Eng, M rep

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AB 685 (Eng) - Will establish a right to water for basic human needs as a policy of the state of California. This currently proposed Bill, states that every human being has the right to clean drinking water. As you know, Fracking irreversibly pollutes drinking water. Here is a link about <a href="http://www.uusc.org/blog/entry/2588/the_human_right_to_water_in_california_ab_685_it_will_keep_you_alive" class="external text" title="http://www.uusc.org/blog/entry/2588/the human right to water in california ab 685 it will keep you alive" rel="nofollow">AB 685</a>. Here is a <a href="https://secure3.convio.net/fww/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=261" class="external text" title="https://secure3.convio.net/fww/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=261" rel="nofollow">link to sign a petition</a> to Governor Brown asking him to pass this Bill, and to make it into a legislative Act.

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Assemblyman Mike Eng represents the 49th Assembly District, which is located within eastern Los Angeles County and includes the cities of Alhambra, El Monte, Monterey Park, Rosemead, San Gabriel, San Marino, and South El Monte.

Assemblyman Eng chairs the Assembly Committee on Banking & Finance, which oversees California’s financial institutions, real property finance, and corporate securities law.  Consequently, the Committee develops and shapes public policy in a broad range of areas such as mortgage foreclosures, payday lending, regulations of state chartered banks and credit unions, consumer lending, and financial privacy.

Recently, Assemblyman Eng took a key leadership role in addressing the California foreclosure crisis which has produced far ranging effects throughout the state, impacting neighborhoods, local and state governments.  With nearly three quarters of a million California homes at risk of foreclosure, the California Legislative Leadership convened a Conference Committee earlier this year on the foreclosure crisis where Assemblyman Eng was appointed Co-Chair of this very imperative Committee.  Working with his colleagues in the Legislature and State Attorney General Kamala Harris, a historic and groundbreaking package of legislation known as the “Homeowners Bill of Rights” was put forward and was passed by the Legislature.  Assemblyman Eng’s bill, AB 278, which is part of the Homeowners Bill of Rights builds upon existing best practices by requiring servicers to maintain a single point of contact for borrowers and prevents foreclosure when a borrower is negotiating in good faith with a servicer.

Assemblyman Eng has a wide range of other important assignments, including membership on the Assembly Committees on Business and Professions, Education, Health, and Transportation.

His top legislative priorities include addressing the serious issues resulting from the financial and foreclosure crises, confronting the growing problem of hates crimes in California and the rest of the nation, eliminating disparities amongst underserved communities, tackling the underground economy by going after tax cheats, fighting for the protection and restoration of groundwater, and encouragement of sound water conservation practices to ensure existing water supplies in the San Gabriel Valley and throughout the state.

Prior to serving in the State Assembly, Assemblyman Eng was appointed to the California Department of Consumer Affairs Acupuncture Board for two terms where he served as Board Vice Chair and Chair of the Enforcement Committee.  He also served as Mayor and City Councilmember of Monterey Park, where he helped start the region’s first city Environmental Commission to deal with quality of life issues, initiated a summer science program for low-income students, enhanced after school programs, organized Clean Up the City Day, facilitated the city’s first workshop for home care workers and founded numerous scholarship opportunities for high school students.

Assemblyman Eng earned his law degree from the University of California Los Angeles after completing Bachelors’ and Masters’ degrees at the University of Hawaii, and is also a part-time community college instructor.</p>

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