Press Releases

SACRAMENTO – Last night, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 583, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) and co-authored by Coachella Valley Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella. The law 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, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 764, the Child Content Creator Rights Act. The bill, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego), will ensure content creators under 18 earn fair financial benefits from the use of their image.




SACRAMENTO – Today, Governor Newsom signed into law Senator Steve Padilla’s Senate Bill 1105 which allows California farmworkers to use sick time when environmental conditions prove too hazardous to work.




SACRAMENTO –Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) released the following statement following his bill, Senate Bill 1208, being held on the Assembly Floor:




SACRAMENTO – Today, the California State Senate passed Senate Bill 583, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) and co-authored by Coachella Valley Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella), with bipartisan support. 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 State Legislature passed Senate Bill 764, the Child Content Creator Rights Act. The bill, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego), would ensure content creators under 18 earn fair financial benefits from the use of their image.




SACRAMENTO –Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) released the following statement today following the death of San Diego police officer Austin Machitar:




SACRAMENTO – Today, in a move promoting equity to all Californians ,regardless of who they love or how they identify, the California State Assembly approved Senate Bill 990 by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego). The bill would direct the Office of Emergency Services to specifically establish what best practices state and local governments are to use when addressing the needs of the LGBTQ+ community after a disaster.