Caucus News

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 ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­– Senator Ben Allen today announced that he has named El Segundo-based Grades of Green as Nonprofit of the Year for the 26th Senate District. 

SACRAMENTO ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­– Senator Ben Allen today announced that he has named El Segundo-based Grades of Green as Nonprofit of the Year for the 26th Senate District. 

SACRAMENTO - Sen. Bob Hertzberg of Van Nuys, Senate Majority Leader Emeritus, today released the following statement:

“Last Sunday, after testing positive for COVID and starting mandatory quarantine that prohibited me from working in Sacramento, I ensured policies important to the San Fernando Valley and California continued to move forward.

“Perhaps most timely among them was SB 1327, a Gov. Newsom-backed measure to help end gun violence that went to the Assembly the same day as yet-another tragic mass shooting at a grade school in Texas.

(SACRAMENTO) – Senator Richard D. Roth (D-Riverside) acknowledged the tremendous effort by the State Senate this week to move forward a package of mental health bills to address our state’s mental health crisis. 

SACRAMENTO – With drought conditions and high temperatures threatening an early start to the wildfire season, the California Senate today approved legislation from Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, that would enhance prevention through implementation of a $20 million prescribed fire claims fund.

SACRAMENTO – Legislation from Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, to ease congestion along Highway 37 and protect it from sea-level rise by authorizing a toll to pay for critical improvements and by tapping roughly $2 billion in federal infrastructure funding has been approved by the California Senate.

Sacramento, CA - Senate Bill 1079, a measure introduced by State Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge) to monitor noise pollution by using sound activated devices, passed the Senate Floor today.  Streets for All, a nonprofit organization that advocates for street safety, is a sponsor of the measure.

Sacramento, CA – Senate Bill 851, a measure authored by Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge) that strengthens and expands financial support for low-income college students at independent, nonprofit California colleges and universities, passed the Senate Floor today. 

SACRAMENTO – The California Senate has approved legislation from Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, that would help control the state’s growing wild pig population, reducing damage caused by the invasive species to the environment, private property and agriculture.