Caucus News

Watch and listen as Sen Holly J Mitchell  talks today about passage of SB 1343, sexual harassment training.

Sacramento–  Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) bill to restore net neutrality passed the California State Senate today, moving California closer to re-instating the net neutrality protections put in place by the Federal Communications Commission under President Obama in 2015. These protections were repealed by the FCC under President Trump in December.

SACRAMENTO – Today, the State Senate approved passage of Senate Bill 1152, which provides a more humane process for discharging homeless patients after their hospital stay.

Authored by Senator Ed Hernandez, O.D., (D-West Covina) and approved by a vote of 26-13, Senate Bill 1152 addresses a practice known as “patient dumping” where homeless patients are discharged under unsafe conditions.

(SACRAMENTO) – Today, the California State Senate voted in unanimous support of Senator Richard D. Roth’s consumer protection bill, SB 1087. This measure demands greater accountability and transparency of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) lenders to cut out abusive practices.

(SACRAMENTO) – Today, the California State Senate voted in unanimous support of Senator Richard D. Roth’s consumer protection bill, SB 1087. This measure demands greater accountability and transparency of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) lenders to cut out abusive practices.

(SACRAMENTO) – Today, the California State Senate unanimously voted in support of Senator Richard D. Roth’s SB 1112. This crucial piece of legislation empowers California drivers to mitigate our homelessness crisis by creating a specialized license plate that uses the “#” symbol, thus funding supportive and transitional services.

(SACRAMENTO) – Today, the California State Senate unanimously voted in support of Senator Richard D. Roth’s SB 1112. This crucial piece of legislation empowers California drivers to mitigate our homelessness crisis by creating a specialized license plate that uses the “#” symbol, thus funding supportive and transitional services.

Today, with bipartisan support, the California Senate passed Senator Nancy Skinner’s (D-Berkeley) groundbreaking bill requiring each of California’s appointed state boards and commissions to have a minimum amount of seats filled by women. Skinner’s SB 984 “Ensuring A Seat at the Table,” must now pass the Assembly and be signed by Governor Brown to become law.

Today, with bipartisan support, the California Senate passed Senator Nancy Skinner’s (D-Berkeley) SB 926, the “Workplace Protection Act,” which would protect participants in CalWORKs and CalFresh programs from losing benefits if they leave a job due to violations of their workplace rights. Skinner’s bill must now pass the Assembly and be signed by Governor Brown to become law.

Sen. Holly J. Mitchell, Controller Betty Yee sponsor measure

SACRAMENTO – The California Senate today on a bipartisan, 38-0 vote approved a plan to address the prevalence of workplace sexual harassment.