"This community organized, spoke up, and was heard."

SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed Sen. Jerry McNerney’s SB 1058, which updates state law to expand students’ access to high-quality, locally grown and culturally appropriate foods.

AB 179 creates historic reforms to make it easier to build affordable housing in California

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Jerry McNerney on Thursday honored Stockton Deputy Police Chief Anabel Morris, whom the senator selected as the 2026 Woman of the Year for Senate District 5.
Earlier this year, Morris became the first Latina deputy chief in Stockton Police Department history.

Today, Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D–Santa Ana), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement regarding the California State Auditor's release of its audit of the February 2025 California Bar Exam

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was a good, family man with no criminal record who was trying to build a better life for his family

(SACRAMENTO, CA) – On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the 2026-27 state budget, delivering key investments that protect essential services, strengthen local communities, and help families navigate continued uncertainty caused by federal funding cuts.

SB 1218 would trigger a vehicle immobilization for unpaid illegal dumping penalties, creating a meaningful incentive for offenders to resolve outstanding citations and disincentivizing the action of illegal dumping.

SB 1090, the Keep Altadena Land in Altadena Hands Act, authored by Senator Sasha Renée Pérez(D-Pasadena) passed two key committees in the State Assembly on Wednesday.

SACRAMENTO – Yesterday, detainees at two ICE detention facilities in California, California City and Golden State Annex, announced they would hold a boycott to protest increasing prices and gross profiteering at commissaries at these facilities. Earlier this year, California State Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) introduced Senate Bill 941, which would prohibit the excessive markup of products sold at these private detention facilities. The bill has received bipartisan support as it moves through the Legislature.