Senator Steven M. Glazer

For Immediate Release:                                                                          Contact: Steven Harmon
November 30, 2022                                                                                        916-651-4007 (office)
                                                                                                                            916-539-5005 (cell)
 

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Steve Glazer (D-Contra Costa) called Friday for Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders to ensure that Californians who qualify for federal student loan forgiveness do not have to pay state income taxes on their forgiven debt.
 
Glazer, a former California State University trustee who is chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Student  Success, said he plans to introduce urgency legislation on the first day of the new legislative session in December to exempt the forgiven debts from state taxes.

SACRAMENTO – After the California Franchise Tax Board made clear it plans to tax forgiven federal student loans today, Sen. Steve Glazer (D-Contra Costa) reiterated his plans to introduce urgency legislation on the first day of the new legislative session in December to exempt the forgiven debts from state taxes. 
Current federal law exempts forgiven student loans from federal income taxes. But on Wednesday, the California Franchise Tax Board confirmed that the forgiven loans would be counted as income and taxed in California.

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Steve Glazer (D-Contra Costa) called Friday for Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders to ensure that Californians who qualify for federal student loan forgiveness do not have to pay state income taxes on their forgiven debt.
 
Glazer, a former California State University trustee who is chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Student  Success, said he plans to introduce urgency legislation on the first day of the new legislative session in December to exempt the forgiven debts from state taxes.

 
SACRAMENTO – Senator Steve Glazer will hold a press availability Friday, August 14 at 10:30 a.m. to urge passage of his legislation to raise fines for short-term rental abuses. He will also discuss Air BnB’s unprecedented decision to pursue legal claims against one of their short term rental guests. In the last few weeks, there have been short-term rental abuses in Los Angeles and Northern California, including a party at a Sacramento-area rental earlier this month where three people were shot after violence erupted at the gathering.

ORINDA – Senator Steve Glazer, D-Contra Costa, on Friday called on BART’s management and board to embrace the transit district’s first Inspector General’s efforts to look for waste, fraud and abuse in the sprawling agency.
In her report, released this week, Inspector General Harriet Richardson said that BART management is blocking her from doing a “risk assessment” of their various offices, which she said she would use to guide her inquiries.

Contra Costa County – On Thanksgiving eve, BART announced a tentative labor contract with their represented groups, after secret negotiations were held during BART Directors’ campaign elections. The agreement is scheduled to be acted upon at their Thursday meeting (December 3).
The following is a statement from Senator Steve Glazer:

ORINDA – Senator Steve Glazer, D-Contra Costa, announced today that he has added a district representative to his staff.
Alexia Lopez, a lifelong Contra Costa County resident, will work in Senator Glazer’s district offices in Antioch and Orinda. Lopez will graduate this spring from San Jose State University with a BA in Political Science and a minor in Legal Studies.

SACRAMENTO – Senator Steve Glazer, D-Contra Costa, today unveiled the Senate Constitutional Amendment 5 to strengthen the influence of students on the University of California (UC) Board of Regents by adding a second voting student member to the Board.
Currently, the UC Board of Regents is composed of 26 members, but only one voting student regent, selected by the Board, represents the students for a one-year term. A second non-voting student regent also serves on the Board.