“I call for the immediate release from custody of SEIU President David Huerta who was harmed and arrested while protesting one of several immigration raids taking place today in Los Angeles County. David is a respected leader in California’s powerful and united labor movement.

This week, the California State Senate passed 11 bills authored by Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) that prioritizes economic solutions for working families across the state.

SACRAMENTO – The California Senate has voted to approve Senate Bill 638, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego). The transformative measure would create the California Middle Class Pipeline Project, tasked with eliminating traditional barriers to career technical education and workforce development programs. The Pipeline Project would work with educational institutions and private industry to reimagine career technical education in the state, bringing it in line with the needs of the 21st century economy. The bill would also fund grants for workforce development programs in high-unemployment and low-income regions of the state.

Senate Bill 357, which was authored by Senator Caroline Menjivar to transform the juvenile justice system in Los Angeles County, passed the Senate House of Origin vote yesterday and was sent to the California Assembly.

SACRAMENTO – Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) announced that Senate Bill 310, a bill allowing workers — typically low-wage workers — to swiftly recover full penalties for late or stolen wages, will be paused until next January for further work. Senator Wiener released the following statement:

SB 704 would make it more difficult for criminals to obtain illegal ghost guns through common sense gun control regulations

Opposition to Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal to fast-track the costly and destructive Delta Tunnel Project via the state budget is deepening.

El Proyecto de Ley 357 del Senado, redactado por la Senadora Caroline Menjivar para transformar el sistema de justicia juvenil en el Condado de Los Ángeles, fue aprobado ayer por la votación de la Cámara de Origen del Senado y fue enviado a la Asamblea de California.

The California Senate on Wednesday gave the greenlight to Senator Jerry McNerney’s SB 86, legislation that would extend and expand a pivotal clean energy funding program that helps the state meet its climate goals.

SACRAMENTO – The Senate on Wednesday passed legislation by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, to extend one of California’s most valuable incentives to acquire solar energy and battery storage – an exclusion to them being assessed as part of property taxes.