Caucus News

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.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Today, Senator Bill Monning (D-Carmel) announced that applications for the 2018-19 California Senate, Assembly, Executive and Judicial Fellowship programs are available.   

The programs provide college graduates with an opportunity to become full-time staff members in Sacramento for 11 months beginning in October 2018.  Fellowships are jointly operated by the three branches of state government and the Center for California Studies at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS).

State Senator Jerry Hill, Assemblymember Kevin Mullin and San Bruno Mayor Jim Ruane called upon Attorney General Xavier Becerra today to strongly urge that charges be filed as a result of the state’s long-running criminal investigation of alleged corruption at the California Public Utilities Commission.

“I am relieved that the CPUC made the right decision to shield ratepayers from being burdened with the costs of the 2007 San Diego wildfires that were caused because San Diego Gas & Electric didn’t reasonably manage its powerlines,” said Senator Hill, D-San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. “Today’s decision concludes a decade long process to rightly assign the costs of the tragic fires to the company responsible for causing them.”

State Senator Jerry Hill issued the following statement today on Thursday’s pending vote by the California Public Utilities Commission, which is to decide whether San Diego Gas & Electric Company should be allowed to pass along $379 million in costs for uninsured liability claims to customers as a result of three Southern California wildfires that occurred a decade ago.

San Francisco – Today Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) joined nightlife supporters, labor, community members, and business leaders to rally around support for a renewed effort to allow – but not require – cities to extend sales of alcohol at bars, nightclubs, and restaurants (but not liquor stores) to as late as 4 a.m.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release Cambodian immigrants and end aggressive raids in Southern California.

Leadership role as ‘rookie’ budget chair cited

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has conferred Sen. Holly J. Mitchell with its 2017 Distinguished Legislator Award for her ‘exemplary service’ to the residents of Los Angeles County and residents statewide.

BELL GARDENS, CA – The following is a statement from Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) on the passing of U.S. Circuit Court Judge Harry Pregerson:

“Judge Harry Pregerson’s remarkable career honored the dignity and vibrancy of the immigrant community of East Los Angeles where he was raised and which he never forgot.

“Judge Pregerson will be best remembered for the freeway and major public works that bear his name, but his example of service lives on in the homeless shelter he founded in an abandoned federal facility in Bell.

Burbank, CA – On Saturday, November 18, 2017, Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D–La Cañada Flintridge) hosted a panel of experts who discussed Do’s and Don’ts after the La Tuna Fire.  The forum was held at Woodbury University and was Livestreamed to the Senator’s Facebook page, available for viewing at facebook.com/portantino.