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.
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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.
SACRAMENTO – Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) introduced Senate Bill 619 yesterday, expanding the California Energy Commission’s authority to certify transmission projects and prioritizing those projects for the Commission.
SACRAMENTO – Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) today introduced Senate Bill 583, creating the Salton Sea Conservancy, unifying the state’s efforts to accomplish necessary and overdue preservation projects, protecting residents’ health, and fostering ecological recovery in the area.
SACRAMENTO – Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) today announced new legislation, Senate Bill 471, that would create a hiring tax credit for qualifying lithium recovery businesses, spurring local job creation, and stimulating green energy employment opportunities to the Salton Sea Region.