Caucus News

November 4, 2014 was a record low turnout for a regularly scheduled general election at 42.2% of registered voters statewide.

SACRAMENTO – California Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), Chair of the Senate Rules Committee, has announced the following appointment by the Rules Committee:

SACRAMENTO-Today, the results and recommendations from Senator Galgiani’s California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) audit request were released to the public. “The results of this audit have just confirmed my original suspicions that CDCR did not comply with state laws in hiring retirees specifically in managerial positions. The State Auditor’s office also found that the department did not do a sufficient job in protecting state tax payer dollars by monitoring the use of state-owned vehicles.”

Legislation by Senator Jerry Hill to impose a two-year moratorium in California on the installation of turf fields and playground surfaces containing waste tires gets its first hearing before the Senate Environmental Quality Committee on Wednesday, March 18, 2015.

Sacramento – Senator Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia), a former elementary school teacher in East Los Angeles and member of the Senate Education Committee will deliver a “2015 State of Education Address” to Los Angeles area superintendents, teachers, school board members and education leaders on Friday, March 27th at 9:30 a.m.

Senator Richard D. Roth (D-Riverside) will chair an Oversight Hearing of the Senate Insurance Committee on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, to examine whether uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage meets consumer needs.

Existing California law requires drivers and vehicle owners to have some way to pay for potential damages they may cause while driving an automobile.  This requirement is usually satisfied by purchasing insurance with minimum coverage of $15,000 per person for bodily injury or death, up to $30,000 per accident, and $5,000 for property damage.

SACRAMENTO – On Friday, March 27th, Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino) will host the first annual Young Women’s Leadership Summit in the 20th State Senate District city of Chino.

SACRAMENTO – Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) rededicated the State Capitol’s Rose Ann Vuich Hearing Room 2040, by unveiling portraits to honor the 42 trailblazing women Senators who have served in the California State Senate. Sixty-five years after women won the right to vote in California in 1911, Rose Ann Vuich was first elected to the Senate in 1976. She was the first woman to serve as Senator, 127 years after the establishment of the State Senate in 1849.

Press Advisory

WHO:      Joint Oversight Hearing: Senate Public Safety Committee & Senate Budget Subcommittee #5

                 Senator Loni Hancock, Chair

WHAT:     Oversight hearing on “Community Corrections – Performance Metrics”

WHEN:    Tuesday, March 17th, 10 am

WHERE: State Capitol, Room 4203

For Immediate Release                                                                                              &nbs