SACRAMENTO – This week, Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) introduced Senate Joint Resolution 13, which urges the United States to halt the extension of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) until enforceable and measurable commitments to eliminate chronic transboundary sewage discharges into the Tijuana River Watershed are secured from Mexico.

[Sacramento, CA] – Today, Assemblymembers Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) and Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) and Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) amended their joint legislative efforts, Assembly Bill 2023 and Senate Bill 1119, to protect children from the growing dangers of AI companion chatbots.

A California lawmaker is attempting to reclaim millions in tax revenue through a bill introduced that targets a tax-evasion scheme involving high-end luxury car purchases. 
California residents for years have set up “shell corporations,” or companies with few or no business operations, in Montana to purchase luxury cars or recreational vehicles without paying California sales taxes and vehicle license fees, according to California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office.

SACRAMENTO, CA — La Senadora Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) ha presentado el Proyecto de Ley del Senado (SB) 1291, la Ley del Agua SHINE (por sus siglas en inglés: Estándares de Honestidad, Integridad, Notificación y Cumplimiento).
 

SACRAMENTO, CA —Senator Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) has introduced Senate Bill (SB) 1291, the SHINE (Standards for Honesty, Integrity, Notification & Enforcement) Water Act. 
 

SACRAMENTO – Today, the Senate Health Committee approved Senate Bill 1033, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego). The bill aims to protect consumers by requiring testing and disclosure of heavy metals in protein products sold in California.

Senator Susan Rubio (D–Baldwin Park) introduced SB 871, the Domestic Violence Prevention Act — life-saving legislation to strengthen enforcement of domestic violence restraining orders and prevent abusers from getting dangerously close to their victims.
Domestic violence remains a serious public safety and public health crisis in California. Nearly one in five women and one in seven men experience severe physical violence from an intimate partner, and intimate partners account for nearly half of all female homicide victims nationwide.

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Catherine S. Blakespear, D-Encinitas, introduced legislation Wednesday to balance reforms made to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) last year with needed protections for the environment, workers and endangered species.

SACRAMENTO – Today, the Senate Education Committee approved Senate Bill 1006, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego). The strengthens financial aid for California college students by increasing and modernizing the Cal Grant B access award.

SACRAMENTO – State Sen. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, today announced new legislation – SB 1406 – that would close the so-called “Montana Loophole,” which costs California approximately $20 million a year in lost tax revenue.
SB 1406 would strengthen state law by barring tax scams in which California residents create an out-of-state shell company to buy exotic luxury cars or recreational vehicles in Montana to avoid paying California sales taxes and vehicle license fees.