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Sarah Liguori, AZ Legislature
3/12/2024: Bipartisan bill addressing affordable housing hits Gov. Hobbs’ desk
“Right now, we are experiencing where supply meets demand and that’s pushing prices out of control and pushing people further away from the ability to purchase a home,” Democratic Rep. Sarah Liguori from Phoenix said. House Bill 2570, or the Arizona Starter Homes Act, is sponsored by Rep. Leo Biasiucci, who says it is a solution to the state’s housing crisis. He says the bill’s goal is to increase the supply of starter homes on the market. Lawmakers gathered Tuesday at the Capitol to have their voices heard, urging the governor to sign this bill. “Allowing for smaller houses would make housing more equitable, create stability in people’s lives and provide shelter from landlords and inflation,” Liguori said.
Sarah Liguori, AZ Legislature
2/9/2024: Democrat Sarah Liguori appointed to fill Jennifer Longdon's seat in Arizona House
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors appointed Democrat Sarah Liguori to fill a vacancy in the Arizona House of Representatives. Earlier this week, Liguori told Democrats in the district that addressing the affordable housing crisis is her number one priority. “We’ve reached an unsustainable point where housing demand well surpasses supply, wages have not kept up, and now 50% of Arizona renters face housing insecurity — with that number closer to 60% in our district,” Liguori said.
Sarah Liguori, AZ Legislature
2/7/2024: Democrat appointed for 2nd time to fill a House vacancy
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors appointed a Democrat to fill a vacancy in the House of Representatives who the board appointed in 2021 for an earlier vacancy. The board appointed Sarah Liguori to fill a vacancy in Legislative District 5, which is missing both representatives in the House after former Reps. Jennifer Longdon and Amish Shah resigned in January. Liguori, a commercial real estate firm manager, previously served in the House after she was appointed in 2021 to replace former state Rep. Aaron Lieberman.
Read the full story by Jakob Thorington, Arizona Capitol Times
8/24/2022: Arizona’s housing crisis goes hand-in-hand with the state’s water and heat crises
Net Blue Development as sustainable development. “It’s a buy-in from our government and our citizens to continue to drive water sustainable efforts here in Arizona. And for developers, it’s the marriage of water use planning and land use planning so that it’s good for our future, it’s good for the wallet and it’s good for the health of Arizona as a whole,” Liguori said.
5/26/2022: AZ House GOP advances bill addressing critical race theory in public schools
“I’d like to just reiterate CRT is not real in our children’s education system,” said state Representative Sarah Liguori, a Democrat from Phoenix, during the House floor session. “I heard a version of this bill in committee. I asked directly multiple times [to] give me examples of this being perpetuated in our schools. I was not given an example other than maybe two or three times, and it was the same two or three examples.”
Read the full story by Michael McDaniel, Courthouse News Service
5/9/2022: Arizona is leaving its water future to the whims of a single lawmaker
While Democrats like Reps. Andrés Cano and Sarah Liguori or Sens. Morgan Abraham and Rosanna Gabaldón are asking great questions, they also lack the numbers to compel legislation to be heard.
3/24/2022: House approves 15-week abortion ban, Ducey will have final say
Placing the viability standard nine weeks earlier than the federal standard of 24 weeks puts a greater burden on women to identify pregnancies sooner. Rep. Sarah Liguori said women aren’t always able to do that, and shared that one of her friends didn’t realize she was pregnant until she was at 22 weeks. “Pregnancy is a journey without a roadmap. There is no normal pregnancy, there is no predictability, there is no guarantee. It may happen when you want it to, it may happen when you don’t. It may happen when you least expect it,” she said, near tears, and imploring her fellow legislators to empathize with women and vote against the bill.
3/24/2022: Dems say Arizona GOP election bill could create avenue for politically motivated audits
Representative Sarah Liguori, a Democrat from Phoenix, argued the recount for individuals or residents would come at a cost, which she says could favor the wealthy or special interests. "Not to get too conspiratorial, but what if a George Soros or a Koch brothers came in and started paying for recounts across counties and election races if they didn't like the outcomes?" Liguori asked. "I'm going to vote no."
Read the full story by Michael McDaniel, Courthouse News Service
3/24/2022: GOP lawmakers send Ducey bills banning gender surgery, girls’ sports for trans kids
Rep. Sarah Liguori, D-Phoenix, disputed this opinion, saying that before puberty, girls and boys don’t differ significantly in height, muscle or bone mass. Puberty, she said, begins from 8 to 14, but even then the development of muscle mass doesn’t start in earnest until 18. Senate Bill 1165 bans trans girls from participating in girls athletics from elementary all the way through college.
2/21/2022: GOP lawmakers target municipal minimum wage limits
Rep. Sarah Liguori, D-Phoenix, said she’s not sure a single statewide standard is a good idea. “I’m not sure if this is going to help or hurt wages,” she said. “Each city and town does business differently,” Liguori said. “So the state coming in and overseeing how everyone needs to do business is my concern.”
Read the full story by Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services