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Senate Leader Atkins Announces BRIDGE Project to Lift Travel Ban, Create Marketing Program to Encourage Acceptance of LBGTQ+ Community
March 29, 2023

SACRAMENTO – With legislative attacks on the LGBTQ+ community and youth worsening in recent years nationwide, Senate President...

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Senator Atkins Introduces Bill to Strengthen Protections for Abortion, Gender-Affirming Care Providers in California
March 21, 2023

SACRAMENTO – Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) today announced that she has introduced a bill to...

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Senate Leader Atkins Introduces Legislation to Improve Access, Oversight for California HOME Act
March 20, 2023

SACRAMENTO – Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) has introduced legislation, SB 450, which would modify SB...

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About Senator Atkins

Senator Toni G. AtkinsToni G. Atkins was born and raised in southwestern Virginia, the daughter of a miner and a seamstress, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science from Emory & Henry College in Emory, Virginia.

In 1985, she moved across the country to San Diego, Calif., to help care for her sister’s young son while her sister served in the U.S. Navy. In San Diego, before becoming involved in public service, she worked as director of clinic services at Womancare Health Center. Read full bio

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