Senator Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside) and Senator Eloise Gómez Reyes (D-Colton) secured $1.5 million for the Cultivating Inland Empire Latino Opportunity (CIELO) Fund at the Inland Empire Community Foundation (IECF). The funds, presented Saturday at the IECF CIELO Fund celebration, will support the organization's focus on inclusiveness and community projects.

PHOTO: Sen. Blakespear presented the City of Oceanside with a $3 million check to use for interim housing units. From left to right are: Oceanside City Councilmember Jimmy Figueroa; Oceanside City Manager Jonathan Borrego; Oceanside Deputy Mayor Eric Joyce; Sen. Blakespear; Elizabeth Funk, Founder and CEO of DignityMoves; and Greg Anglea, CEO of Interfaith Community Services. Behind them are model tiny homes, similar to what the project will provide. 
 
 

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Catherine S. Blakespear, D-Encinitas, on Tuesday issued the following statement regarding comments made by President Trump at a campaign rally on Monday.
“I’m appalled and disgusted that President Trump would suggest that the destruction of San Diego or Los Angeles would be ‘a very small price to pay’ in a war with Iran. This is unacceptable from our commander in chief, whose duty is to protect the national security of the entire nation and all Americans, not just the cities he likes.”

SB 894 (Allen) establishes low-interest loans for fire resilience upgrades

PHOTO: Sen. Blakespear (center) presents Vista Mayor John Franklin (to her immediate right) a $2 million check for the City of Vista to use for the Buena Creek Navigation Center (building behind). Members of the Vista City Council, residents of the shelter, housing advocates and a friendly companion goat also attended the presentation. 
 

Today, Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D-Santa Ana), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced that Governor Gavin Newsom signed the final bills in Umberg’s 2026 legislative package, completing a slate of eight new laws. The measures protect voters at the polls, prevent dangerous chemical incidents, establish safeguards for A.I. in the legal system and strengthen consumer and public safety protections across California.

“For this report to have value, it must lead to significant changes in how our emergency management and public safety workers respond and coordinate."

Governor Newsom signs SB 949, formally recognizing the Santa Cruz Mountains as a landscape of statewide significance

The legislation would have created greater safeguards and disclosure when state and local law enforcement partner with federal or out-of-state law enforcement.

LAMONT, Calif. (October 1, 2026)— State Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) joined local leaders Thursday afternoon at Bear Mountain Park to celebrate $150,000 in state funding she secured for public safety improvements in Lamont.
The funding will support safety upgrades at Bear Mountain Park and other community facilities, including improved park lighting, mitigation of unsafe public pool facilities and the removal or rehabilitation of unsafe restroom facilities.