SACRAMENTO, CA – California State Senator Dave Cortese (D-San José) has secured $750,000 in state funding for Ashes to Beauty as part of the Legislature’s 2026 Budget Bill Jr. package, supporting this organization’s efforts to connect immigrant families in Silicon Valley with essential services and trusted community resources.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill 1276, the End Child Exploitation Act, authored by Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park), legislation to protect children from sexual exploitation by clarifying that it is a crime to knowingly watch a livestream of a sexually exploited minor. SB 1276 closes a loophole that allowed predators to evade accountability for knowingly viewing the sexual exploitation of children through livestreaming platforms.

California sets the gold standard for child safety with the country's strongest AI protections

Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed Sen. Jerry McNerney’s SB 813, establishing a first-in-the-nation framework for independent, third-party assessments of potential safety risks posed by artificial intelligence systems.

Senator Maria Elena Durazo, Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez, & Mayor Bass are calling on Governor Newsom to sign AB 817 and SB 716, holding corporations accountable.

I unequivocally condemn violence in all its forms, regardless of who uses it or whom it targets.

SB 1048 earns bipartisan support, heads to Governor’s desk

Bores, Didech and Wiener propose independently verified agreement to pace frontier AI development
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The lawmakers behind the country’s three strongest state-level frontier AI safety laws—Senator Scott Wiener (CA), Assemblymember. Alex Bores (NY), and Rep. Daniel Didech (IL)—today called on leading AI companies to establish an independently verified agreement to pace the development of increasingly powerful models until safety research catches up.

SB 1301 and SB 1209 Sent to Governor to Improve Ratepayer Protections
SACRAMENTO – Senator Ben Allen (D-Pacific Palisades) advanced a pair of policies out of the Legislature to protect ratepayers from unnecessarily losing their insurance coverage or falling victim to bad business practices.

Sacramento, Calif. (September 3, 2026)—State Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) secured $171 million in the 2026–27 state budget package for the Safe and Affordable Funding for Equity and Resilience (SAFER) program, protecting critical drinking-water assistance for communities across California.
SAFER helps meet that need through emergency water supplies, system repairs, technical assistance, infrastructure improvements and permanent solutions for struggling water systems.