Press Releases

SACRAMENTO – Senate Majority Leader Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) announced today that Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 265, a bill that will end the practice of lunch shaming students whose parents have outstanding school lunch debt.

In recent years, the practice of school lunch shaming has come to light. In some school cafeterias, students who haven’t paid lunch fees are directed out of lunch lines and instead given bread and cheese, or their lunches are simply dumped into the garbage while peers look on.

SACRAMENTO – Senate Majority Leader Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) announced today that he will not be advancing SB 51 this year, but emphasized his commitment to work together with sponsor Fiona Ma and the Governor’s Office to iron out necessary clarifications and implementation details.

“If we’re going to do this, we have to do it right,” said Hertzberg. “We owe it to the dozens of cities, counties, and cannabis industry officials who have been supporting this effort to see it through.”

SACRAMENTO – Senate Majority Leader Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) today applauded the decision of the Assembly Appropriations Committee to clear SB 51 for a vote on the Senate Floor.

SACRAMENTO – Senate Majority Leader Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) released the following statement today in response to AB 1054 passing on the Senate Floor:

“It is so important that the Senate approved this measure, because at this critical juncture, the cost of doing nothing is simply too high. AB 1054 intelligently balances the interests of fire victims, ratepayers, utilities, and our natural environment. It strengthens the foundations of an energy system that works for all Californians, while ensuring our resilience against whatever perils may come.”