Press Releases

Senator Jerry Hill Joins CHP to Name I-280 Rest Area for Officer Dale M. Krings

May 15, 2013

California Highway Patrol Commissioner Joe Farrow, Senator Jerry Hill and dignitaries from other CHP and law enforcement agencies join friends and family members of CHP Officer Dale M. Krings to dedicate a well-known rest area on scenic Interstate 280 in memory of the fallen officer on Friday.

Senator Jerry Hill and Assemblymen Kevin Mullin and Rich Gordon Host Community Dialogue on the State Budget at Foothill College

May 13, 2013

Senator Jerry Hill and Assemblymen Kevin Mullin and Rich Gordon host a community discussion on the state budget on Wednesday that includes an opportunity for the audience to participate in a real-time, on-site budgeting exercise. As a part of the interactive session, attendees will be able to click on options to increase or cut spending – and see how their choices would affect the proposed state budget.

Hill Introduces Bill to Close Tax Loophole in State Enterprise Zone Program

March 25, 2013

State Sen. Jerry Hill will hold a news conference in Brisbane outside the former home of VWR International to announce he is introducing legislation to close a corporate tax loophole that allowed the laboratory and medical supply company to claim a $37,000 tax credit for each of the 150 local workers it displaced when it moved last year to an enterprise zone in the San Joaquin Valley city of Visalia.

Governor Proclaims State of Emergency in San Mateo County

February 28, 2013

For Immediate Release
Office of State Senator Jerry Hill
 

Senator Jerry Hill Comments on the Governor’s Proclamation of a State of Emergency in San Mateo County

SACRAMENTO – California Governor Jerry Brown today issued a proclamation of a state of emergency in San Mateo County as a result of the severe rainstorm on December 23, 2012 that brought widespread flooding to communities in the county.

Hill Introduces State PUC Reforms, Calls for Audit of Utility Accounts

February 22, 2013

State Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo – joined by San Bruno Mayor Jim Ruane and Mark Toney, Executive Director of The Utility Reform Network (TURN) – will hold a news conference Monday, Feb. 25, in San Francisco to unveil Senate Bill 611, reform legislation that was prompted by the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) decision last October to abruptly suspend public hearings that were to determine how much Pacific Gas & Electric Co. will be fined for the fatal San Bruno gas pipeline explosion.

Senator Jerry Hill Presents Black History Museum Founder Carolyn Hoskins with Quiet Hero Award

February 22, 2013

REDWOOD CITY – State Senator Jerry Hill presented Carolyn Hoskins, the founder of The Domini Hoskins Black History Museum & Learning Center, with a Quiet Hero Award today at a community gathering in Redwood City.

Jerry Hill to Unveil High-Speed Rail Legislation Safeguarding Against 4 Tracks on the Peninsula

February 21, 2013

State Senator Jerry Hill, joined by other elected officials from the Peninsula, introduces the legislation at a news conference at 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 22, at the Palo Alto Caltrain Station.

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Hill Joins South City Seniors to Present 400 Handmade Valentines to California Air National Guard for Overseas Troops

February 11, 2013

Four hundred handmade valentines created by South San Francisco seniors are on their way to members of the California Air National Guard 129th Rescue Wing who were recently deployed to Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa.

Hill Introduces Legislation Enabling State Game Wardens to Partner with Wildlife Groups to Avert Mountain Lion Killings

January 24, 2013

Bill Requiring Consideration of Nonlethal Solutions Stems from
the Shooting of Two Mountain Lion Cubs in Half Moon Bay

Senator Jerry Hill will introduce legislation that would require the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) to utilize nonlethal options when responding to incidents like the one that led to the fatal shooting of two mountain lion cubs by a game warden in the backyard of a home in Half Moon Bay on Dec. 1.

Jerry Hill Confirmed as Chair of State Senate’s Democratic Caucus and Banking Committee

January 07, 2013

The state Senate Rules Committee has confirmed Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, as chair of the Democratic Caucus and the Banking and Financial Institutions Committee and as a member of six other high-profile Senate committees – Appropriations; Budget & Fiscal Review; Budget Subcommittee (No. 4) on State Administration and General Government; Business, Professions & Economic Development; Energy, Utilities and Communications; and Labor and Industrial Relations.

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