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Sal’s 2007 Legislative Session
COMMITTEES
• Vice-Chair of the Business and Labor Committee
• Elections, Ethics and Rules Committee
INTERIM SESSION
• Vice-Chair of the Business and Labor Committee
• Comprehensive Revenue Restructuring Committee
• Elections Ethics and Rules Committee |
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During
the 2007 Session, Sal Esquivel and the Southern Oregon delegation
accomplished the following:
• Created a rainy day fund so that vital services are not lost
in economic
downturns.
• Co-wrote the House rules that allow all representatives
to introduce
legislation in the House, taking politics out of the process.
• Created a medically involved home-care program for seniors.
• Set health standards for food and beverages sold in schools.
• Made it a crime to furnish sexually explicit material to children.
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In 2005, Sal Esquivel and our entire Southern Oregon delegation accomplished the following:
• Paved the way for Chambers of Commerce to provide group health insurance for
themselves, their members, and
members’ employees.
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Funding for Southern Oregon University/Rogue Community College
education
center in downtown Medford ($5.9
million in bonding authority
and $3.1 million in general fund
appropriation).
- Provides seamless transition
between community colleges
and higher education.
- Provides economic enhancement
in downtown Medford.
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Helped secure $358,000 federal grant to purchase protected woodlands
in
Jacksonville – Jacksonville
Woodlands Project.
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Approval of a new judge position for Jackson County
(Circuit Court Judge,
position 9), to help handle the
growing crime rate.
• Funding for the Family Nurturing Center – Jackson County Children’s
Crisis
Relief Nursery, which provides
services to families with young
children at risk of abuse or neglect.
• Funding to save Project Independence, a seniors program that
allows aging
seniors to remain in their homes,
preserving their dignity
and independence.
• Funding to save Head Start, the child development program
serving low-income
children and families. |
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