Caucus News

SONOMA – Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, will host a virtual town hall June 1 on mental health during the pandemic featuring a panel discussion with experts from Stanford University, the National Alliance on Mental Illness and Napa-based Mentis.

The town hall will be streamed live over multiple channels and broadcast on KSVY Sonoma. Panelists will take live and submitted questions.

Today, the State Senate Appropriations Committee passed a bill by Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) that is desperately needed to save small community performing arts organizations from disappearing and help them continue their important work as social justice vehicles for marginalized voices.

SACRAMENTO – Today, May 20, 2021, is National STOP THE BLEED Day, a call to action for people across the country to learn how to save lives by becoming trained on stopping traumatic bleeding.

SANTA CLARA COUNTY – Today, Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) joined Governor Gavin Newsom, Senate and Assembly leadership, and Senate Pro Tem Toni Atkins to sign a bill he co-authored, SB 7, into law.

WHAT: Today, May 20th, at 6:00pm, Senator Cortese hosts his 18th annual Sacramento Bus Trip for Education - this year, the Bus Trip will be virtual!

State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, announced on Thursday that due to the inclusion of federal and state funding that will help realize ‘Free School Meals for All” in both the Governor’s May Revise and the state Senate’s Build Back Boldly Budget plan, SB 364 will now be a two-year bill.

SACRAMENTO- Twelve of Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) bills, including legislation to decriminalize psychedelics, strengthen mental health and substance use disorder care, and increase the amount of housing affordable to working families, will be taken up for a full Senate vote over the next two weeks.

The deadline for approving the bills is Friday, June 4th, after which they will move to the Assembly. 

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, introduced legislation today that would help train law enforcement officers in their criminal investigations and public interactions, ensuring they uphold civil rights and treat people with dignity and respect.

“People deserve to be treated fairly and humanely by police officers and should not fear having their rights trampled,” said Sen. Dodd. “My bill will ensure officers are properly trained and the public isn’t subjected to demeaning or coercive tactics that can result in false confessions.”

SACRAMENTO, CA –Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) today announced a deal between the California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and the City of Shafter to return the unoccupied Shafter Modified Community Correctional Facility back the city’s control.

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today signed into law Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins’ SB 7—legislation restoring California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) streamlining provisions and expanding them to benefit small-scale housing projects. The legislation, which is an integral piece of the Senate’s “Building Opportunities for All” housing package and the first of the bills to be signed, would help stimulate economic development projects and create jobs for Californians.