When the State Legislature returned from its summer recess Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena), Chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus, and the State Assembly passed House Resolution 51 condemning the actions of white supremacists and neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Virginia. “Now is the time to speak up. Now is the time to take action,” Assemblymember Holden told his colleagues.

(Sacramento) – As part of the Juneteenth Celebration at the State Capitol Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) gave the opening prayer for the State Assembly’s June 26, 2017 floor session. “As we remember June 19th, 1865 – Juneteenth – the day the word reached Texas of the abolishment of slavery in the United States, that those of African descent were now free from bondage…Lord, lets us reflect on their jubilation as they celebrated the day you moved on their behalf,” said Assemblymember Holden.