California State Senator Sabrina Cervantes, chair of the Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee, will oversee a hearing on Aug. 19 related to a proposal for mid-decade redistricting.

500 Backpacks and Supplies Distributed at South El Monte National Night Out Event
SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif. – Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) joined with the City of South El Monte to distribute 500 backpacks and essential school supplies to local students at the city’s National Night Out event. The partnership supports families across the San Gabriel Valley and helps ensure local kids start the new school year ready to succeed.

SACRAMENTO, California – July 31, 2025 – Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law Senate Bill 652, authored by State Senator Laura Richardson (D–South Bay), marking a significant step forward in strengthening public safety standards across California.

Legislation to remove major hurdle identified by mobilized high school students across California heads to the Assembly Floor

SACRAMENTO – Senator Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica) chaired the first informational hearing for the Senate’s Special Committee on International Sporting Events: Olympics, Paralympics, and World Cup Soccer.

Three bills by Senator Christopher Cabaldon to improve access to higher education in California passed Assembly committees Tuesday on their journey to becoming law. The bills passed Tuesday expand the ability of California universities to offer online courses to students in other states, establish automatic admission to the California State University system, and protect the accreditation of California schools.

SACRAMENTO, CA – California State Senator Melissa Hurtado, Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee and a champion of Valley Values, today applauded the launch of the National Farm Security Action Plan by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and the bipartisan push in Congress to stop foreign governments from acquiring U.S. farmland.

Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) reaffirmed her commitment to protecting critical funding for California’s working families through the signing of the Budget Act of 2025, passed by the State Senate last week. In a year of tough budget decisions threatening rollbacks to essential protections, Senator Smallwood-Cuevas fought to ensure that the urgent needs of working families, immigrants, and communities of color were not ignored.

La Senadora Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Ángeles) reafirmó su compromiso de proteger los fondos cruciales para las familias trabajadoras de California mediante la firma de la Ley de Presupuesto de 2025, aprobada por el Senado Estatal la semana pasada. En un año de difíciles decisiones presupuestarias que amenazaron con reducir protecciones esenciales, la Senadora Smallwood-Cuevas luchó para garantizar que las necesidades urgentes de las familias trabajadoras, los inmigrantes y las comunidades de color no fueran ignoradas.

SACRAMENTO, California – (June 30, 2025) – Governor Newsom has officially signed California’s 2025–26 state budget, a landmark $321 billion package that includes critical investments across the state, among them, a significant boost to nutritional assistance.