In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) will host a community celebration in South Los Angeles this Sunday, September 28 to honor the cultural, civic and economic contributions of the Latino community.

SACRAMENTO — Senator Dave Cortese, the California Senate Transportation Chair, issued the following statement today in response to the Trump Administration’s announcement that it plans to redirect $2.4 billion in federal funds away from California’s High-Speed Rail project:

POMONA, Calif. – Senator Susan Rubio (D–Baldwin Park) joined local officials and community members to celebrate the grand opening of the LA Metro A Line extension, which now reaches Pomona and connects the cities of Glendora, San Dimas, and La Verne to the broader LA Metro network.

Senator Scott Wiener’s No Secret Police Act (SB 627) is the first such law enacted in the nation — among dozens of pending proposals at the local, state, and federal levels — to prohibit local and federal law enforcement from concealing their faces with ski masks and similar extreme masking.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 254, California’s most ambitious energy affordability bill in decades, delivering billions in savings for Californians while strengthening grid reliability and accelerating clean energy. The legislation combines the strongest elements of SB 254, AB 825, and new wildfire liability reforms championed by the Governor’s administration.

Senator Cervantes was named Vice Chair of the California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus; this appointment offers opportunity to lead on important California policies

SB 53 enacts the nation’s first transparency requirements for safety plans on the most advanced AI models, establishes a public cloud compute cluster to foster democratized AI innovation, and enacts protections for whistleblowers at leading AI labs.

MARIN—Marin County’s innovative newest neighborhood—on the cusp of breaking ground to address a severe lack of affordable housing for teachers, school employees and vital workers—will soon become a reality after Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire (D-North Coast) secured the final $7.5 million in funding needed for the project.
 

Sacramento – Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire (D-North Coast), Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas), Senate Pro tem Elect Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara), Senator Bob Archuleta (D-Pico Rivera), Senator Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) and Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo (D- Chatsworth) released the following statement on Senate Bill 694:

SACRAMENTO – At the end of the California legislative session today, Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) had a significant number of bills passed by both houses and sent to the Governor’s office ranging from protecting Californians and their property from wildfires to insurance reform, transportation & climate resilience.  
The bills authored by Senator Cortese and now on the Governor’s desk include: