(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.

SACRAMENTO—Last week the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office announced that remains of 117 dogs were found in two excavated areas of the Miranda's Rescue Animal Sanctuary property. The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office has been investigating the facility since April after receiving evidence of animal abuse, animal cruelty, fraud, and conspiracy. According to reports, hundreds of additional animals remain unaccounted for.
 
Senate Pro Tempore Emeritus Mike McGuire and Assemblymember Chris Rogers issued the joint statement below:
 

Senator Weber Pierson’s SB 869 Advances from Assembly Health Committee, Moving California Closer to Greater Transparency on Sugary Drinks

The Supreme Court has correctly settled this divisive question by affirming that children born to any parents whether unlawfully or temporarily present in the United States are U.S. citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment.

SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday night signed Sen. Jerry McNerney’s SB 1350, groundbreaking legislation that significantly expands the use of green hydrogen, a clean-energy gamechanger.
SB 1350 allows natural gas power plants to use hydrogen made from renewable resources like wind and solar under California’s world-leading clean energy standards as the facilities transition away from fossil fuels. 

SACRAMENTO— Senator Mike McGuire issued the following statement in response to the passage of the 2026-27 state budget today:

The California Legislature approved the 2026-27 State Budget, reflecting months of collaboration and difficult decisions to protect essential services while maintaining a balanced budget.