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Flores says there were no new type 47 liquor licenses available when they opened over a year ago, and the only ones for sale were upwards of $250,000 by establishments that previously obtained them. According to Assemblymember Dawn Addis, there haven’t been any new licenses in the county since 2014.

"It really squeezes the market. It creates a bottleneck. It causes a lot of issues for people that want to grow," Addis said.

Less than one month after Dawn Addis took the oath of office for her first term in the California Assembly, she was trudging through mud, surveying the flood damage sustained by a Soquel mobile home park. It was early January 2023, and what would become a historic and costly string of atmospheric rivers had only just begun.

State Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-30th District) held a press conference Friday morning at Pacheco Elementary School in San Luis Obispo to update the public on her bill, AB 1391.

AB 1391 aims to secure funding for all transitional kindergarten (TK) programs across the state, including Basic Aid Districts like the San Luis Coastal Unified School District.

Actor and activist Jane Fonda was at the state capitol Tuesday pushing for two bills that would make polluters pay.

MONTEREY – District 30 Assemblywoman Dawn Addis, D-Morro Bay, has introduced legislation which aims to strengthen the Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund by expanding its scope and impact, Addis' office recently announced.

California Assembly Bill 1487 renames the fund to the Two-Spirit, Transgender, Gender Nonconforming and Intersex (2TGI) Wellness and Equity Fund.

MOSS LANDING, Calif. (KION-TV) -- A new bill has been introduced to put up stronger safeguards and protections for future battery storage facilities.

The Battery Energy Safety & Accountability Act, or AB 303, was introduced by Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay) alongside Monterey County District 2 Supervisor Glenn Church. The bill is aimed at finding reasonable requirements for future locations on where to create battery facilites alongwith solutions on how to prevent similiar fires.

Assemblymember Dawn Addis, D-Morro Bay, and Monterey County District 2 Supervisor Glenn Church held a press conference in Moss Landing today, Jan. 23 with a twofold purpose: for Addis to talk about a bill she introduced Jan. 22, and for Church to give an update from the county's perspective.

Addis spoke first in front of the small gaggle of reporters and residents in attendance, and started by saying she'd just returned from a special legislative session in Sacramento to approve $2.5 billion of aid to go toward responding to the aftermath of the devastating fires in L.A. County earlier this month.

MOSS LANDING, Calif. — Assemblymember Dawn Addis of District 30, representing Monterey County, calls for accountability and transparency following the Moss Landing fire.

"You know, look, Vistra and all of their vendors have, massive data sets that they are analyzing right now on that. They're going to be analyzing. We need full transparency on that data," Addis said.

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This week, Central Coast Voices explores immigration policy changes and the local resources available from California. Assemblymember Dawn Addis joins us to discuss how evolving policies impact housing, employment, and health resources for immigrant families. We will share about statewide initiatives to support immigrant communities despite expected federal policy changes to ensure access to services while addressing the local challenges.