Press Releases

Yesterday, the California State Senate passed Senate Bill 583, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego). The bill creates the Salton Sea Conservancy to unify the state’s efforts to expedite preservation project delivery, protect residents’ health, and foster ecological recovery in the area.




Senate Bill 751, Senator Steve Padilla’s (D-San Diego) legislation prohibiting municipalities from entering into exclusive service agreements that permit waste haulers to excuse the company from performing its duties during a labor dispute was passed today by the California State Senate.




Today, Senator Steve Padilla’s (D-San Diego) legislation to accelerate California’s efforts to approve energy transmission projects, Senate Bill 619, passed the Senate Floor with bipartisan support.




Today, Senate Bill 534, Senator Steve Padilla’s (D-San Diego) legislation intended to reimagine California’s approach to workforce development programs, centering support on inland and rural communities across the state, was passed by the California State Senate.




SACRAMENTO – Earlier this week, the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee passed Senate Bill 583, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego). The bill creates the Salton Sea Conservancy to unify the state’s efforts to expedite preservation project delivery, protect residents’ health, and foster ecological recovery in the area.




SACRAMENTO – Today, the Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement passed SB 352, a bill authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) to create a formula that calculates a real living wage that a worker must make to afford basic housing in their region.




SACRAMENTO – Last week, Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) introduced Senate Bill 764, prohibiting social media platforms from instituting polices that will increase engagement of minors to the detriment of their health.




SACRAMENTO – Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) today introduced Senate Bill 751, the Sanitation Customer Bill of Rights, prohibiting municipalities from entering into exclusive service agreements that permit waste haulers to site a self-imposed labor impasse as an “Act of God”, preventing them from fulfilling a contract.