Senator Susan Rubio

SACRAMENTO, CA – The California State Senate today passed a bill by Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) that is desperately needed to save small community performing arts organizations from disappearing and help them continue their important work as social justice vehicles for marginalized voices.

SACRAMENTO, CA – The California State Senate today passed the “Unaccompanied Women Experiencing Homelessness Act of 2021” by Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park). California would become the first state in the nation to recognize unaccompanied women experiencing homelessness without children or dependents as a distinct homeless subpopulation if this bill is signed into law. 

Today, the State Senate Appropriations Committee passed a bill by Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) that is desperately needed to save small community performing arts organizations from disappearing and help them continue their important work as social justice vehicles for marginalized voices.

SACRAMENTO, CA – The State Senate Public Safety Committee today passed a bill by Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) that will allow victims to file domestic violence restraining orders electronically as they seek protection from abusers.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, the California Senate Education Committee with bipartisan support passed a bill by Sen. Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) that creates a statewide tutoring program to help K-12th grade students who are falling behind in school due to the pandemic.

SACRAMENTO, CA – The State Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee today passed a bill by Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) that will create a critical funding infrastructure to help small nonprofit performing arts companies continue to be an important social justice vehicle for marginalized voices.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, the California Senate Governance and Finance Committee passed a bill by Sen. Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) that will provide critical economic relief by permanently increasing the California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC) for workers who file with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) and by expanding eligibility for the Young Child Tax Credit (YCTC).  

SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Susan Rubio (D – Baldwin Park) helped secure a landmark investment today targeting early wildfire prevention, including $12 million for the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy

SACRAMENTO, CA – Sen. Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) passes SB 310 out of Senate Judiciary Committee with unanimous bipartisan support (14-0). This critical bill will ensure our most vulnerable cancer patients have access to life saving cancer medication by creating a cancer medication donation program.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, the California Senate Health Committee passed a bill by Sen. Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) that will help reduce racial disparities in childhood chronic diseases and illnesses by 2030.  

Senate Bill 682 requires the California Health and Human Services Agency, in collaboration with departments under its purview and relevant agencies and stakeholders, to reduce the disparities by 50% by 2030 by establishing clear goals, and developing and implementing a plan to meet those targets.