Caucus News

SACRAMENTO – A bill to provide state funding to a crucial flood control project in the South San Francisco Bay was unanimously approved by the California Senate today and will go to Governor Brown for his signature.

SACRAMENTO – A bill to provide state funding to a crucial flood control project in the South San Francisco Bay was unanimously approved by the California Senate today and will go to Governor Brown for his signature.

SACRAMENTO – Senator Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina) issued the following statement on the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California dismissing the lawsuit brought by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) to stop California's landmark drug price transparency law:

SACRAMENTO – Senator Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina) issued the following statement on the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California dismissing the lawsuit brought by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) to stop California's landmark drug price transparency law:

Sacramento, CA — Today, State Senator Nancy Skinner’s (D-Berkeley) SB 1164, the “Craft Distiller Op-pour-tunity” Act, passed the State Legislature with bipartisan support. SB 1164 would modify existing regulations to give California’s small batch craft distillers more leeway to produce and sell their products.

ZEV Equity bills SB 957 and SB 1000 make carpool stickers more available for used vehicles and promote fair distribution of charging stations

SACRAMENTO, CA – The Legislature passed two ZEV Equity bills by Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) to make zero-emission cars and charging stations more accessible to low-income drivers.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today the California Legislature passed the California Cooling Act, Senate Bill 1013, to preserve targets for reducing harmful super pollutants from refrigerants that were set by the U.S. Environmental Protection under the Obama Administration, but voided by a federal court last year.

Sacramento –  Today Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)’s Senate Bill 966, to expand water recycling in California by developing statewide on-site water reuse regulations so local governments can increase water reuse across California, passed out of the Legislature. It passed with a 39-0 vote, and now goes to the Governor for his signature.

Sacramento –  Today Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)’s Senate Bill 966, to expand water recycling in California by developing statewide on-site water reuse regulations so local governments can increase water reuse across California, passed out of the Legislature. It passed with a 39-0 vote, and now goes to the Governor for his signature.

Sacramento, CA – Senator Mike McGuire’s landmark legislation that seeks to turn the crumbling 300 mile North Coast railroad line into the Great Redwood Trail passed the State Assembly today on a vote of 62 to 3. The bill will be voted on by the State Senate tomorrow and will then head to Governor Brown for his signature. The Trail, which would extend from San Francisco Bay to Humboldt Bay, runs through some of the most dramatic landscapes on earth.