Caucus News

SACRAMENTO – Earlier today, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed Senate Bill 363 authored by Senator Connie M.

SACRAMENTO – Legislation from Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, that would help protect California from devastating wildfires through the expanded use of prescribed burning cleared the Senate Judiciary committee today.

SACRAMENTO, CA — Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) today unveiled the details of his Senate Bill (SB) 408, which provides additional relief for small businesses in the dining and hospitality industries that have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 driven economic downturn.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) released the following statement about California’s drought, and the increasing risk of a food crisis:

The California Senate unanimously passed legislation by Senator Josh Becker today to provide opportunities for training paired with employment for veterans, the unhoused, people exiting the justice system, and other vulnerable jobseekers who are often shut out of the workforce.

Laborers, advocates, and elected officials voiced their support of Senate Bill 37, The Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup and Safety Act, for increased oversight on the cleanup of contaminated sites in California.

SACRAMENTO—Dr. Richard Pan, pediatrician and state senator representing the Sacramento region, made the following statement against death threats made by local a podcaster that went on for months without consequence, that included, “That gal should be set up against a wall and shot after this is over”, “Somebody should just smash her car, bust her up, and send her out of town”, and “These people need to be taken out and shot – Fauci, Birx Phoung Luu – the whole bunch of them”.

SONOMA – Pandemic recovery, upcoming legislation and the 2021 budget will be addressed in Sen. Bill Dodd’s May 11 virtual town hall featuring panelists Dee Dee Myers, senior economic advisor to Gov. Gavin Newsom, and the state's legislative analyst, Gabriel Petek.

The town hall will be broadcast live on KSVY Sonoma Radio/TV and streamed across multiple channels. Panelists will join Sen. Dodd in answering submitted questions and calls from viewers.

SACRAMENTO – The California State Senate yesterday unanimously approved Senator Ben Hueso’s (D-San Diego) bill to designate August 26th of each year as “California Farmworker Day.”

“Despite the undeniable and innumerable benefits that farmworkers’ provide our state, their labor often goes unrecognized,” said Sen. Hueso. “Farmworkers are absolutely vital to California, and to our entire world. It’s beyond time we memorialize our gratitude with an annual day of recognition.”

SACRAMENTO – With what threatens to be another destructive wildfire season on the horizon, the California Senate unanimously approved legislation from Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, to improve conditions during wildfire-related utility power shutoffs and ensure local governments receive critical resources.