Office of Lorena Gonzalez's video: Lorena Gonzalez Announces New Committee on Women in the Workplace

Sacramento -- (Apr 8, 2014) -- Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) has been named Chair of the newly created Assembly Select Committee on Women in the Workplace by Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles). Speaker Pérez made the announcement on Equal Pay Day, part of an ongoing national campaign to increase awareness about pay inequality for working women. "Equal Pay Day is our annual reminder that more and more families are relying on women to be breadwinners and that our economy works best when we acknowledge and accommodate the realities working women face," said Assemblywoman Gonzalez. "As a single working mother myself, I face this reality every day, and I am very excited to work with my colleagues to seek solutions that break down barriers to employment, accommodate women's roles in their families as well as their jobs, and bring a greater dose of equity to the workplace."