Senator Lena Gonzalez will be holding a Coffee & Conversation meeting in coordination with Love Catalina Island. The meeting will be held Saturday, April 6. The meeting will be held at the US Bank Founder’s Room, located at 303 Crescent Ave, in Avalon. Coffee and pastries will be supplied beginning at 11:30 am. The public is invited to stop by, meet the Senator and hear from her about what’s happening at the State Capitol. The Senator will also take questions on local issues of concern.
Senator Lena A. Gonzalez was first elected to the State Senate to represent the 33rd District in a special election in June of 2019 and was subsequently re-elected in the November 3, 2020 general election for her first full 4-year term. As State Senator, she represents nearly 1 million residents in Southeast Los Angeles, Signal Hill, portions of South Los Angeles, Lakewood, Catalina Island and her hometown of Long Beach.
In the Senate, Senator Gonzalez is a strong voice for working families, advocating to improve working conditions and lifting up the voices of all workers. She prioritizes and fights for a clean environment, digital inclusion, LGBTQ+ and women’s rights and the economic vitality of small businesses among other policy areas.
Recently, Senator Gonzalez was promoted to a higher leadership role as the Majority Leader of the Senate. She was also elected as Vice Chair of the California Latino Legislative Caucus for a two-year term that began on December 5, 2022.
