The funding, secured by Senator Becker, will support the renovation of an aging property into affordable homes serving farmworkers and their family members.
State Senator Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park) has announced $1 million in state funding for Casa de las Flores, a major affordable housing initiative led by Puente de la Costa Sur that will transform property in Pescadero into safe, healthy, and affordable homes for local farmworkers and their families.
Governor Newsom signs SB 949, formally recognizing the Santa Cruz Mountains as a landscape of statewide significance
SACRAMENTO, CA — Governor Gavin Newsom has signed SB 923, the Expanding Privacy Rights Act, by Senator Josh Becker (D–Menlo Park), which strengthens Californians’ ability to reclaim control over their personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
SB 923 expands consumers’ right to delete personal information to include data that businesses obtain from third parties, including data brokers. It passed the Legislature with overwhelming bipartisan support.
SB 1048 earns bipartisan support, heads to Governor’s desk
Senator Josh Becker (D–Menlo Park) issued the following statement regarding the proposed development at 80 Willow Road in Menlo Park:
“The mammoth project proposed for development at 80 Willow Road in Menlo Park was, and continues to be, the prime example of why the builders remedy process needs major reforms.
Nation's first comprehensive AI transparency framework ushers in a quiet revolution of digital transparency and consumer protection
SACRAMENTO, CA — On August 1, California began implementing the California Artificial Intelligence Transparency Act (CAITA), the nation's first comprehensive AI transparency framework, ushering in what Senator Josh Becker (D–Menlo Park) calls "the beginning of a quiet revolution" for the internet.
SACRAMENTO, CA — California has robust anti-price gouging laws to prevent businesses from exploiting consumers for excessive profit during emergencies. These protections authorize the Governor of California to declare a state of emergency and allow the Attorney General to combat this unfair practice and protect consumers from excessive price increases on basic consumer necessities like food, water, and gasoline in response to natural disasters and other specified emergencies.
The California State Senate passed SB 913 by Senator Josh Becker (D–Menlo Park) to create an improved pathway for customer-owned resources (e.g., home batteries, electric vehicles, thermostats), to compete fairly with other resources (e.g., peaker plants, diesel generators) to offer the least cost option for providing reliability to the electric grid.