Caucus News

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today the Senate Budget Sub-Committee on Health and Human Services approved extending health coverage to all seniors living in poverty, regardless of their immigration status. The Health4All Elders proposal would fund comprehensive Medi-Cal coverage for those over age 65, including preventive care and regular doctor visits.

Health4All Elders will be included in the Senate funding package that representatives of the Senate, Assembly and Governor’s Office will negotiate before the June 15 budget deadline.

Guest Press Release by Californians for Justice

SACRAMENTO -- A Californians for Justice today brought 100 students and parents from across
the state to Sacramento to urge lawmakers to make good on the promise of Brown v. Board of Education on the
64 th anniversary of the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision that mandated the desegregation of schools.

SACRAMENTO – Senator Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, today announced that his bill that would enable the use of blockchain technology for some business practices in California passed the Senate Floor.

Sacramento –  Today, Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 785, which protects immigrants from irrelevant disclosures of their immigration status in open court. SB 785 was authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D-San Diego), and was approved with bipartisan support by both the Senate and the Assembly. As an urgency measure it required 2/3 approval by the Legislature, and it takes effect immediately.  

SACRAMENTO – The California State Senate passed a bill today by State Senator Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) to require attorneys to inform their clients of all the confidentiality restrictions related to mediation and obtain written disclosure that the clients understand the process. SB 954 now goes to the Assembly for consideration.

SACRAMENTO – Senator Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, today testified before the Senate Committee on Governance and Finance to make the case for SB 993, his latest tax reform measure.

SACRAMENTO – Senate Bill 1108, which prohibits work requirements as a condition of Medi-Cal eligibility, will be voted on the State Senate Floor on Thursday, March 17.

SACRAMENTO – Senate Leader Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) today reacted with the following statement to Riverside County Superior Court Judge Daniel Ottolia’s decision to overturn California’s End of Life Option Act:

SACRAMENTO -- A new Senate housing proposal to invest $5 billion to increase affordable home building and housing for people who are homeless will also create thousands of  jobs to bolster California’s economy, said Sen. Jim Beall (D-San Jose) who drafted the budget proposal with Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley).

Sacramento, CA – Senator McGuire released the following statement in response to the California Transportation Commission’s vote to invest $85 million in the Sonoma Marin Narrows:

“For decades, residents have been stuck in traffic at the bottleneck of the Narrows and this funding is critical to advancing a big fix to a daily mind numbing commute.