Huntington Beach must follow state's Freedom to Read Act, O.C. judge rules Orange County Superior Court Judge Lindsay Martinez ruled Friday morning that Huntington Beach cannot prohibit minors from accessing books at the city's public library.

I wrote the California Freedom to Read Act to fight censorship and book banning. The Orange County Superior Court recently upheld the constitutionality of the Act and cited it in ordering the City of Huntington Beach to uphold our First Amendment right to read books reflecting diverse perspectives.

Students! My office is now accepting applications for our fall 2025 internship cohort. The internship is open to high school and college students and is part-time. For questions, please call Assemblymember Muratsuchi’s office at (310) 375-0691.

The Asian American & Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus Foundation is offering a $2,500 scholarship for AANHPI students pursuing higher education in California!

🗓 Deadline: September 30, 2025, at 11:59 PM
📲 Scan the QR code to apply!

Today, I cohosted a press conference in support of immigrant students and my bill, AB 49 — the California Safe Haven Schools Act, to keep ICE out of our schools. This bill will help ensure that every immigrant student has a safe and welcoming place to learn.

This weekend, I was honored to join the 83rd Annual Nisei Week Festival Grand Parade in Little Tokyo—a vibrant celebration of Japanese American culture and community spirit. Thank you to the Nisei Week Foundation for bringing people together for such a joyful and meaningful tradition!

Prop 36 forum being held by the City of Torrance.

Great News! The California Governor signed my AB 642, into law!

This new law helps students and school staff impacted by wildfires by:
✅ Allowing school employees to transfer catastrophic leave to colleagues in need
✅ Requiring the state to track displaced students to ensure continued education

I joined members of Teamsters Local 2010, CSU Employees Union - CSUEU, and California Faculty Association at a press conference this morning at the Chancellor's Office of CSU to call for the California State University to "keep their promise" to honor their employee contracts.

Yesterday, my office hosted our annual Julian Katz Memorial Bike Ride down the Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach strand in honor of Julian Katz, a passionate cycling advocate in the South Bay who unfortunately passed in 2018.

I joined elected officials, the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce, faith and local leaders to call on getting ICE out of Terminal Island and out of LA.

Terminal Island was once home to a fishing village where 3K Japanese were forcibly removed by the government in 1942 following EO 9066.

My office recently hosted a Senior Scam Stopper at the South Coast Botanic Garden.

Thank you to the South Coast Botanic Garden for your partnership!

Group of ride leaders with bright vests and shirts gathered around signs displaying “Julian Katz Bike Route” and “Julian Katz Bike Corral”

Group of cyclists gathered at a beachfront park with Assemblymember Muratsuchi and Rabbi Gila Katz addressing the crowd.

Group of smiling people with neon vests and bikes holding flyers for the Metro C/K Line Extension to Torrance

We had an incredible time at the annual Julian Katz Memorial Bike Ride hosted by @asmmuratsuchi.bsky.social

We celebrated Julian Katz’s legacy of “sharing the road” and celebrated protected bike lanes. We also shared info on the @metrolosangeles.bsky.social C/K Line Extension to Torrance.

Audit fallout: Highlands entire board resigns, state requests $180 million back Entire Highlands Charter board resigns after audit finds legal violations, nepotism, and misuse of funds. State demands $180M in repayment.

State Auditor found Highlands Charter Schools inappropriately received over $180 million in public education funding.
Last year I requested this audit and this year I introduced AB 84 to crack down on charter school fraud and abuse of K12 public education funds.

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Proud to be a joint author of AB 1454, which passed the Senate Ed Committee today!

The bill will promote evidence-based literacy instruction to teach reading skills that will lay the foundation for lifelong success.

President Trump recently signed his big billionaire tax break, gutting Medicaid and defunding Planned Parenthood. This means that Planned Parenthood in CA can no longer receive federal reimbursement for women's health services.

I will continue to fight for Planned Parenthood and their patients.

Please join me for my office's Julian Katz Memorial Bike Ride on Sunday, July 20 at 10 a.m. at Miramar Park for a community bike ride.

For more information or to RSVP, please call my District office at 310-375-0691 or online at asmdc.org/hv

My AB 477, the Fair Pay for Educator Workforce Act, passed the Senate Education Committee! It is now going to the Senate Appropriations Committee.

This bill would give teachers and school staff a raise by setting a higher local control funding formula (LCFF) target over 10 years.

Please join me at my office's Senior Scam Stopper Seminar on Friday, July 11 from 9 - 11 a.m. at the South Coast Botanic Garden.

Come learn how to protect yourself from fraud.

My AB 642 passed the Senate Education Committee! It will now go to the Senate Floor for a vote.

This bill supports students and staff impacted by wildfires by allowing school employees to transfer catastrophic leave to affected colleagues.

Please join me at my office's Senior Scam Stopper Seminar on Friday, July 11 from 9 - 11 a.m. at the South Coast Botanic Garden.

Come learn how to protect yourself from fraud.

Great news for CA’s future educators! Thanks to the work behind my AB 1128, @governor.ca.gov has signed a balanced state budget that includes $300M for the Student Teacher Stipend Program. This program will provide $10K stipends to teacher credential candidates during their student teaching year.

Trump administration freezes $6.8 billion in federal education funds; California hit hard Trump is holding back funds to help educate English learners and the children of migrant seasonal workers. The cuts total at least $811 million in California.

Trump is illegally cutting federal education funding for immigrant students and after school programs. We need to help immigrant students learn English in a multilingual global economy. California must fight back.

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Beautiful Saturday afternoon in Gardena celebrating Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute (GVJCI)’s Annual Matsuri! GVJCI is a non-profit community center with classes, services, and programs for seniors, non-senior adults, and youth in the South Bay for over 40 years.

Closed out Pride Month with South Bay LGBTQ Center at their Annual Paddle Out and Luncheon! Great to see my summer intern Victoria too! Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈 #pride #pridemonth

To celebrate the 55th anniversary of LA Pride, the LA County Board of Supervisors has proclaimed June 28th “LA Pride – Christopher Street West Day.” For info on LA Pride events, please visit lapride.org

UPDATE: Elite charter school CEO resigns after probe into abuse of taxpayer money The latest education news updates from EdSource.

I introduced Assembly Bill 84 to crack down on charter school fraud. We must strengthen charter school oversight and accountability.

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June 23, marks the anniversary of Title IX, which paved the way for equity in education, sports, and in everyday life.

In CA, under the Sex Equity in Education Act, all persons, regardless of their gender, should enjoy freedom from discrimination of any kind in the educational institutions.

Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the Union. Juneteenth marks a major significance in history and proves that freedom and racial equality have always been a hard-fought battle for Black Americans — a battle that continues to this day.