Caucus News

SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) today released the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2022-23 Proposed Budget: 

Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) and Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), Chair of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, released the following statements regarding Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2022-23 state budget:

Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins:

Sacramento, CA - Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge) released the following statement regarding the Governor Newsom’s 2022-23 State Budget proposal, the California Blueprint:

SACRAMENTO – Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino) released the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2022-23 budget proposal:

“Today’s budget proposal by Governor Newsom certainly prioritizes the current and ongoing needs of California residents.  In particular, I appreciate his continued focus on strengthening access to childcare, addressing the climate crisis, and improving education.”

Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley), who serves on the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee as well as Chair of the Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee, made the following statement regarding California Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed state budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year, including plans for California’s budget surplus that the Legislative Analyst's Office projects to be $31 billon.

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, issued the following statement today upon the release of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2022-23 budget, which invests heavily in essential services such as public schools and wildfire prevention while committing significant resources to pandemic recovery, combatting the climate crisis and assisting in jobs creation.

Sacramento, CA - State Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge) expressed strong support and appreciation to Governor Gavin Newsom for including a $20 million dollar investment in today’s budget announcement for the relocation of the Carnegie Institution for Science to Pasadena.  

SANGER, CA – Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) today released the following statement in anticipation of the Governor’s 2022 Budget Release:  

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, introduced legislation today to improve the reliability of California’s electricity grid, preventing rolling blackouts such as those that left hundreds of thousands of residents without power during past heatwaves.

SACRAMENTO - Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) has introduced Senate Bill 836. This legislation will extend the safeguards from SB 785 (Wiener, 2018), which protected a person’s immigration status in a public court record, unless the presiding judge determined that immigration status was relevant information. This legislation had a sunset date of January 1, 2022, so it has now expired. SB 836 will remove this sunset date, so immigration status will be permanently protected in cases where it is not relevant to the litigation.