SAN JOSE, CA –California State Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) will host a press conference highlighting the successful passage of his Senate Bill 429 (SB 429) this past year. The press conference will be held in front of CAL FIRE’s Fire Hawk helicopter helipad. SB 429 will establish the first-in-the-nation wildfire catastrophe public model. The science-based model will help inform homeowners about their property’s wildfire risk in addition to equitably informing homeowners’ insurance policy rates.

SAN JOSE, CA – As Chair of the California State Senate Transportation Committee, Senator Dave Cortese (D – San Jose) met earlier this year with former Caltrans Director, Tony Tavares,  and current Secretary of Transportation, Toks Omishakin, at the request of City of San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, requesting that the state agency enter into a cooperative agreement that would authorize the City of San Jose to directly conduct removal of blight and litter at 13 different Caltrans interchange areas within the city’s limits.

San Diego, CA –Standing alongside community leaders, educators, and law enforcement officials, Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) joined Assemblymember Patel for a joint press conference today to announce the passing of Senate Bill 19, a measure that strengthens protections for California’s schools, workplaces, daycares, medical facilities, and places of worship from threats of violence.

MISSION VIEJO, Calif. – Sen. Catherine S. Blakespear, D-Encinitas, presented a check on Friday to the City of Mission Viejo to fund an expansion of the popular Oso Creek Trail as part of an effort to make the community more walkable.

Arreguín: Public Safety Demands ICE Immediately Comply With New State Law

State Senator Henry Stern (D–Los Angeles) will join Governor Gavin Newsom, Senator Josh Becker (D-Palo Alto), and California’s senior climate leaders, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 30) in Brazil next week.  The Trump Administration is absent from COP 30, and Secretary Rubio has personally been calling other nations' ambassadors to threaten them with financial or revoking their ability to disembark at American ports for attempting to advance key agreements in sectors like shipping and methane.   

“The FBI’s memo urging ICE agents to identify themselves is a rare moment of rational thought by the federal government..."

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. – Sen. Catherine S. Blakespear, D-Encinitas, presented a check on Friday to the City of San Juan Capistrano to fund the La Novia Community Farm project, which will turn 2 acres of vacant city land into a farm producing organic fruits, vegetables and herbs for schools, local chefs and the greater community.

California and the nation are grateful for the decades of trailblazing service and leadership of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi.

KERN COUNTY, CA — This Tuesday, the Kern County Board of Supervisors honored Senator Melissa Hurtado for her leadership on SB 237 and delivering more than $7 million in direct state funding for child protection, wildfire prevention, Valley Fever testing, and airport expansion. This funding request was approved in Budget Trailer bill AB 105 as follows:
$2 million for child protection services in Kern County