SB 479 and SB 692 will improve local efforts to address unsheltered homelessness

San Bernardino County residents will have the final say over the process used to draw their supervisorial districts under legislation authored by Senator Eloise Gómez Reyes (D-Colton) and signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (September 30, 2026)—State Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) announced Wednesday afternoon that her bill, SB 661, the Airport Expansion and Regional Optimization (AERO) Act was vetoed by Governor Newsom.

SACRAMENTO, CA — California State Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) announced that Governor Newsom has signed his Senate Bill 685 (SB 685) into law, updating California law governing certified Nonpublic Schools (NPSs) in response to a recent federal court decision, while maintaining protections for students with disabilities.
 

SACRAMENTO, CA — California State Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) has announced that Governor Newsom signed his Senate Bill 1375 into law, delivering a major victory for the modernization of San Jose’s Diridon Station and California’s future transportation network. 
SB 1375 establishes a targeted California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption for qualifying urban intermodal rail station modernization projects like San Jose’s Diridon Station, while maintaining strong environmental, labor, and community protections. 

SB 1383 protects locally adopted labor standards for larger construction projects

SACRAMENTO, CA — Governor Newsom has signed Senator Dave Cortese’s (D-San Jose) landmark legislation, Senate Bill 1246, into law, strengthening accountability, oversight, and emergency-response standards governing autonomous vehicles (AV). 

"This legislation has truly been a community-driven effort that I have been honored to carry for Eaton Fire survivors."

(SACRAMENTO) – Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 1379 by Senator Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside). The new law will require the Riverside County Board of Supervisors to separate the offices of county sheriff and coroner by July 1, 2027, and establish an independent office of the medical examiner. SB 1379 also creates clear requirements for the county to publicly report information regarding in-custody deaths on its website.

SACRAMENTO – Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 941. Authored by California State Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego), the bill would prohibit the excessive markup of products sold at private detention facilities in California.