SACRAMENTO – This week, Senator Steve Padilla’s (D-San Diego) legislation to accelerate California’s efforts to approve energy transmission projects, Senate Bill 619, passed both the Assembly Natural Resources Committee and the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee with bipartisan support.
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SAN DIEGO – The City of Chula Vista is one step closer to realizing its dream of having a world-class university within its city limits. Yesterday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law an exemption from the Surplus Lands Act for the City of Chula Vista's University-Innovation District (UID) development project on approximately 383 acres. Working in partnership with legislative leaders, Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) and Assemblymember David Alvarez (D-San Diego) brokered negotiations resulting in this exemption making it possible for the City to advance long standing plans of developing a campus in the mentioned district.
SACRAMENTO – Last week, Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) sent a letter to California Secretary of Labor, Stewart Knox, requesting the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency investigate the business practices of San Francisco-based Human Resources company, Deel.
SACRAMENTO – Earlier this week, the California Assembly Natural Resources Committee passed Senate Bill 583, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) and co-authored by Coachella Valley Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella). The bill creates the Salton Sea Conservancy to unify the state’s efforts to protect residents’ health, foster ecological recovery in the area, and to empower local stakeholders in that process.
SACRAMENTO – Today, the California Legislature passed the 2023/24 state budget, which among other things, included critical investments in projects around the Imperial Valley. Senator Steve Padilla, whose district includes all of Imperial County, worked with legislative leaders to secure these investments in the Valley’s future. These projects will spur new investments in lithium separation and battery production, pave roads to help residents to travel around rural communities safely, improve water quality in heavy agricultural-use regions of the state, and assist communities delivering humanitarian aid to asylum seekers.
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.