Caucus News

SACRAMENTO – State Senator Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) has introduced Senate Joint Resolution 13, urging Congress to support the End Double Taxation of Successful Civil Claims Act (S 2627), federal legislation aimed at changing the 2017 tax reform law.  Wieckowski is seeking to have the state Legislature support the new federal legislation to prevent consumers and their attorneys who prevail against corporate lawbreakers from being taxed twice on their judgments or settlements.

Sacramento – Yesterday, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced SB 888 to address the increase in meth usage and overdose deaths. This legislation expands substance use disorder treatment options covered under Medi-Cal, requiring Medi-Cal to pay for contingency management. Contingency management has proven to be the most effective method of treatment for methamphetamine addiction. Contingency management describes the practice of giving those struggling with drug addiction financial rewards if they test clean.

Orange County, CA - Nhân tháng Ba là tháng Lịch Sử Phụ Nữ Hoa Kỳ, Thượng Nghị Sĩ Tom Umberg sẽ tổ chức một buổi lễ vinh danh những người phụ nữ tiêu biểu trong năm “Woman of Distinction” trong địa hạt 34 của ông vào ngày thứ Năm 19 tháng 3 năm 2020 từ 5 giờ chiều đến 6 giờ 30 tối. Địa điểm tổ chức sẽ được thông báo sau.

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, and Assemblymember Autumn Burke, D- Inglewood, today announced legislation to improve access to high-quality maternity care in California.  The proposal, sponsored by the California Nurse-Midwives Association and Black Women for Wellness, also would curb disparities in outcomes for black women and infants and counter the obstetrician shortage – projected to be critical in some counties by 2025.

Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, announced today Senate Bill 1323, “Keeping Carbon in the Ground,” which directs state agencies to develop carbon sequestration goals aimed at increasing the carbon storage capacity of California’s soils, forests, wetlands, and other habitats.

State Senator Jerry Hill will introduce legislation to help clear logjams in the state’s process for handling claims from workers for unpaid wages. “Workers deserve to receive the wages they’ve earned, and it’s disgraceful when they are denied their rightful pay,” said Senator Hill, D-San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. “California should not be compounding the challenges faced by wage theft victims with a claims process that takes an average of 400 days to produce a result. That’s more than three times the 120-day turnaround the state expects.”

Sacramento, California – Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D–La Cañada Flintridge) has introduced SB 1390 which will create the Montclair to Ontario Airport Construction Authority.

Sacramento, CA – Senator Mike McGuire, Chair of the Senate Committee on Governance & Finance, Senator Scott Wiener, Chair of the Senate Committee on Housing, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, Chair of the Assembly Committee on Local Government, and Assemblymember David Chiu, Chair of the Assembly Committee on Housing & Community Development, are hosting a critical hearing this Wednesday on housing impact fees.

State Senator Jerry Hill has introduced legislation to remove a legal obstacle that hinders efforts to hold members of the California military accountable in cases of alleged sexual assault, sexual harassment and reprisals against whistleblowers.

SACRAMENTO – Last week, State Senator María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) today introduced Senate Bill 1190, which would enable all victims of violent crimes and their families to terminate a lease without penalty within 180 days of the crime having occurred. The measure is sponsored by Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice, a national network of over 40,000 crime survivors whose local chapters and members make up California’s largest statewide group of crime victims.