Governor Gavin Newsom today signed Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas’ (D-Los Angeles) 2026 legislative package that advances worker protections, expands pathways to good jobs, improves access to healthcare, and invests in communities across California.

SACRAMENTO – In the face of a difficult insurance market, SB 1301, authored by Senator Ben Allen (D-Pacific Palisades), was recently signed into law to help more Californians at risk of losing their coverage on the private market.

SACRAMENTO – On Thursday, SB 766, also known as the CA CARS Act (Allen, 2025), takes effect to provide car shoppers in California with some of the strongest consumer protections in the nation, saving time, money, and lives.

SACRAMENTO – Yesterday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 420, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego). The new law ensures organizations tied to private immigration detention centers cannot claim charitable tax status solely because they are organized as nonprofits.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed Sen. Jerry McNerney’s SB 925, which accelerates the development of fusion energy in California – a potential clean power gamechanger.
SB 925 requires the California Energy Commission (CEC) to develop a strategic plan to advance fusion energy in California. The plan will identify opportunities to expand research and development, locate potential sites for fusion power plants, and create licensing and permitting processes for fusion facilities.

Accountability and protecting Californians are at the heart of SB 957

(SACRAMENTO) – Today, Senate Bill 1367 by Senator Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside) was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom. This law prohibits local governments from issuing new land-use authorizations that would allow the construction of a detention facility or a change of use that permits using an existing building as a detention facility, when a private entity would operate the detention facility on behalf of a government entity. SB 1367 is sponsored by the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice.

Senate Bill 328 provides specified streamlined procedures for qualifying projects within the area of the Concord Reuse Project Area Plan, supporting implementation of a long-planned, transit-oriented reuse of a portion of the former Concord Naval Weapons Station with housing, job-creating facilities, open space, and environmental improvements.

SACRAMENTO, CA — California State Senator Dave Cortese has announced that Governor Newsom signed his Senate Bill 750 into law. Otherwise referred to as the California Housing Finance and Credit Act (CAHFCA), SB 750 advances a critical study of whether state credit enhancements can make financing more accessible for the production of affordable housing across the state.  

KINGSBURG, Calif. (September 29, 2026)—State Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) joined City of Kingsburg leaders for a $1 million ceremonial check presentation for the design and renovation of a vacant insurance building into Kingsburg’s new City Hall and Emergency Operations Center.