CONGRESSWOMAN SIMON AND REPS. COSTA, LOFGREN URGE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP TO PROTECT CALIFORNIA'S PROP 12, ADVOCATE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND ANIMAL WELFARE STANDARDS

Washington, April 23 -- Congresswoman Lateefah Simon issued the following press release:

Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (CA-12), Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21), and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) led a coalition of California members urging House Democratic leadership to oppose any Farm Bill provisions that would overturn or weaken California's Proposition 12, a voter-approved animal welfare law.

Approved by California voters in 2018, California's Prop 12 set minimum space and housing requirements for pigs, hens, and veal calves and banned the sale of products from animals kept in smaller spaces. The law has since been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, affirming states' authority to set such standards.

The members are calling on leadersh...