Caucus News

SACRAMENTO – The Senate today approved legislation from Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, to encourage creation of defensible space, protecting life and property from California’s worsening wildfires.

LOCKE – For its work to preserve the nation’s largest and most complete example of a historic, rural Chinese-American community encompassing more than 50 commercial and residential buildings on the east bank of the Sacramento River, the Locke Foundation has been named Nonprofit of the Year for Sacramento County by Sen. Bill Dodd.

SACRAMENTO – Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) released the following statement about the court ruling in regard to California’s historic SB 826, which Pro Tem Atkins jointly authored with former Senator Hannah Beth Jackson in 2018:

SACRAMENTO - Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)’s Senate Bill 866, the Teens Choose Vaccines Act, passed the Senate by a vote of 21-7. It will now head to the Assembly for policy committee hearings.

For nearly two decades, following the May Revision of the State Budget each year, Senator Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) has hosted a Bus Trip to Sacramento that has successfully provided groups of education advocates, students, educators and community members in Santa Clara County the opportunity to travel to the State Capitol to meet directly with State Officials and Legislators, learn about current legislation and discuss public education as a state budget priority.

Senator Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) made the following statement about California Governor Gavin Newsom’s revised state budget, also known as the “May Revision”, that was released earlier today:
“With a surplus projected to be as high as $97.5 billion, we have an incredible opportunity to put money back into the people’s pockets so that they can meet their basic needs.”

(SACRAMENTO) – Senator Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara) released the following statement in response to the 2022- 2023 California Proposed Budget:

SACRAMENTO – Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) released a statement today on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2022-23 May revised budget announcement:

“I thank Governor Newsom for proposing a budget that seeks to ease the financial burdens families are dealing with while supporting education, housing, infrastructure, childcare, and funding to expand the Young Child Tax Credit, legislation I introduced and will continue to champion.  

Contact: Richard Stapler, Richard.Stapler@sen.ca.gov
SACRAMENTO – The chair of the Senate Budget Subcommittee on Education Senator John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) issued the following statement today in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s May Revision:

SACRAMENTO) – Today, Governor Newsom released his revised 2022-2023 budget proposal which included $43.1M in funding to replace all existing outdoor sports fields (football, track, softball, and baseball) and add a stand-alone soccer field at California School for the Deaf, Riverside. These existing fields have not been updated in nearly seventy years.