Caucus News

Sacramento, CA – On Wednesday, during a public meeting of the California State Boating and Waterways Commission, held in Weaverville, a $1.64 million state grant was approved for long-term improvements at the Trinity Center boat ramp.
Senator Mike McGuire has continued to advocate for critical state grant funding to improve boat access on Trinity Lake – one of the county’s main economic drivers – and is thrilled to see the grant approved.

State Senator Jerry Hill introduced legislation today that compels the California Public Utilities Commission to fulfill its safety commitment as a utility regulator by laying out the agency’s safety oversight responsibilities -- and steps that must be taken in order to meet those expectations.
 

SACRAMENTO – In response to growing needs by low income and disadvantaged communities seeking funds for climate mitigation and adaptation, Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino) today introduced legislation that will help to continue California’s local leadership on climate and substantially improve the ability of local cities, non-profits and small businesses to compete for climate investment funds.

Today Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) released the following statement in response to recent threats by President Donald Trump against state legislators, federal judges, public universities, cities, and states:

Sacramento, CA – Senator Mike McGuire, who has been voicing concern over the last several months about the tight timelines associated with Proposition 64, will chair a Senate Governance and Finance Committee hearing next week focused on cannabis business taxes, implementing California’s Cannabis tax collection system and the “track and trace” system which verifies cannabis taxes and product safety – all critical elements of the structure for cannabis that is being developed, and that is slated to go live on January 1, 2018.  

SACRAMENTO, CA — Today, Senator Ben Allen (D – Santa Monica) issued the following statement regarding the confirmation of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education.

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, introduced legislation today to stop schools from publicly shaming or embarrassing students by either denying them lunch or providing a snack instead because their parents haven’t paid lunch bills, and it directs schools to establish a process for notifying their families about unpaid fees and collecting them.    

Today, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Assemblymember Todd Gloria (D-San Diego) introduced a bill to modernize laws that criminalize and stigmatize people living with HIV. Assemblymember David Chiu (D-San Francisco) is also a co-author of the bill. Senate Bill 239 would amend California’s HIV criminalization laws, enacted in the 1980s and ‘90s at a time of fear and ignorance about HIV and its transmission, to make them consistent with laws involving other serious communicable diseases.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) and Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) partnered to introduce a pair of bills on Monday to support Napa County’s farmworker housing centers. The bills would allow grapegrowers to increase their annual self-imposed assessment that helps pay for local farmworker housing, while opening new state funding opportunities. 

Sacramento, CA – State Senator Mike McGuire is excited to announce that he will host a Town Hall - the first state sponsored West Marin meeting in years - on Thursday, Feb. 23 with multiple community associations and special districts. Residents are invited to come together to discuss important community issues including traffic, parking, signage and waste management concerns.