Senator Akilah Weber Pierson, M.D. to Host Hearing on How Social Determinants of Health Shape Children’s Wellbeing and Education

SACRAMENTO – Senate Leader Mike McGuire (D-North Coast), Chair of the Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture and Vice-Chair, Assemblymember Diane Papan (D-San Mateo) will host the 50th Annual Zeke Grader Fisheries Forum TOMORROW (Wednesday). This year’s forum will focus on the challenges facing salmon and kelp, there will be a discussion on the hot water blob that’s formed in the Pacific, along with an examination of the outlook for the upcoming Dungeness crab season in California.
 

La Puente, CA – Senator Bob Archuleta (D-Pico Rivera) has secured $1 million in state funds to complete the long-awaited expansion of an animal shelter and to establish a new K9 training center in the 30th Senate District.

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.

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.

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.

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

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: