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Assemblymember Patel Delivers $1,230,000 to Escondido YMCA at First-Ever AD 76 Family Palooza
Assemblymember Patel Delivers $1,230,000 to Escondido YMCA at First-Ever AD 76 Family Palooza
ESCONDIDO, CA — Assemblymember Dr. Darshana Patel (San Diego County) hosted the first-ever AD 76 Family Palooza on Saturday, a free resource fair connecting North County families with health services, food resources, public safety programs, and youth activities. Partners include the YMCA, Neighborhood...
Senate Passes Science Bond
Assemblymember Dr. Patel is Principal Co-Author
SB 895 includes groundbreaking requirements to make health care more affordable for Californians and ensure profitable discoveries reinvest some funds back in California. The measure does so in three main ways:
- Makes pharmaceuticals developed through this research available to Californians at a discount;
- Allows the state to recoup a portion of licensing and royalty fees from inventions and technologies produced as a result of bond-funded research; and
- Allows California to publicly produce pharmaceuticals invented with bond-funded research via CalRx in order to sell them at cost to Californians
Friends of San Pasqual Academy receives California Nonprofit of the Year Award
Friends of San Pasqual Academy recently received the California Nonprofit of the Year Award. This award was through the office of Assemblymember Dr. Darshana Patel, who is a strong advocate for foster teens. Pictured left to right are: Retired County Board of Supervisor and co-founder of San Pasqual Academy Greg Cox, Friends of San Pasqual Academy Board Member Kathy Lathrum, Assemblymember Dr. Darshana Patel and Friends of San Pasqual Academy Board Member Joan Scott. (Courtesy of Friends of San Pasqual Academy)
Members of Friends of San Pasqual Academy recently went to Sacramento to receive
Chair of Assembly Education Committee Responds to the Governor’s May Revision
Chair of Assembly Education Committee Responds to the Governor’s May Revision
SACRAMENTO—Assembly Education Committee Chair Dr. Darshana Patel (D-San Diego County) responds to Governor Newsom’s May Revision to the 2026-27 California budget. Assemblymember Patel has been engaging with the Governor and his administration on crucial proposed changes and goals related to TK-12 Education.
The May...
