Gatto’s Bill to Ease Traffic Congestion Cruises Through Transportation Committee    

Sacramento, CA – Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s (D-Glendale) legislation to help increase the efficiency of Los Angeles County’s freeway system, one of the nation’s most notoriously congested systems, passed its first legislative hurdle today, the Assembly Transportation Committee by a vote of 13-0.  The bill, AB 210, will create a pilot project to help ease traffic congestion…

Ever spent two years mourning your loved one and watching the inheritance they worked to earn and save for you be spent on legal fees and devalue during a market downturn? Not to mention your relationship sours with the dear one they trusted with their finances? It is a common story I've lived and had told to me by others. 

Why is it that in other states probate is such a matter of course and in…

Assemblyman Mike Gatto Secures Major Technology Grant for Thomas Starr King Middle School

Assemblyman Mike Gatto announced that he had secured $5,000 in funding for the purchase of iPad minis and eBooks to update the library collection and technology of Thomas Starr King Middle School in Los Angeles.  At the Assemblyman's request, and after a review of Thomas Starr King’s…

With parking always being a hot topic in Silver Lake, I thought this press release from Assemblyman Mike Gatto's office might be of interest. 



Sacramento, CA – Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s (D-Los Angeles) legislation prohibiting local governments from fleecing motorists who park at broken parking meters moved one step closer to becoming a reality today, after the California State Assembly approved the bill by a vote of 71-0. The bill, AB 61, seeks to stop the trend…