Caucus News

SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) released this statement in response to the unanimous election of Erika Contreras to serve as the next Secretary of the Senate. Mrs. Contreras served as chief of staff in the office of Senator Lara. She is the second woman and first Latina to serve in that role.

SACRAMENTO -- On the opening day of a new legislative session, lawmakers from the Senate and Assembly gathered to call for action to stem California’s mental health crisis.

SACRAMENTO – Senator Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, was sworn in to the California State Senate today for his second and final term in the legislative body after receiving the vote of 78.09% of the 18th Senate District. Senator Hertzberg is one of few sitting legislators who has held office over the course of the last three decades; he was first elected to the California State Assembly in 1996, and served as the 64th Assembly Speaker from April 2000 through February 2002 before being elected to the California State Senate in 2014.

Task Force report released by Department of Social Services

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Holly J. Mitchell, chair of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, today released the following statement in response to the state Department of Social Services Task Force Report on Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty:

Task Force report released by Department of Social Services

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Holly J. Mitchell, chair of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, today released the following statement in response to the state Department of Social Services Task Force Report on Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty:

Swearing in follows new pledge

SACRAMENTO – Holly J. Mitchell of Los Angeles took her oath of office as a representative of the diverse 30th Senate District as part of today’s stately convening of the 2019-20 legislative session.

Mitchell promised to continue fighting for working families. She is the first African American to chair the powerful Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee and ran unopposed last month to win reelection to a second four-year term. She is termed out in 2022.

Contact: For McGuire’s office – Kerrie Lindecker, Kerrie.Lindecker@sen.ca.gov or (707) 319-3654

For Beall’s office – Rodney Foo, Rodney.Foo@sen.ca.gov or (916) 651-4015 

Senator McGuire and Senator Beall announce comprehensive affordable housing legislation for 2019

Sacramento, CA – Senators Jim Beall and Mike McGuire have been working for months to develop comprehensive policy and funding legislation focused on housing that is affordable for seniors, nurses, teachers, veterans and low and middle income Californians.

The legislation, which will take an aggressive and in-depth approach to the state’s affordable housing crisis, will be introduced in the coming weeks as a series of bills.

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Burbank, California – On Tuesday, December 4, State Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D–La Cañada Flintridge) will host a Women in Business Legislative Update & Award Luncheon.  

All members of the press and community are encouraged to attend this event.

Sacramento– Today, Senators Ben Allen (D - Santa Monica) and Scott Wiener (D- San Francisco) introduced legislation to repeal article 34 of the California Constitution, Mayor Eric Garcetti and the City of Los Angeles are sponsoring the legislation. Originally added in 1950, Article 34 requires cities to submit projects to a voter referendum when public funds are allocated to developing low-income rental housing. In the decades since its passage, cities have been forced to comply with a web of regulatory requirements and costly elections to build affordable housing.