Foster youth across California will now be able to attend college, free of charge, after new legislation, SB 307, was signed into the state budget Monday.
The new Fostering Futures program will cover the entire cost for foster youth to attend a University of California, California State University or California community college.
