Caucus News

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, announced legislation today that would assist the creation of affordable housing in California by identifying excess state property that could be used for development, advancing earlier initiatives from Gov. Gavin Newsom to address the state housing crisis.

Sacramento, California – Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Canada Flintridge) released the following statement on the Senate’s commemoration of the Armenian Genocide.

Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) made the following statement regarding Stanford nurses striking today for better staffing conditions and mental health support.  

Downy and Whittier, CA – This week a new veteran support center opened at the Downey City Library to provide a range of support services to veterans living in Los Angeles County, while the Whittier Post Office hosted a ceremony to rename the Michigan Avenue branch after the late Jose Ramos, who helped establish the Vietnam Veterans Day organization.  

Dear neighbor:

April 22 marks the 52nd anniversary of Earth Day. It is now a global event to protect our environment and confront climate change. Below are some of the many Earth Day activities occurring in our local communities. Some events may require registration.

East Bay Regional Park District – The EBRPD has many activities at multiple locations within the district to participate. Click the link for more information.

Agoura Hills – As I was standing at the groundbreaking for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, the world's largest wildlife corridor here in our own backyard, at Liberty Canyon, I couldn’t help but feel sad that all Angelenos do not have the same access to the outdoors. To rectify this situation I and all Legislators in Los Angeles should commit to the following:

Downy and Whittier, CA – This week a new veteran support center opened at the Downey City Library to provide a range of support services to veterans living in Los Angeles County, while the Whittier Post Office hosted a ceremony to rename the Michigan Avenue branch after the late Jose Ramos, who helped establish the Vietnam Veterans Day organization.  

SACRAMENTO - Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)’s Senate Bill 1186, which restores voter-created access to medicinal cannabis across the state by requiring cities to provide patients access to purchase medicinal cannabis by delivery, passed the Senate Governance and Finance Committee by a vote of 4-1. It now heads to the Senate Appropriations Committee.

SACRAMENTO – Senator Henry Stern (D-Los Angeles), Chairman of the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee offers the following quote about the State Auditor's report on the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) State Audit Report 2021-104.

Pasadena, California – Senator Anthony J. Portantino released the following statement today regarding the $8,750,000 grant to the 1880 Walnut Street Housing project in Pasadena.