Caucus News

SACRAMENTO – Greater protections from gun violence, nourishing homeless pets and making homeownership more affordable are among the proposed laws Sen. Bob Hertzberg will be fighting for in upcoming Assembly reviews. Other key measures sent to the chamber he led almost six years include improving school funding, making it cheaper to transmit energy, and broadening the reach and care of local health clinics. For pets, he wants to help provide food, shelter and veterinary services for those whose owners are obtaining help at state homeless shelters.

SACRAMENTO – Today, Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton), Senator Dave Min
(D-Irvine), Assemblymember Carlos Villapudua (D-Stockton), Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Laguna Beach), and San Joaquin County District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar announced legislation to create sentencing enhancements for violent crimes targeting schools and places of worship.

Senate Bill 699 creates two sentence enhancements for specified felonies attempted or
committed at schools or houses of worship.

Today, Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego), Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood), and Senate and Assembly Budget Committee Chairs, Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) and Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), announced a Legislative budget agreement that will deliver prosperity and strengthen the future by putting California’s wealth to work.

Senate Bill (SB) 300 authored by State Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley), a bill to reform California’s “felony murder special circumstance” law as well as the life in prison without parole (LWOP) sentence, cleared a crucial hurdle today when it advanced through the Assembly Public Safety Committee.
 

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, today announced a resolution naming June as Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Awareness Month in recognition of a serious and growing crisis in California that has been worsened by the coronavirus pandemic.

Sacramento, CA – Thirty seven bills authored by State Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge) passed the State Senate Floor and are now in the Assembly.  Education, gun control, and mental and behavioral health continue to be priorities for the Senator.

SACRAMENTO – Today, Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego), Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood), and Senate and Assembly Budget Committee Chairs, Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) and Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), announced a Legislative budget agreement that will deliver prosperity and strengthen the future by putting California’s wealth to work.

SACRAMENTO, CA – The California State Senate has passed SB 950, which would require the State Department of Social Services (DSS) to submit a request to the United States Department of Agriculture, on or before December 31, 2023, to waive a federal requirement in order to exclude the Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) for members of a uniformed service from countable income in the calculation of CalFresh eligibility.

SACRAMENTO – Legislation from Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, to extend the gaming compacts of 29 California tribes, allowing the continued operation of casinos that support tribal development and provide jobs for thousands of workers statewide, has been approved by the Legislature.

“This extension allows tribes to continue along the path toward self-sufficiency and economic development,” Sen. Dodd said. “Also, it gives the state more time to negotiate long-term agreements that will benefit the state, employees and patrons.”

WHAT: Members of the news media are invited to join this News Conference where State Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) and advocates will be discussing Senate Bill (SB) 300. SB 300 will be heard in the Assembly Public Safety Committee on June 1st at 9:00am.  
WHEN: Wednesday, June 1st at 8:30am