Caucus News

(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Senate Bill (SB) 941, authored by Senator Bill Monning (D-Carmel) in 2014 will go into law on January 1, 2018.  The bill requires boaters to pass a boating education examination and obtain a vessel operator card in order to operate a motorized boat in California.  The California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways (DWB) is now accepting Boater Card applications.

VAN NUYS – Early this morning, a brush fire erupted shortly before 4 a.m. near Gold Creek and Little Tujunga roads in Sylmar. By mid-day, the fire had expanded to more than 11,000 acres with little to no containment. Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, has been in touch with Los Angeles fire and public safety officials, as well as local elected officials, to offer assistance and spread the word about evacuation orders and the latest news on the rapidly evolving situation.

SACRAMENTO – This morning, copies of a letter from Glaser Weil regarding accusations of sexual harassment against their client, Assemblymember Matt Dababneh, surfaced in the media and on social media. Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, who is Of Counsel to the firm, released the following statement:

SACRAMENTO – California Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), leader of the California State Senate, author of the California Values Act (SB 54), and long-time immigrant rights advocate, released the following statement today:

SAN JOSE -- San Jose State University and the Mineta Transportation Institute have been chosen to serve as the California State University’s lead center, under Senate Bill 1, to conduct and oversee research that provides answers for California’s traffic and transportation problems.

Sen. Holly J. Mitchell was presented with the Community Champion Award during the 19th Annual Gala by A New Way of Life, a community service group founded by Susan Burton to help the formerly incarcerated – especially women – transition back to life. Watch, listen to Mitchel talk about the honor above.

SACRAMENTO – Last night, the United States Senate passed a tax reform measure after midnight on a vote of 51-49. The bill, if enacted into law, would consolidate the existing seven tax brackets, cut taxes on the wealthy, and eliminate a number of deductions that typically benefit low and middle income earners. In response to the bill’s passage in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, released the following statement:

“This tax plan is an insult to millions of Americans. After running a populist campaign appealing to the real frustration and economic insecurity of the middle class, the President and Republicans in Congress are pulling a classic bait and switch.  They are raising taxes for millions of working families so they can give the wealthiest Americans and multinational corporations massive tax breaks.

San Francisco –  Today Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) released the following statement on World AIDS Day, which was first celebrated in 1988:

Los Angeles, CA – California Common Cause honored State Senator Ben Allen (D – Santa Monica) with its “Democracy Defender” award at its Spotlight on California event, which will took place on Friday, December 1 at 6:30 PM at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.