Caucus News

Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León, joined by Senators Jerry Hill and Ben Allen, introduced legislation today to protect California residents from the targeted federal tax increases that were enacted in the GOP’s recent tax reform.

SACRAMENTO – Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) introduced legislation today to protect California residents from the targeted federal tax increases that were enacted in the GOP’s recent tax reform.

“The Republican tax plan gives corporations and hedge-fund managers a trillion-dollar tax cut and expects California taxpayers to foot the bill,” Senator de León said. “We won’t allow California residents to be the casualty of this disastrous tax scheme.” 

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) has formally introduced the Wildfire Safety and Recovery Act (Senate Bill 824) in response to a growing outcry from homeowners facing insurance cancellation and non-renewal after a record-setting storm of

SACRAMENTO – Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) introduced legislation yesterday that aims to protect and preserve net neutrality in California. The California Consumer Protection and Net Neutrality Act of 2018 will be heard in the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications next week, and on the Senate floor by the end of the month. 

State Senator Jerry Hill -- joined by Senators Cathleen Galgiani, D- Stockton, and Bob Wieckowski, D-Fremont, and Assemblymembers Kevin Kiley, R-Granite Bay, Monique Limón, D-Santa Barbara, Evan Low, D-Silicon Valley, and Mark Stone, D-Monterey Bay -- introduced consumer protection legislation today to make it free for all Californians to place a security freeze on their financial and personal data with the nation’s credit reporting agencies.

Sacramento – Today Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced Senate Bill 822 to establish net neutrality protections in California. This is the first day the California Legislature is in session since the Federal Communications Commission repealed Net Neutrality on December 14 of last year.  At that time, Senator Wiener declared he would introduce legislation to require net neutrality in California.

Prompted by attempts to recover costs for wildfires, Senators Jerry Hill, Ben Allen, Bill Dodd, Mike McGuire and Scott Wiener and Assemblymembers Marc Levine and Jim Wood author SB 819. The legislators introduced the bill today to prevent electric utilities from passing costs that result from negligent practices onto customers by raising rates.

SACRAMENTO – With several key provisions of the California Homeowner’s Bill of Rights lapsing on Jan. 1, Sen. Jim Beall, (D-San Jose), quickly introduced legislation today to renew them, continuing important mortgage and foreclosure protections that borrowers have relied on to save their homes.

“Senate Bill 818 will restore the rights, the safeguards, which have helped thousands of people keep their homes,’’ said Beall, who serves as the chairman of the Transportation and Housing Committee. “We do not want people to lose these rights, which had existed for the past five years. 

SACRAMENTO — Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) and Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles) today announced the formation of a joint committee tasked with creating a bicameral set of additional reforms to improve how the Legislature addresses the issue of sexual harassment and how it can better protect those who report harassment or abuse.                       

SACRAMENTO – In an effort to protect women and others from being victimized, Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino) today introduced important legislation to ban secret settlements (confidentiality provisions in settlement agreements) in cases of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and sex discrimination.