Caucus News

For Immediate Release
January 6, 2016

CONTACT: De León Claire.Conlon@sen.ca.gov (916) 651-4024

CONTACT: Liu  Suzanne.Reed@sen.ca.gov (916) 651-4025

Sen. Holly Mitchell unveils initiative for housing the homeless

Joins state and local officials in calling for an end to homelessness in California

Senator Jerry Hill introduces nine reform bills, including that three – legislation focusing on issues of affordable housing, excessive water use, and “right on red” traffic violations – that were proposed by a nun, a San Mateo homeowner and a San Bruno resident during Senator Hill’s eighth annual “Oughta Be A Law…Or Not” contest for constituents.

State Senator Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, will introduce measures to require fines for excessive water users, revise penalties for right-turn-on-red traffic violations, set stricter rules for inspecting tour buses, and more, on January 4 when the Legislature reconvenes.

Eighteen bills authored by State Senator Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, will take effect January 1.

Law enforcement, MADD, NHTSA, and Senator Jerry Hill promote sober driving during the holiday season and discuss the nationwide Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign. MADD releases report on California’s Ignition Interlock program, showing that IIDs have prevented over one million instances of drinking and driving since 2010.

Law enforcement, MADD, NHTSA, and Senator Jerry Hill promote sober driving during the holiday season and discuss the nationwide Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign. MADD releases report on California’s Ignition Interlock program, showing that IIDs have prevented over one million instances of drinking and driving since 2010.

The joint hearing of the California Senate Subcommittee on Gas, Electric and Transportation Safety, chaired by state Senator Jerry Hill, and the Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review Committee, chaired by Assemblymember Rudy Salas, can be viewed here at http://senate.ca.gov and at http://senate.ca.gov.

Let’s keep L.A.’s school children safe!

"Today, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Superintendent Ramon Cortines closed all schools in the District in response to a credible threat of violence received late last night. Every school campus is being searched. LAUSD gave a televised update at 10 am, promising to continue to do so every half-hour for the remainder of the day.

The California Senate Subcommittee on Gas, Electric and Transportation Safety, chaired by state Senator Jerry Hill, and the Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review Committee, chaired by Assemblymember Rudy Salas, will hold a joint oversight hearing, “Dangerous Digs: Why Do Fatal Pipeline Accidents Persist?” The hearing follows the fatal “dig-in” accident November 13, when one person died and two suffered severe burns just south of Bakersfield after a PG&E natural gas pipeline was struck and ruptured during a project to put in a new orchard.