Caucus News

 ELDRIDGE – Senators Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg, Bill Dodd, D-Napa, and Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, D-Winters, announced today a tentative agreement on the Sonoma Development Center that will empower neighbors, the community and the County of Sonoma to conduct a comprehensive community planning process focused on the potential future uses of the Sonoma Developmental Center, while also protecting the sacred open spaces of the undeveloped land.

 ELDRIDGE – Senators Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg, Bill Dodd, D-Napa, and Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, D-Winters, announced today a tentative agreement on the Sonoma Developmental Center that will empower neighbors, the community and the County of Sonoma to conduct a comprehensive community planning process focused on the potential future uses of the Sonoma Developmental Center, while also protecting the sacred open spaces of the undeveloped land.

SACRAMENTO – Senate Majority Leader Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) today released the details of the Resilient Homes Initiative, an effort he announced earlier this year, on the 25th anniversary of the Northridge Earthquake.

 (SACRAMENTO, CA) – Senator Bill Monning (D-Carmel) is pleased to announce that he has been appointed to the California Coastal Conservancy by Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins.

“It is an honor to be selected to serve on the California Coastal Conservancy,” said Senator Monning.  “We must continue to use creative approaches to ensure Californians have access to our coastal areas and that they are protected for future generations to enjoy.”  

"It appears that PG&E intends merely to restock its board with different faces, rather than assemble a team with the experience and the expertise to guide the transformation of a utility company that has lost the public’s trust," said Senator Hill. "If PG&E persists in these hollow efforts to reconstitute its board, control of PG&E should be placed in other hands as the bankruptcy proceeds."

(SACRAMENTO, CA) – In another important public health victory, Senate Bill (SB) 347, which requires sugary beverages sold in California to have a health-warning label, passed out of the Senate Committee on Health on a 5-1 vote.  

SACRAMENTO – California Senator María Elena Durazo (D-Los Ángeles) issued the following statement on the round table discussion hosted by Governor Gavin Newsom with Central American community leaders about the causes of migration:

“I commend Governor Newsom for his leadership and am grateful to join the conversation with our community leaders about the root causes for migration.

Sacramento, California–Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D–La Cañada Flintridge) introduced SB 729 to increase the base funding level for K-12 school districts by proposing to raise the Local Control Funding Formula Base by 5.16%.  SB 729 seeks to achieve a $1 billion dollar increase by using a cost of living adjustment formula.

Watch an updated version of this hearing HERE:

(SACRAMENTO) – Today, the Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) community celebrated the unanimous, bipartisan approval of Senator Richard D. Roth’s Senate Bill 138 by the Senate Education Committee. Senate Bill 138 will shed more light on this disease by requiring school districts to work with schools serving K-12 students to identify methods of informing parents and students about T1D, and will require schools to implement those methods.