SACRAMENTO - Senator Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica) introduced SB 501, which will establish the nation’s second Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) program for household hazardous waste (HHW).
 

(Sacramento, CA) — State Senator Dr. Aisha Wahab (D-Silicon Valley) introduced the Keeping Californians Housed Act, Senate Bill (SB) 436, which will protect low-income renters from eviction for nonpayment of rent if they can pay the amount owed to the landlord after an eviction lawsuit has started.

In response to a rise in hate, California lawmakers are turning their attention to gaps in Holocaust and genocide education in the state’s schools. Today, Senator Henry Stern (SD27 – Los Angeles) introduced SB 472, a bill aimed at addressing these gaps. The bill will implement two key recommendations from a statewide study: providing direct funding to school districts to teach this critical material, and establishing a system to monitor and evaluate educational outcomes.

On Thursday, February 27th, join me and Assemblymember Hart in welcoming Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and other industry experts at a town hall to discuss the state of home insurance for our community and state.
The town hall will be covering market challenges and upcoming reforms that the Department of Insurance is pursuing. There will be a presentation followed by Q&A.

SACRAMENTO – In a move to safeguard food security by maintaining productive farmland, California State Senator Dave Cortese today introduced Senate Bill 462 requiring a yearly $20-million appropriation to the California Farmland Conservancy Program (CFCP) to permanently preserve California agricultural lands through conservation easements.

SACRAMENTO – Senator Sasha Renée Pérez (D-Pasadena) has introduced legislation to protect renters by prohibiting the use of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to manipulate and unfairly increase rents.

State Senator Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, on Tuesday introduced new legislation to address PFAS pollution in California’s water supply. SB 454 would establish a special state fund — the PFAS Mitigation Fund — that local agencies and cities could access to help pay for the cleanup of toxic PFAS in drinking water throughout the state.

SACRAMENTO – Today, Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) introduced Senate Bill 420, which will serve as a framework as the state seeks to balance technological, economic, and societal benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) while strengthening consumer protections around the technology.

“Fire victims deserve to know their property is safe before rebuilding. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to reject the communities’ calls for additional soil testing after debris removal and topsoil excavation is completely unacceptable.

Sacramento, CA — State Senator Dr. Aisha Wahab (D-Silicon Valley) introduced the Junk Fees Act of 2025 (SB 381) and the Preventing Algorithmic Price Fixing Act (SB 384).