SACRAMENTO - California is facing unprecedented threats from the Trump administration, including harmful cuts and costly tariffs that are driving up prices for families and businesses, and escalating immigration raids designed to stoke fear in Los Angeles and communities across the state.

“I call for the immediate release from custody of SEIU President David Huerta who was harmed and arrested while protesting one of several immigration raids taking place today in Los Angeles County. David is a respected leader in California’s powerful and united labor movement.

This week, the California State Senate passed 11 bills authored by Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) that prioritizes economic solutions for working families across the state.

SACRAMENTO, CA — Senator Melissa Hurtado (D–Bakersfield) is celebrating the passage of the majority of her Common Sense Plan by a full Senate vote as the bills are now eligible for voting, and passage, by the California Assembly.
The bills passed by the Senate were:
SB 224 – Preventing Artificial Water Shortages Act

Senate Bill 357, which was authored by Senator Caroline Menjivar to transform the juvenile justice system in Los Angeles County, passed the Senate House of Origin vote yesterday and was sent to the California Assembly.

SB 704 would make it more difficult for criminals to obtain illegal ghost guns through common sense gun control regulations

Opposition to Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal to fast-track the costly and destructive Delta Tunnel Project via the state budget is deepening.

El Proyecto de Ley 357 del Senado, redactado por la Senadora Caroline Menjivar para transformar el sistema de justicia juvenil en el Condado de Los Ángeles, fue aprobado ayer por la votación de la Cámara de Origen del Senado y fue enviado a la Asamblea de California.

Bills address housing, worker protections, immigrant rights, wildfire safety, and digital equity

The California Senate on Wednesday gave the greenlight to Senator Jerry McNerney’s SB 86, legislation that would extend and expand a pivotal clean energy funding program that helps the state meet its climate goals.