Assemblyman Ken Cooley Honored by Citrus Heights City Council

RANCHO CORDOVA – Assemblyman Ken Cooley (D-Rancho Cordova) announced today that he is being honored by the city of Citrus Heights for his work on behalf of the City to resolve its dispute with the State of California over redevelopment agency funds. The city’s work on this issue, aided by Assemblyman Cooley, ultimately saved the city and its taxpayers almost $8 million dollars.

In 2008, Citrus Heights made the prudent decision to fund its redevelopment agency via a loan of monies from its general fund, instead of funding through a bond which would have cost Citrus Heights taxpayers nearly $500,000 more in associated costs. In June of 2011, legislation was passed and signed by Governor Brown effectively ending redevelopment agencies and phasing out their activities into other local successor agencies over a period of years.

In year two of Cooley bill to protect young athletes,

Concussion and U.S. Soccer bring spotlight back to adolescent brain injury       

Rancho Cordova – On July 21, 2014, Assemblyman Ken Cooley’s AB 2127 was signed into law to address high school football brain injury concerns, but importantly also strengthened the rules by which concussions experienced by all high school athletes are handled, regardless of sport.

A small car collided with a stray horse in Citrus Heights early Wednesday morning, killing the animal, according to the Metro Fire Department. 

The department said four horses in total had escaped from their enclosure and were in the roadway at Auburn Boulevard and Hackney Way.

Shortly before 1 a.m., Metro Fire crews were called to the scene after a car collided with one of the full-sized horses.

The department said the force of the impact threw the horse onto the car's hood, crushing the windshield. The horse continued over the top of the car and did not survive the impact. 

The three other horses in the road were not injured in the accident. 

Three men who were in the car suffered minor to moderate injuries, and one of the men had to be freed from the car by crews on the scene. All three were taken to a nearby hospital.