Caucus News

Sen. Holly J. Mitchell was to be the keynote speaker at a June 3, 2017 event in Los Angeles called the Kaiser Hippocrates Ceremony. As chair of the Senate Budget Committee, however, Mitchell was forced to cancel to oversee conference committee hearings in Sacramento. In lieu of attending Mitchell 'spoke' via a video message, where she encouraged people to follow their dreams. Watch, listen to Mitchell HERE:

Sen. Holly J. Mitchell was to be the keynote speaker at a June 3, 2017 event in Los Angeles called the Kaiser Hippocrates Circle Ceremony for about 20 middle school students careers in the medical field. As chair of the Senate Budget Committee, however, Mitchell was forced to cancel her in-person appearance so she could oversee conference committee hearings in Sacramento. In lieu of attending, Mitchell 'spoke' via a video message, where she encouraged people to follow their dreams. Watch, listen to Mitchell by clicking on the image above.

Sacramento, CA – Senate Bill 562, the proposal to create a single-payer health care system for California, has the best of intentions.

But I could not support it today because it was premature.

The Affordable Care Act is still the law of the land and it is working. Even with its flaws, the ACA has cut the rate of uninsured in half in California and brought health coverage to millions of people who were without it.

As long as that law remains in effect, we should fight to preserve it, defend it and improve it.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today the California Senate voted to approve the Healthy California Act (Senate Bill 562), putting the state on course to become the first to enact universal health coverage.Senators Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) and Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) introduced SB 562 to create a publicly-run healthcare system that will give every Californian quality healthcare.

Today, the California Senate passed SB 562 – the Healthy California Act, legislation by Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) and Sen. Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) that would create a universal, single-payer healthcare system in California. Atkins reacted with the following statement:

SACRAMENTO – On Thursday the California State Senate passed a package of consequential legislation aimed at alleviating the state’s growing housing crisis. The bills in all streamline regulations at the state and local level to speed up housing construction; create new funding for affordable housing; and increase access to housing for working Californians.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Facing down President Trump’s proposal to waste billions of dollars on a divisive and unnecessary wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, the California Senate today approved Senate Bill 30.

Senate Bill 30 will prevent the state of California from entering or renewing a contract with a company that accepts a federal contract related to President Trump’s border wall.

Today, the California State Senate and State Assembly passed all seven of the Legislative Women’s Caucus priority bills.

SACRAMENTO – Diane Griffiths, who has served as chief of staff for Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, since he was elected to the Senate in 2014 and previously when he was Assembly Speaker, is retiring today, ending a public service career that has spanned four decades. 

Sacramento, CA – California has more children in poverty than any other state in the nation, with nearly one in four kids going hungry each day. In fact, there are more kids in poverty here in the Golden State now than there were prior to the recession. The time is right for California to broaden the reach of school meals.

Each year, millions of low-income California children who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price school meals miss out on them, also missing out on the academic and health benefits the meals provide.