Legislation

 

2025 Legislation 

SB 451 Gambling Control Act: Investigations and prosecutions

  • SB 451 establishes a structured framework for investigating illegal unlicensed gambling by the Department of Justice, closing a major enforcement gap that currently allows illegal operators to thrive with little oversight. Following a report by the State Auditor in 2022, the Department of Justice has no longer been able to use Indian Gaming Special Distribution Funds to go after and investigate unlicensed gaming in California. This has coincided with increased levels of unlicensed gaming in Southern California, where we have illegal operations in both residential and commercial areas, fueling violent crime, drug activity, and financial fraud. The bill creates an Illegal Gambling Enforcement Fund financed through penalties and fines from illegal gambling prosecutions that will allow the State to once again be able to investigate and prosecute unlicensed gambling in California.

SB 793 Unsafe Lighters

  • SB 793 would prohibit a person from selling, or distributing a counterfeit or unsafe lighter that does not comply with specified ASTM International standards. China and other countries have imported counterfeit, unsafe pocket and utility lighters into the United States for decades. These unregulated items have led to thousands of injuries, millions of dollars in damages, and hundreds of deaths including children. More than 300 million imported lighters entered the U.S. in 2017. Lighters made to look like toys or firearms, marketed towards children, have caused accidental fires and harm and would be banned under this bill as well. This is a common sense public safety solution that will protect children and stop the sale of dangerous lighters in California.

SB 349 Parole: Blue Emergency Lights

  • SB 349 will improve public and officer safety by authorizing parole officers to display blue emergency warning lights from their emergency vehicles after completing a training course. Without blue warning lights, other law enforcement and first responders are less likely to recognize, assist and support parole officers in the performance of their duties. This is especially important in cases where an officer is transporting someone who is suffering a medical emergency. When this happens, every second counts.  Parole officers may also be called upon for assistance by other law enforcement during emergencies but cannot display blue warning lights to alert other officers on scene, creating unnecessary confusion for all and an unnecessary safety risk for the general public.

SB 537 Reform of Parole for 1st and 2nd Degree Murder Convictions

  • Murderers sentenced to life terms should be appropriately supervised on parole with the option of returning them to CDCR custody if necessary to ensure public safety.  The enactment of conflicting Parole reform efforts by California has led to unintended consequences in the administration of parole for inmates convicted of serious crimes like murder. As such, SB 537 restores lifetime parole and penalties for parole violations for those convicted of 1st and 2nd degree murder, which are critical steps to ensuring accountability and protecting public safety.  Similar to sex offenders, this bill would exclude murderers from early parole termination and allow such parole violators to be returned to custody for violations of parole.

SB 667 Rail Safety Act

  • SB 667 will increase public and operator safety in California’s heavy rail sector by requiring a railroad to operate a network of wayside detector systems on or adjacent to its tracks, limit the total length of trains originating in California, and require the that stationary trains blocking at-grade railroad crossings be cut, separated, or moved to allow passage of emergency vehicles. This measure addresses critical safety gaps in California's rail system by implementing targeted measures informed by recent derailments, industry operational changes, and evolving understanding of rail safety best practices.

SB 536 – Workers’ compensation insurance fraud reporting

  • SB 536 is needed due to substantial underreporting or misreporting of payroll to insurers by dishonest employers, which directly impacts the competitiveness of honest businesses and California’s ability to collect taxes. Honest employers simply should not have to pay more than their fair share due to those engaging in premium fraud.  This bill is designed to help EDD identify and prevent tax evasion by businesses who misrepresent their payroll data by allowing EDD to limitedly compare payroll data with Insurers to identify fraud. This builds off of a successful Pilot Program initiated by the State Fund in Coordination with EDD and would extend these fraud protections to the remaining 90% of California’s Insurance market.

SB 409 – Public Contracts: County-Owned Buildings

  • SB 409 would raise, from $50,000 to $175,000, the force account limit for performing alterations or repairs on county-owned facilities. After more than 40 years, increasing the force account to reflect the normal costs of inflation will enhance counties’ capacity to maintain infrastructure effectively and will permit counties to expedite vital repairs and upgrades, ensuring county facilities remain operational and effective. The limit increase will help communities affected by natural disasters by avoiding bottlenecks related to contractor availability ensuring they can undertake the tens of millions of dollars in private and public recovery projects needed to get communities’ housing, public buildings, businesses, and other infrastructure built as quickly as possible. An increase in the force account limit enables the trades to focus on large revitalization and construction projects while public agencies can use their work force to do modest projects quickly and professionally.

SB 480 – Autonomous vehicles: Automated Driving System (ADS) Lamps

  • SB 480 would authorize an autonomous vehicle to be equipped with automated driving system (ADS) marker lamps beginning on January 1, 2026. Authorizing vehicles with automated driving systems to be equipped with marker lamps will strengthen public safety and promote acceptance of automated driving systems by clearly communicating to pedestrians, law enforcement, and other road users when the systems are engaged.

SB 374 Pupil enrollment: Class size report.

  • SB 374 seeks to reduce the amount of Annual reports school districts have to report each year.  Currently, local educational agencies are required to annually produce 170 reports nearly equivalent to the statutorily required 180 instructional days in the school year. School district staff are spending an inordinate amount of time in the office gathering, compiling, drafting, formatting, and submitting reports that could otherwise be focused on the needs of our students. The sheer number of reports can be suffocating for school districts and detracts from their ability to meet the educational needs of students. This bill will help alleviate the administrative costs and burdens placed on school districts while maintaining accountability and providing cohesive relevant data to support better policy development and improved outcomes for our public education system.

SB 779 – Contractors: Civil Penalties

  • SB 779 would increase enforcement fine “minimums” to be commensurate with recent statutory maximum increases for certain violations under the Contractors State Licensing Board. Administrative law judges (ALJs) frequently and significantly reduce fines during citation appeals, these reductions result in fines that do not adequately support Enforcement Division workload, do not provide an incentive to comply with the Contractors State License Law, and provide minimal ability for the Board to recuperate the cost of litigating an administrative citation.

SB 296: Property Tax Exemption

  • This measure expands the disabled veteran’s exemption to allow a full property tax exemption for 100 percent disabled veterans. Veterans, like all Californians, are feeling the pressure of rising housing costs. SB 296 seeks to provide a helping hand with much needed tax relief for disabled veterans throughout the state. There are several states that waive property taxes for 100% disabled veterans, including Florida, Texas, Virginia, New Mexico, and Hawaii. As we look to the future, we must continue to ensure that we utilize every tool at our discretion to help keep veterans in their homes and in California. This disabled veterans’ exemption honors their bravery and commitment to our nation while also assisting those who are struggling with the high cost of living in California.

SCA 4/SB 623: Veteran Homeowner Exemption

  • This bill would allow a Veteran that receives the veterans’ exemption or the disabled veterans’ exemption to also receive the homeowners’ exemption. The Civilian exemption is nearly twice the amount of the veteran's exemption and existing law does not permit a qualifying property owner to claim more than one exemption. Therefore, the number of veterans claiming this exemption is minimal, and the Board of Equalization notes that their most recent data indicate ZERO applications for this exemption. This exemption has become obsolete and is in need of reform. Veterans throughout the state deserve a homeowner exemption that provides families with a meaningful tax relief to help combat the cost of living in California. 

SB 759: Keith Boyer Act 

  • SB 759 was introduced in direct response to the shooting death of Officer Keith Boyer of the Whittier Police Department in 2017 by an individual on post-release. The community of Whittier continues to mourn the February 20, 2017 fatal shooting of Whittier Police Officer Keith Boyer and wounding Whittier Police Officer Patrick Hazell. It was the first killing of a police officer in nearly 40 years in the City of Whittier. Officer Boyer’s death not only impacted the City of Whittier but resonated with cities and towns across California, highlighting the need for effective management of post-release supervision. This bill provides enforcement and oversight for individuals on post release community supervision to ensure communities are safe from dangerous criminals.

SB 571: Firefighter/Law Enforcement Impersonators and Looting

  • This bill would ensure accountability for those who take advantage of peoples’ pain and disarray during states of emergency resulting from natural disasters. It would guarantee those who loot and steal within an affected county during and within 180 days of the termination of an emergency order will serve a mandatory minimum of 180 days in county jails with no opportunity of a reduced sentence. Additionally, any person who seeks to take advantage of a community by impersonating a first responder will face up to a year in county jail and/or a fine of up to $20,000. People suffering through natural disaster have enough to deal with, no one should be preying on their pain.

 

 

2024 Legislation

SB 923 (Serial Theft) 

Died in Senate Public Safety

  • SB 923 would increase penalties for repeat theft offenders and would require a person convicted of petty theft or shoplifting, upon a third offense, to be charged with a felony and sentenced to up to 3 years in jail. 

SB 1021(Blue Lights) 

Died in Senate Appropriations

  • SB 1021 would authorize parole officers to display the blue warning light from their emergency vehicles if they complete a 4-hour training course.

SB 1081 Driver’s License: Selective Service) 

Died in Assembly Transportation

Pass Senate Floor, Senate Transportation, Senate Appropriations

  • This bill would align California with forty states, Washington, DC, and four U.S. Territories that have laws linking Selective Service System registration with obtaining a driver's license, identification card, and renewals. The bill requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to include in the driver’s license application an option for an eligible individual to register for the federal Selective Service System (SSS). 

SB 1158 Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program  (Signed)

Passed Assembly Floor: Pass Assembly Appropriations, Pass Assembly Natural Resources, Pass Assembly Transportation

Pass Senate Floor: Pass Senate Transportation, Pass Senate Environmental Quality 

  • SB 1158 would extend the deadline for the period of liquidation to June 30 of the 6th calendar year and would increase the amount of moneys that a local air district may use from its allocation of costs from 6.25% to 12.5%. 

SB 1204 Planning and Zoning Law: Electric Vehicle Charging Stations 

Died in Senate Committee of rules 

  • Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, with regard to zoning regulations, requires every city, county, and city and county to administratively approve an application to install electric vehicle charging stations and, until January 1, 2030, hydrogen-fueling stations that meet certain requirements, through the issuance of a building permit or similar nondiscretionary permit, as prescribed.
  • This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

SB 1262 (Crimes: Supervised Release) 

Passed Senate Floor: Passed Senate Public Safety, Passed Senate Appropriations

Passed Assembly Public Safety, Died in Assembly Appropriations 

  • This bill will ensure that our communities are safe from dangerous criminals by requiring the board of Parole Hearings to consider the entire history of an inmate, not just the most recent commitment offense; ensure that upon a third Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS) violation, there be a mandatory PRCS revocation hearing; and improve information sharing between the Division of Adult Parole Operations (DAPO) and county probation departments. 

SB 1276 (Vehicles: Parking Violations) 

Died in Senate Transportation 

  • SB 1276 authorizes electronic citing of parking violations. This will improve enforcement and safety for law enforcement and local governments. Bill’s language is still being developed and is supported by the Police Chiefs and local governments.

SB 1315 (School Accountability: Local Educational Agencies: Annual Reporting Requirements) Signed 

Pass Assembly Floor: Pass Assembly Education, Pass Assembly Appropriations

Pass Senate Floor: Pass Senate Education, Pass Senate Appropriations

  • This measure that would require the California Department of Education (CDE) to produce a report on the number of all state and reports required of local educational agencies (LEAs).

SB 1330 (Urban Retail Water Supplier: Water Use) 

Pass Senate Floor: Pass Senate Natural Resources and Water, Pass Senate Appropriations

Pass Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife, Died in Assembly Appropriations

  • This bill provides flexibility for water suppliers to comply with water conservation mandates, which will reduce costs and provide more time for reaching the urban water use objectives established in 2018 based on recommendations by the Office of the Legislative Analyst.

SB 1335 (The California Cadet corps) 

Pass Assembly Floor: Pass Assembly Appropriations, Pass Assembly Higher Education , Pass Assembly Military and Veterans Affairs 

  • This bill will permit additional California Cadet Corps programs to be established, ensuring more young Californians have access to this life changing program and will make other technical and non-substantive revisions needed to update state law in portions governing the CACC.

SB 1336 (Department of General Services: State Property Metropolitan State Hospital) 

Pass Senate Floor: Senate Governmental Organization

Pass Assembly Floor: Passed Assembly Governmental Organization, Passed Assembly Appropriations

  • This bill would, as an exception to the above-described provision, also authorize the director, with the consent of the State Department of State Hospitals, to lease to a nonprofit corporation or local government, for a period not to exceed 65 years, 7 buildings located at Metropolitan State Hospital in the City of Norwalk. The bill would require the lease to be entered into for the purposes of providing care, resources, and housing to persons with, among other things, behavioral health needs, upon the terms and conditions deemed by the director to be in the best interest of the state.

SB 1388 (Education Finance: Community Colleges: General Fund Balance) 

Passed Senate Education, Died in Senate Appropriations

  • This measure states that a district cannot hold an unrestricted reserve over 16.7% unless they provide their part time faculty health insurance, pay part time faculty for office hours, and have at least 75% of its faculty as full time faculty.

SB 1418 (Hydrogen-Fueling Stations) 

Signed by governor

Pass Senate Floor: Senate Local Government, Senate Transportation

Pass Assembly Floor: Passed Assembly Local Government, Passed Assembly Transportation, Passed  Assembly Appropriations

  • This bill would require every city, county, or city and county to adopt an ordinance that creates an expedited, streamlined permitting process for hydrogen-fueling stations.

 

SB 1465 (State Building Standards) 

Pass Senate Floor: Passed Senate Housing, Passed Senate Judiciary, Passed Senate Appropriations

Pass Assembly Floor: Passed Assembly Appropriations, Passed Assembly Housing and Community Development 

  • SB 1465 extends existing inspections and code enforcement to buildings used for human habitation, regardless of zoning, and improves tenant protections when buildings are deemed unsafe.

SB 1503 (Cannabis: Workers and License Requirements) 

Died in Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development

  • This bill creates a new process for the validation of labor enforcement compliance to combat the underground economy, ensure safe working conditions, ensure proper employer classification of workers, ensure compliance with labor peace and/or labor neutrality agreements, ensure proper payment of wages, ensure workers’ compensation coverage, ensure proper scope of retail tax collection, and ensure the payment of all employer and employee taxes. 

Twp Year Bills 

SB 783 (Veteran Suicide Program) 

Pass Senate Floor: Pass Senate Military and Veterans Affair, Pass Senate Health, Pass Senate Appropriations

Assembly Military and Veterans Committee

  • Senate Bill 783 establishes a Veteran Suicide Prevention Training Pilot Program in Los Angeles and Nevada counties, with the purpose to offer individuals in each county and city veterans service officer specialized training and certification in the prevention of military-connected and veteran suicide.

SB 871/SCA 6 (Property Taxation: Homeowners’, veterans’, and Disabled Veterans’ Exemption) 

Pass Senate Floor Pass Senate Governance and Finance, Pass Senate Appropriations

Passed Assembly Rules Committee, Died in Assembly Revenue and Tax

  • These measures authorizes Veteran Homeowners to utilize the Veteran homeowner’s exemption and the homeowner’s exemption.

 

SB 726 (Property Taxation: Exemption: Disabled veteran Homeowners) 

Pass Senate Floor: Pass Senate Governance and Finance, Pass Senate Military and veterans Affairs, pass Senate Appropriations 

Pass Assembly Military and Veterans Affairs, Died in Rev and Tax Committee

  • 100 percent property tax exemption for 100 percent disabled veterans.
 

2023 Legislation

SB 356 Housing: Code Enforcement Incentive Program: Community Code Enforcement Pilot Program

 Inactive Bill --- Died

  • SB 356 will refund restore funding to and modify the Code Enforcement Grant Incentive Program and the Community Code Enforcement Incentive Program. The bill would revise the cash or in-kind local match requirement to require a recipient city and county to match at least 35% of the funds awarded over 3 years.

SB 388 Alcoholic Beverage Tax: Beer Manufacturer Returns and Schedules (signed)

Pass Senate Governance and Finance, Pass Senate Governmental Organization, Pass Senate Appropriations, Pass senate floor 

Pass Assembly Revenue and Taxation, Pass Assembly Appropriations, Pass Assembly Floor

  •  SB 388 requires information contained in a beer manufacturer’s alcoholic beverage tax returns and accompanying schedules to be made public upon request.

SB 412 Parole Hearings (signed)

Pass Senate Floor, Pass Assembly Public Safety 

  • Crime victims who wish to attend a parole hearing are required by law and regulation to tell the Board of Parole Hearings of their plan to attend. Current regulations require “direct” victims like an assault or rape victim to provide 15 days’ notice of their intent to attend but require “indirect” victims like the family members of someone murdered to provide 30 days’ notice. This unjustified discrepancy creates two classes of victims and this bill would require all victims, direct or indirect, to provide only 15 days of notice.

SB 514 Wiretapping: Authorization (signed)

Pass Senate Floor: Pass Senate Public Safety, Pass Senate Appropriations

Pass Assembly Floor: Pass Assembly Public Safety, Pass Assembly Appropriations 

 

  • This bill will extend the sunset date for California Penal Code sections 629.50 – 629.98 until January 1, 2030, and allow for the continued use of electronic interceptions as an investigative tool of last resort for law enforcement agencies. 

SB 563 SCAQMD (Failed)

Pass Senate Appropriations, Pass Senate Governance and Finance????

  • SB 563 clarifies state law to allow local air districts to be considered “independent special districts” solely for purposes of receiving state and federal funding. It will also allow air districts to apply for vital funding opportunities that may utilize the somewhat arbitrary label of “independent special district” as a prerequisite for funding eligibility.

SB 602 Trespass (signed)

Pass Senate Floor: Pass Senate Public Safety 

Pass Assembly Floor: Pass Assembly Public Safety

  • SB 602 will help local governments deal with public nuisance and graffiti issues by extending the timeframe for Letters of Agency from 30 days up to 12 months based on local ordinances and extends the operative timeframe for trespass authorization letters from 12 months to 3 years if the property is closed to the public and posted as being closed.

SB 663 Clean Hydrogen

Pass Senate Floor: Pass Senate Appropriations , Pass Senate Environmental Quality, Pass Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications 

Pass Assembly Floor: 

  • SB 663 proposes expanding the RPS to include a renewable hydrogen definition and creates eligibility for additional renewable hydrogen technologies – specifically linear generators and gas turbines.

SB 726 Property Tax Exemption

Pass Senate Floor: Senate Governance and Finance, Pass Senate Military and Veterans Affairs, Pass Senate Appropriations 

Pass Assembly: Assembly Military and Veterans Affair 

  • The measure expands the disabled veterans’ exemption to allow a full property tax exemption for 100 percent disabled veterans.

SB 757 Railroads: Contract Crew Transportation Vehicles (signed)

Pass Senate Floor: Senate Appropriations, Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications 

Pass Assembly Floor: Assembly Appropriations, Assembly Communications and Conveyance 

  • The bill would require the Public Utilities Commission to regulate contract crew transportation vehicles and their operators.
  • In addition to requiring reasonable insurance coverage for charter companies captured under the bill, SB 757 would require the commission to compile data regarding any reported safety complaints, accidents, regulatory violations and fines, and corrective actions taken by the commission involving a contract crew transportation vehicle.

SB 783 Veteran Suicide

Pass Senate: Senate Military and Veterans Affairs, Senate Health, Senate Appropriations 

  • Senate Bill 783 establishes a Veteran Suicide Prevention Training Pilot Program in Los Angeles and Nevada counties, with the purpose to offer individuals in each county and city veterans service officer specialized training and certification in the prevention of military-connected and veteran suicide.

SB 806 Trash Receptacles and Storage Containers: Reflective Markings: Enforcement (signed)

Pass Senate Floor: Senate Judiciary 

Pass Assembly Floor: Assembly Appropriations, Assembly Transportation

  • Senate Bill 741 would require a person or entity who sells or provides a trash receptacle or storage container that meets certain size criteria to mark the receptacle or container with a reflective marking on each side.

SB 837 Energy: Building Energy Standards: Sealed and Unvented Attics  (signed)

Pass Senate Floor: Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications 

Pass Assembly Floor: Assembly Appropriations, Assembly Utilities and Energy 

  • Senate Bill 1249 would further California’s building energy efficiency goals by directing the California Energy Commission (CEC) to consider including unvented attics in the definition of “conditioned space, indirectly” when triennially updating California’s Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Title 24).

SB 855 Day of Veterans

  • SB 855 requires an employer to allow a veteran employee to have the entirety of Veterans’ Day as a non-paid holiday under certain conditions

SB 871 / SCA 6 Veteran Homeowners Exemption

Pass Senate Floor: Senate Governance and Finance, Senate Appropriations 

  • These measures authorizes Veteran Homeowners to utilize the Veteran homeowner’s exemption and the homeowner’s exemption.

SCR 21 Clean Energy: Hydrogen  (signed)

Pass Senate Floor: Senate Environmental Quality

Pass Assembly Floor: Assembly Transportation 

  • Senate Concurrent Resolution 21 recognizes the importance of hydrogen as part of the clean energy transition, recognizes the Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems (ARCHES), and urges ARCHES to prioritize renewable, clean hydrogen for the state.

 

 

2022 Legislation 

I authored eight bills that Governor Newsom signed into law this past year to improve public safety, support our military veterans, and to make transportation safer for our communities and the environment:

SB 277 – Fireworks: dangerous fireworks: seizure: management: Provides the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s (CAL FIRE’s) Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) the authority to manage – instead of only dispose of – illegal fireworks.

SB 950 – Vet Cal Fresh: Requires the State Department of Social Services to submit a request to the United States Department of Agriculture to exclude the basic allowance for housing for members of a uniformed service from countable income in the calculation of CalFresh eligibility.

SB 954 – Operating Engineers Database: Requires the Department of Industrial Relations to establish a database of electronic-Certified Payroll Records that is accessible to both multi-employer Taft-Hartley trust funds (29 U.S.C. Sec. 186(c)(5)) and joint labor-management committees established pursuant to the federal Labor Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 175a).

SB 984 – CALANGUS – Military Leave: Allows state employees who are members of the National Guard to use military leave if called to active military duty and active emergency military duty for the first thirty calendar days of such active service.

SB 1076 – Lead Paint Conformity: Requires, among other things, the State Department of Public Health, to conform California’s program regulating lead-related construction work to the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule.

SB 1111 – Best Safety Act: Requires a person or entity who sells or provides a trash receptacle or storage container that meets certain size criteria to mark the receptacle or container with a reflective marking on each side to improve nighttime visibility, enabling more reaction time and safer roads for drivers and cyclists at night.

SB 1291 – Hydrogen Permitting: Requires local governments to expand their existing administrative approval process for the permitting of zero-emission vehicle infrastructure to include hydrogen-fueling infrastructure and allows for denials of those permits based only on health or safety impacts.

SB 1428 – Board of Psychology Tech: Creates a new category of registered mental health professional, psychological testing technicians, to meet the growing need for psychological and neuropsychological services while protecting consumers and payers.

 

 

2021 Legislation

I am committed to improving the quality of life and public safety of all the communities in my district. I work on bills that deliver something for everyone: funding for organizations that support military veterans, a statewide study on hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle infrastructure to meet our zero emission targets, and safer protocols for waste haulers to reduce accidental fires that cause wildfires and contribute to climate change.

The seven bills I sent to the Governor’s desk in 2021 for his signature were:

SB 244 – Requires Cal Fire in consultation with relevant state agencies, the waste industry, and local governments to develop protocols for the proper management of the disposal of lithium-ion batteries, including safe handling, detection, and the suppression of fires originating from discarded lithium-ion batteries to follow to prevent fiery waste loads from lithium batteries that lead to wildfires.

SB 268 - Authorizes establishment of the Lower San Gabriel River Recreation and Park District and make changes to the initial board of directors for the Lower Los Angeles River Recreation and Park District.

SB 392 - Will improve accessibility to important documents and reduce delivery costs by requiring homeowner associations (HOAs) to communicate with homeowners via email, unless a resident chooses to receive communications via another method, such as traditional mail.

SB 484 – Protects consumers while allowing them to choose a licensed plumbing contractor to conduct a sewer lateral inspection and make any needed repairs, even if the plumber’s company has performed a home inspection on the same property.

SB 614 – Makes necessary revisions to ensure the CA Military Department Foundation (CMDF) can expend donated funds for Servicemembers and supports the CMDF in collaborating with like-minded organizations to ensure that Servicemember needs are met. 

SB 643 – Requires the California Energy Commission, in consultation with the California Air Resources Board and the Public Utilities Commission, to prepare a statewide assessment of the fuel cell electric vehicle fueling infrastructure and fuel production needed to support the adoption of zero-emission trucks, buses, and off-road vehicles.

SB 800: Improves oversight of real estate and real estate appraiser professionals, while expediting applications for honorably discharged military service members and military spouses with qualifying education, training or credentialing experience. 

As our communities strive to safely reopen and make the long-term planning that is necessary to operate efficiently, I will be there to support them in any way possible. I will be their partner and advocate by continuing to work on common sense legislation. Moreover, I will continue to deliver budget wins to support the immediate and long-term funding that our communities rightfully deserve.