Dear Friends and Neighbors, Please join me, Senator Manka Dhingra and Representative Larry Springer for a Telephone Town Hall on Thursday evening. This is a great opportunity to get your…
Category: Email Updates
Video Update: Modernizing requirements for police chiefs and sheriffs, regulating sodium nitrate, and preparing for the FIFA World Cup!
Dear Friends and Neighbors, The 2025 legislative session is well underway, and I want to update you on an important piece of legislation I’ve sponsored that recently passed out of…
Legislative Update: Committee Work and Protecting Immigrant Communities
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Now that January has come a close, we are headed into Week 4 of the legislative session. Here’s the latest on our process and a few…
Video Update: Session Priorities, Budget Challenges, and FAFSA/WAFSA Completion
Dear Friends and Neighbors, The 2025 Legislative Session convened on January 13th. We are working on a wide range of issues, including addressing the housing crisis, medical and behavioral health,…
Welcome to the 2025 Legislative Session!
Dear Friends and Neighbors, The 2025 Legislative Session is now underway! The Legislature convened on Monday, and we are working on a wide range of issues, including supporting overburdened communities,…
A Note About Election Year Restrictions and How to Contact My Office.
Dear Friends and Neighbors, This is my last email update until this fall. During an election year, state ethics law requires certain restrictions on a legislator’s communications to prevent the…
Legislative Update: Recapping the 2024 legislative session.
Friends and neighbors, We made some major accomplishments during the 2024 legislative session. We focused on boosting support for our public schools, the urgent concern of a dramatic rise in…
Budgets that Invest in Families, Climate Resiliency and Infrastructure
Dear Friends and Neighbors, During this year’s session, the Legislature crafted “supplemental” budgets, which make adjustments to the comprehensive biennial budgets that we passed last year. The final proposals are…
Legislative Update: More than Halfway Through Session + Join Us at a Town Hall on Saturday
Dear Friends and Neighbors, We’re now in week six of this year’s legislative session. For the past week, my fellow legislators and I have been debating various bills on the…
Video Update: Protecting Students + Join Us at a Feb. 17 Town Hall
Dear Friends and Neighbors, In my latest GoodMinute, I talk about efforts in front of the legislature to protect students. These measures include addressing safety at sporting events and on…