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SACRAMENTO, CA – California State Senator Bob Archuleta (D-Pico Rivera) released the following statement after learning of the tragic death of Pico Rivera resident Antonia Mendoza Chavez, who died after a fatal lightning strike while walking her dogs along the San Gabriel River Mid Trail on the morning of June 22, 2022.

SACRAMENTO, CA – California State Senator Bob Archuleta (D-Pico Rivera), released the following statements after the Legislature’s passage of the 2022-23 state budget bill. Summary of the Legislative Version of the 2022-23 State Budget

CERRITOS, CA – California State Senator Bob Archuleta (D-Pico Rivera), in conjunction with the California Association of Nonprofits, recognized the Community Family Guidance Center based in the city of Cerritos as the 32^nd Senate District’s 2022 nonprofit of the year.  

SACRAMENTO, CA – The California State Senate has passed SB 950, which would require the State Department of Social Services (DSS) to submit a request to the United States Department of Agriculture, on or before December 31, 2023, to waive a federal requirement in order to exclude the Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) for members of a uniformed service from countable income in the calculation of CalFresh eligibility.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Yesterday, the California State Senate passed SB 1357, provides tax relief for disabled veterans throughout California. The measure, introduced by Senator Bob Archuleta (D-Pico Rivera), creates an alternative disabled veterans’ exemption, which confers a full exemption from property tax for the entire value of the disabled veteran’s principal place of residence if the disabled veteran taxpayer has lost one or more limbs, is totally blind, and has a 100% United States Department of Veterans Affairs (USDVA) disability rating.

Pico Rivera, CA – Senator Archuleta released the following statement on Governor Gavin Newsom’s revised 2022-23 budget proposal:

Pico Rivera, CA – Senator Archuleta’s bill SB 1323 to require lenders in foreclosure proceedings to hire a realtor and sell the secured property for its appraised value on a multiple listing service has passed the Senate Judiciary Committee. This would allow the defaulted homeowner to be paid for their full savings in home equity in every applicable foreclosure.   

Pico Rivera, CA – Senator Bob Archuleta presented Senate Resolution 67 for the third year in a row proclaiming the week of May 1, 2022, as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week, and encouraging everyone in California to become better informed about, and aware of, Tardive Dyskinesia.