Media Contact: Joseph Weaver, Joseph.Weaver@sen.ca.gov 
SACRAMENTO, CA – Senate Majority Leader Angelique Ashby (D-Sacramento) joined City of Refuge for the groundbreaking of an innovative restorative housing project on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in Oak Park.

Avalon, CA – On May 8, 2026 Senator Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) joined local officials, community members and local businesses in Avalon to present a check for $1 million in state funding to support critical improvements to the historic Green Pleasure Pier.
 

Today, Senate Bill 73 by Senator Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside) was approved by two Assembly committees, Elections and Public Safety. The bill, a follow-up to Senate Bill 851 (Cervantes) that Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law last year, will provide California’s election systems with additional protection against outside interference. SB 73 has an urgency clause that will allow its provisions to take effect for the June 2 statewide primary election if signed into law by the Governor in time.

SACRAMENTO – Senator Ben Allen (D-Pacific Palisades) released the following statement in response to the California Department of Insurance’s enforcement against State Farm after investigating the insurer’s handling of claims filed by survivors of the 2025 Los Angeles fires.

This administrative action against State Farm is long overdue, but it still falls short of ensuring real consequences.

State Senator Henry Stern (D–Los Angeles) and other legislators submitted a public letter to the California Air Resources Board urging the Board to strengthen the state’s Cap-and-Invest program and reject recent proposed changes that would weaken its effectiveness, jeopardize pollution targets, and redirect billions of dollars away from public investments.

Senator Eloise Gómez Reyes (D–Colton) and Assemblymember Mike Fong (D–Alhambra) joined students and higher education leaders for a press conference highlighting legislation to establish Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANHPI) designations in California.

SACRAMENTO, CA – On April 21st, 2026 Senator Lena Gonzalez’s (D-Long Beach) SB 1268, which would codify the Outdoors for All initiative in state law passed the Senate Natural Resources Committee on a 5-0 vote.
 

Today the Affordable Housing Bond Act (SB 417) passed the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee. Next up, it moves to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

SB 1041, the Fire Hardening Act of 2026 by Senator Jesse Arreguín, expands the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program to include home hardening projects