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.

After a soul-stirring procession and libation ceremony at Sunday’s 15th Annual “Day of Ancestors: Festival of Masks” celebration in Leimert Park, Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) took the stage to announce, before a crowd of about 500 people, her efforts to state-designate Historic South Los Angeles as a Black Cultural District. The new cultural district will serve as a hub for South LA landmarks, businesses and institutions – while spotlighting legendary areas, such as the Crenshaw corridor, Historic West Adams and Central Avenue – to support the community’s preservation and economic revitalization.

Senator Christopher Cabaldon, D-Yolo, and other legislators representing the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta have successfully rebuffed – at least for now – efforts to speed up the process of building a giant tunnel that would divert water from the Sacramento River before it reaches the Delta and send it to southern California. “This project doesn’t make sense for anyone – not the people of the Delta or the water users in southern California," Sen. Cabaldon said. "It’s time to let go of this fantasy and move on to solutions that don’t harm the Delta and have a realistic chance of being built.”

SACRAMENTO —State Senator Dr. Aisha Wahab’s (D-Silicon Valley) comprehensive package of policies and over $1.4 billion in housing investments were signed by Governor Gavin Newsom.