Press Releases

SACRAMENTO – Senator Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, was sworn in to the California State Senate today for his second and final term in the legislative body after receiving the vote of 78.09% of the 18^th Senate District. Senator Hertzberg is one of few sitting legislators who has held office over the course of the last three decades; he was first elected to the California State Assembly in 1996, and served as the 64^th Assembly Speaker from April 2000 through February 2002 before being elected to the California State Senate in 2014.

SACRAMENTO – Senator Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) announced that Governor Jerry Brown signed his bill SB 237 yesterday. SB 237 will lift the cap on direct access (DA), which allows non-residential customers to choose electricity service separate from their local utility.

SACRAMENTO – Senator Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, and Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) today applauded their colleagues in the Assembly for voting to pass SB 10, the California Money Bail Reform Act, calling it a critical first step in tackling reforms that must be made to California’s criminal justice system.

Senator Hertzberg released the following statement:

SACRAMENTO – Senator Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) and Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) today revealed an updated proposal to eliminate the current system of money bail in California.

SB 10, the California Money Bail Reform Act, will instead establish a new system for determining a defendant’s custody status while they are awaiting trial – based not the defendant’s ability to pay, but instead on an assessment of their public safety risk and other factors.