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.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Josh Becker’s (D-Menlo Park) legislation to combat California’s homelessness crisis, SB 606, has passed the Senate, moving California toward functional zero unsheltered homelessness by requiring Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) recipients to assess and plan for the resources needed to bring all unsheltered individuals indoors.
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.
SACRAMENTO, CA – In a major step forward for affordable housing and sustainable growth, the California State Senate today passed SB 358, a bold bill that reduces costly development fees for housing built near public transit. The legislation aims to make it easier and cheaper to build the kind of walkable, climate-smart communities California desperately needs.
SACRAMENTO, CA – In response to federal legislation that would prohibit state and local governments from enforcing any AI laws for a period of ten years, Senator Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park) issued a statement expressing disappointment and concern over mounting efforts to preempt California’s emerging artificial intelligence (AI) regulations with watered-down federal legislation.
SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA — Senator Josh Becker, Assemblymember Marc Berman, and San Mateo County Supervisor Ray Mueller today issued a joint call for immediate and long term action intervention by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to address hazardous road conditions on Highway 92, where a naturally occurring spring has caused persistent and dangerous wet pavement and multiple recent vehicle spinouts.