Senator Caroline Menjivar released the following statement in response to cuts to health and human services in Governor Gavin Newsom’s revised 2025-26 California state budget proposal.

Senator Durazo released a statement in response to Governor Newsom’s May revision to the proposed state budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire (D-North Coast) and Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Chair Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) released the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s May revision to the proposed state budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year:

Sen. Christopher Cabaldon (D-Yolo) Wednesday welcomed Gov. Gavin Newsom’s expression of support for a housing bond on the 2026 ballot. Cabaldon is the author of SB 417, a $10 billion bond to support the construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of affordable housing. At the same time, Sen. Cabaldon said he would push for the restoration of funding for homelessness, housing, and the University of California and California State University systems

SACRAMENTO – Legislation by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, to extend one of California’s most valuable incentives to acquire solar energy and batteries – an exclusion to them being assessed as part of property taxes – on Wednesday passed the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee.

La Senadora Caroline Menjivar emitió la siguiente declaración en respuesta a los recortes de servicios humanos y de salud en la propuesta revisada del presupuesto estatal de California 2025-26 California del Gobernador Newsom

Modernizing the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) will slash delays, onerous cost increases, and frivolous lawsuits on projects ranging from affordable housing, to childcare and healthcare centers, to food banks and small businesses. Combined, SB 607 and AB 609 are the strongest permitting reform California has seen in decades.

SACRAMENTO -  California Attorney General Rob Bonta has signed on in support of my Senate Bill 605 that would ensure competitive compensation for state attorney and administrative law judges by aligning their salaries with those of public sector attorneys across California.

SACRAMENTO – Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire (D-North Coast) and Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Chair Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) released the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s May revision to the proposed state budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year:
 

California Legislative Delta Caucus Co-Chair Senator Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, released the following statement regarding Governor Gavin Newsom’s plan to fast-track the Delta Tunnel Project in the state budget: