Last week, Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) joined by several Senate colleagues, issued a letter (attached) to California Attorney General Rob Bonta, requesting the California Department of Justice investigate alleged profiteering and price fixing by major egg distributors in the midst of a dangerous avian flu outbreak.

Senator Umberg issues statement on LA28's Orange County venue announcement.

SACRAMENTO –  After President Trump willfully ignored the Supreme Court’s order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a legal U.S. resident whom Trump’s government illegally disappeared to an El Salvadoran gulag, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele refused to return Abrego Garcia to the United States.
Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) responded to the disgusting Oval Office colloquy between Trump and Bukele and the constitutional crisis it triggers:
“We’re now deep in the red zone for our constitution and our democracy.

SACRAMENTO, California – (April 14, 2025) – Senator Laura Richardson (D-South Bay) presented her RV Encampment bill, SB 748, to members of the Senate’s Human Services Committee who passed it on a 5-0 vote.

Senator Caroline Menjivar proudly announces the 3rd Annual San Fernando Valley Pride March & Festival, Rooted in Resistance, on June 28, 2025. The event is hosted in partnership with Mayor Karen Bass, Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, and Somos Familia Valle.

SACRAMENTO – On an 11- to-1 vote, the California Senate Transportation Committee on Tuesday passed SB 545, Senate Transportation chair Dave Cortese’s bill to advance major economic opportunities connected to the High Speed Rail Project.

SACRAMENTO – The California Senate Education Committee today passed SB 685, Senator Dave Cortese’s (D-Silicon Valley) bill to provide critical financial support to students who experienced homelessness in high school and need assistance to get a college education.

Sb 632 would provide nurses and hospital employees better access to treatment for work-related injuries.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Senate Bill 680 (SB 680), authored by Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park), passed the Senate Public Safety Committee today on a vote of 4-1. The bill closes a glaring loophole in California’s sex offender registry law – one that currently allows adults who engage in unlawful vaginal intercourse with minor girls to avoid mandatory registration in many cases.

SACRAMENTO – The California Senate Transportation Committee today passed Senate Transportation Chair Dave Cortese’s  Senate Bill 30 which would prohibit the resale or transfer of the State’s decommissioned diesel trains. SB