Senator Henry Stern

SACRAMENTO – Senator Henry Stern issued the following statement as another wave of power shutoffs impacts hundreds of thousands of California residents:

“We have to get through the current crises, but suffice it to say the lack of a backup plan for these public safety power shutoffs is reckless, endangering loved ones, especially the medically vulnerable, across our community. I am angry and I know you are too.

SACRAMENTO ­– A coalition of California legislators today called for an aggressive shift toward community-based resilience solutions that empower and protect families in light of sweeping public safety power shutoffs that endanger our most vulnerable and leave millions without power.

Senators Stern, Allen, Dodd, Hill, Jackson, McGuire, Skinner and Wiener and Assemblymembers Rivas, Smith and Wood issued the following statement:

CALABASAS– Senator Henry Stern, Chair of the Senate Natural Resources & Water Committee, today issued the following statement in response to Governor Newsom’s single tunnel announcement:

“In 2009, we passed the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009.  Ten years later, we have made little real progress in achieving the ‘co-equal goals’ of providing a more reliable water supply for California and protecting, restoring, and enhancing the Delta ecosystem, while protecting and enhancing the Delta as an evolving place. 

CALIFORNIA – Federal, state and local elected leaders today issued the following statements in response to the Aliso Canyon root cause analysis:

SACRAMENTO – Yesterday, Senator Henry Stern’s bill to enhance conservatorships for Californians experiencing chronic homelessness and severe mental health and substance abuse issues (SB 40) passed the California State Senate.

“Some people don’t have the capacity to accept help, and they die because of it. That’s where government has a moral obligation to step in,” said Senator Stern. “I applaud my colleagues for supporting these enhancements to our conservatorship programs so that we can save California’s most vulnerable.”

SACRAMENTO – Senator Henry Stern today joined a bipartisan group of legislators announcing a new Legislative Substance Abuse Treatment Working Group formed to address the challenges confronting California’s addiction treatment industry. Members include Senators Stern, Patricia Bates and Jerry Hill, Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, Chair of the Accountability & Administrative Review Committee, and Assemblymembers Richard Bloom, Tasha Boerner Horvath, William P. Brough, Tom Daly, Kevin McCarty and Marie Waldron.

SACRAMENTO – For nearly two decades of work as the hub of youth and family services in the greater Malibu area, Senator Henry Stern honored the Boys & Girls Club of Malibu in the State Capitol today as the 2019 Non-Profit of the Year.

SACRAMENTO – The Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) yesterday approved a request submitted by a coalition of legislators to examine county practices and make recommendations for treating the gravely disabled. Submitted by Senators Henry Stern, John Moorlach and Scott Wiener and Assemblymembers Phillip Chen, Laura Friedman and Miguel Santiago, the audit will provide critical insight into the application of the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act by Los Angeles County and two other counties selected by the State Auditor.

SACRAMENTO – Senator Henry Stern’s SB 630 was signed on Monday by Governor Newsom. The bill, recently endorsed by the Los Angeles City Council, will empower communities to take a local approach to fight human trafficking by making clear that current law does not prevent a local governing body from acting to prevent slavery or human trafficking.

CALABASAS – Senator Henry Stern today issued the following statement applauding Governor Newsom’s swift action to dismiss a top oil regulator found to own shares in major oil companies:

“I am grateful to the watchdogs and muckrakers out there who play an indispensable role in oil and gas industry oversight. The Newsom Administration’s reaction was swift and principled and will help us rebuild public trust that DOGGR is on their side.