SACRAMENTO – The state Senate Insurance Committee today passed Senator Dave Cortese’s Senate Bill 429 that would establish the nation’s first public catastrophic model for wildfires.

SACRAMENTO, CA — Today, the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality advanced SB 318, a bill aimed at improving air quality in California. SB 318 modernizes the state’s air permitting processes to ensure industrial facilities adopt the cleanest and most advanced technologies available to reduce air pollution and toxic air contaminants, which hurt public health. 

SACRAMENTO – State Senator Dave Cortese’s first-of-its-kind housing finance solution bill that could fast-track the construction of thousands of affordable homes needed throughout California without burdening taxpayers unanimously passed the Senate Housing Committee today with a bipartisan vote. Senate Bill 750

SACRAMENTO – Two of state Senator Dave Cortese’s bills that were developed as a result of California’s highly destructive wildland fires today were passed in two separate committees. They would help stabilize the state’s property insurance market for homeowners and balance wildfire risk reduction with environmentally sensitive vegetation management.

Senator Susan Rubio hosts a press conference for SB 531 supporting student mental health education.
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SAN FRANCISCO – The Senate Housing Committee passed Senator Wiener’s landmark housing bill, SB 79, the Abundant & Affordable Homes Near Transit Act, but failed to advance SB 677. The bills tackle the root cause of California’s affordability crisis by allowing more homes to be built in the most productive and sustainable areas of the state.

SACRAMENTO – Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire (D-North Coast) today announced the creation of a special committee on International Sporting Events.
 

SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Josh Becker’s (D-Menlo Park) legislation to combat California’s homelessness crisis, SB 606, has passed the Senate Committee on Human Services, marking a key milestone in its path through the Legislature.

SACRAMENTO, CA — Today, the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications voted unanimously with a 17-0 vote to approve SB 540, moving California forward towards optimizing its energy markets, increasing grid reliability, reducing costs for ratepayers, and accelerating the transition to a clean energy future. 

A bill by Sen. Christopher Cabaldon that aims to make it easier for California universities to offer their courses online to out-of-state students passed its first committee Monday. Members of the Senate Business, Professions, and Economic Development Committee voted 11-0 in favor of SB 790, which authorizes the governor to join an interstate reciprocity agreement with other states to offer classes virtually to students in those states. California is currently the only state that does not belong to the existing State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement. This disconnect means students in other states often don’t get to take advantage of the world-class instruction offered by California’s UCs, CSUs, and private universities.