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SACRAMENTO – Concurring with lawmakers, Gov. Brown today signed into law a plan to make permanent a soon-to-expire program to help taxpayers who are overcharged by the state Franchise Tax Board.

California Senate Members to Converge on San Francisco for Hearing
Sacramento – Eliminating barriers and challenges for working women will be the focus of a hearing of the California Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee, Chaired by Senator Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia), on Wednesday, October 7, at 9:30 a.m. at the Milton Marks Conference Center, Lower Level, 455 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102.

Sacramento – Eliminating barriers and challenges for working women will be the focus of a hearing of the California Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee, Chaired by Senator Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia), on Wednesday, October 7, at 9:30 a.m. at the Milton Marks Conference Center, Lower Level, 455 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102.
A delegation of California State Senators from throughout the state and experts on women in the workforce will be in attendance for this important hearing. See complete agenda below.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Today, Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis) praised the Governor for his signing of Assembly Bill X2-15, the End of Life Option Act.
This decision by the Governor comes almost a year after the death of Brittany Maynard. The 29-year-old Californian with terminal brain cancer brought international attention to this issue when she had to move to Oregon to utilize its death-with-dignity law last year.

SACRAMENTO – All Senate hearings are open for the public to attend, and now every Capitol hearing is viewable via livestream on the Senate homepage http://senate.ca.gov. A video archive of hearings going back to 2005 is available via http://senate.ca.gov/media-archive.Informational Hearing: California Earthquakes - Surviving the Mega-Quake

Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management (Rodriguez/Jackson)

SACRAMENTO – Senator Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, issued a statement today on legislation signed by Governor Jerry Brown that gives terminally-ill Californians the ability to obtain medication to aid in dying.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Today, Governor Jerry Brown signed the End of Life Option Act, coauthored by Senator Bill Monning (D-Carmel), which provides mentally-capable, terminally-ill Californians with the option to request a doctor’s prescription for aid-in-dying medication. This Second Extraordinary Session bill was modeled after Senators Lois Wolk (D-Davis) and Monning’s Senate Bill (SB) 128 and continued the effort to enact the End of Life Option Act in California this year.

SACRAMENTO – Gov. Brown today signed into law a plan to help low-income Californians have greater access to equal justice by using unclaimed funds to help attorneys practice public-interest law.
“Every year, thousands of young lawyers graduate from law school with a desire to launch their careers performing public service,” said Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, author of Senate Bill 134. “Faced with skyrocketing education costs, however, more and more of our finest legal minds are opting to instead go straight into private practice.”

SACRAMENTO – Legislation by Senator Jim Beall that focuses on improving the ability of peace officers to safely deal with people who have mental illnesses was signed into law by Governor Brown today. Senate Bills 11 and 29 become effective on Jan. 1, 2016.

SACRAMENTO – Legislation by Senator Jim Beall that focuses on improving the ability of peace officers to safely deal with people who have mental illnesses was signed into law by Governor Brown today. Senate Bills 11 and 29 become effective on Jan. 1, 2016.