Holly J. Mitchell

Here are Senate budget chair’s legislative priorities for 2018

SACRAMENTO – Proposed laws for 2018 by Sen. Holly J. Mitchell include continuing to reform the juvenile justice system and reducing childhood poverty to help families and communities.

Other measures focus on expanding worker training to prevent sexual harassment, continuing film tax credits and providing women key health information.  

Senate panel approves bill addressing delays, financial hardships   

Plan to improve foster care placements sails through first policy review

SACRAMENTO – A key Senate policy panel today approved a plan to fix unintended delays and financial hardships in a new statewide program for placing individuals with foster caregivers.  

Watch and listen to Sen. Holly J. Mitchell adjourning the California Senate today in memory of Angeleno Robert “Bob” Manley. For more, see his Manley's bio, attached below.

Power at its best, Dr. King says, is love implementing the demands of justice and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love. In today’s climate, Dr. King’s message is just as relevant.

    - Sen. Holly J. Mitchell, D-Los Angeles

Watch Sens. Ricardo Lara and Holly J. Mitchell talking about their #EquityAndJustice2018 bill package at the link above.

Senate Public Safety Committee holds first hearings for Senate Bills 1391, 1392 and 1393

SACRAMENTO – Today Sens. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) and Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles) announced four new bills that reform juvenile and adult criminal sentencing.

The #EquityAndJustice2018 package includes bills that give healthcare and other support to exonerated people after prison, reform mandatory sentencing rules, and require youth age 14 and 15 who commit crimes be tried as juveniles not as adults.

During an Adjourn in Memory today for Stephon Clark, Sen. Holly J. Mitchell made the following remarks.

Press conference Tuesday, April 3, at 2 p.m. in State Capitol Room 1190

SACRAMENTO –Sens. Ricardo Lara and Holly J. Mitchell will hold a press conference tomorrow to discuss four new bills that reform juvenile and adult criminal sentencing – just months after Gov. Brown signed six major reforms into law.

Watch, listen to Sen. Holly J. Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, speak in support of Sen. Toni Atkins' nomination to serve as President pro Tempore of the California State Senate.