EAST PALO ALTO, CA – At the Cooley Landing Park in East Palo Alto, Senator Josh Becker (D–Menlo Park) announced today that he and the Bay Area Caucus have successfully secured a doubling of state funding for coastal resilience and Bay Area flood protection projects through Proposition 4 allocations in the FY 2025–26 budget.
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Measure aims to protect vital information, including immigration status, which can be used to target vulnerable communities.
SACRAMENTO, CA — Today, legislation to establish a regional grid and bring meaningful savings to ratepayers and expand California’s clean energy goals has been finalized and is pending in the State Legislature with broad support.
SACRAMENTO, CA — Today California is moving closer to streamlining access to medically necessary care for patients with the passage of SB 306, the Defending Physicians Decisions Act, authored by Senator Josh Becker (D‑Menlo Park). SB 306 cleared the Assembly Health Committee and now advances to the Assembly Appropriations Committee for further consideration.
Bill advances to target smarter use of batteries, smart chargers, and other demand-flex tools
SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Legislative Bay Area Caucus released the following statement on preserving the Bay Area Transit Bridge Loan:
“As members of the California State Legislature’s Bay Area Caucus, we strongly urge the Governor and Department of Finance (DOF) to reconsider their decision to pause the $750 million dollar bridge loan funding agreement. Denying funds needed to prevent service cuts will be detrimental to transit operators throughout the Bay Area.
SACRAMENTO, CA – The Chair and Vice Chair of the California Legislative Bay Area Caucus, Senator Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park) and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) released the following statement:
SACRAMENTO, CA – In a decisive step toward lowering energy costs and building a smarter, more resilient electric grid, the California State Senate today passed SB 541, which directs electricity suppliers to take advantage of one of the most underutilized cost-saving opportunities in the energy sector: load shifting.