Nancy Skinner
@NancySkinnerCA
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Progressive state senator representing the East Bay's District 9. To reach my office, go here: Comment policy:
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We made history!!!
@GavinNewsom
has signed into law
#SB206
, making California the first state in the nation to allow college athletes to get paid for their name, image, and likeness!!
#FairPaytoPlayAct
#ShowMetheMoney
I’m so incredibly proud to share this moment with all of you.
@gavinnewsom
came to The Shop to do something that will change the lives for countless athletes who deserve it!
@uninterrupted
hosted the formal signing for SB 206 allowing college athletes to responsibly get paid.
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One week ago, first night of the GOP Convention, many of my GOP state senate colleagues watched the convention together, w/out distancing and w/out masks. Tuesday Sen Brian Jones tested positive for COVID, requiring the rest, as per public health guidelines, to be quarantined.
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Announcement: I’m proud to endorse
@ewarren
for president!
I love the optimism Sen. Warren brings to our fight to end income inequality and secure justice and opportunity for every American. She has the unwavering purpose and strength to lead our nation.
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Californians have a right to know when officers are dishonest, use deadly force. History in the making: CA’s secrecy that has prevented public access to any & all police misconduct records about to be lifted. My
#SB1421
just passed State Assembly! On way to Senate for concurrence
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I'm extremely pleased to announce my new chief of staff,
@Jess_Bartholow
, starting 12/7. Many in the Capitol community know her from her 11 years of fierce advocacy at
@Western_Center
and before that leading CA's anti-hunger advocacy for a decade. Join me in welcoming her!
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Must watch piece from
@TheDailyShow
on why the Census is so vitally important -->
Why is the census so important and why is census suppression called voter suppression’s nasty little cousin?
@DulceSloan
finds out:
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State gives S.F. 30 days to explain why it blocked 800 housing units in recent months
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"A growing number of Oakland landlords are offering one or two months of free rent with the signing of a 12-month or longer lease as they vie to attract tenants, who have their pick of new housing to choose from."
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Gotta respect the elders.
@drharryedwards
' "Revolt of the Black Athlete" & organizer of '68 Olympics protest, and
@kaj33
. Thank you for making me aware of exploitation of college athletes, esp. Black athletes. You are my inspiration behind
#SB206
!
@KingJames
@katelyn_ohashi
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Great news that the Biden & Newsom admins are launching a mass vaccine site at Oakland Coliseum!
The vaccine rollout must prioritize equity, and as
@GavinNewsom
noted, opening a site in East Oakland will ensure impacted communities are not left behind.
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Truly honored that
@SenWarren
&
@carroll_fife
of
@CalOrganize
pointed to my bill,
#SB1079
, in their terrific op-ed in
@washingtonpost
!!
SB 1079 is designed to block another Wall Street takeover of homes if we experience another foreclosure crisis.
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Fact check: Los Altos Mayor Eng said
@Scott_Wiener
's
#SB50
(I'm coauthor) would "Manhattanize" CA. SB 50 allows 4 to 5 story buildings. NYC has thousands of buildings over 10 stories & hundreds that are 40 stories & higher. Photo illustrates the difference.
#TheMoreYouKnow
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Democracy is a team sport. The Legislature is a team sport. One of the teams is acting out and undermining the People’s Business. It’s bad sportsmanship, and it’s wrong.
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Thanking
@POTUS
at the
@WhiteHouse
for his call to action on
#SchoolMealsforAll
!
@JoeBiden
's American Rescue Plan began
#UniversalSchoolMeals
nationwide, paving CA’s path to be 1st to give 2 free meals every school day. Now Biden’s strategy is inspiring other states to join.
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Many of these GOP colleagues have loudly objected to their quarantine repeatedly over this week. A quarantine that could have been avoided had the simple public health guidelines, we’ve all been advised to follow, been followed.
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Yes! My bill,
#SB206
-- which will give California college athletes the rights to monetize their name, image, and likeness -- just won unanimous approval from the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
Background on the bill:
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Let's go Oakland! My legislation, SB 293, which would streamline the process for financing infrastructure related to the
@Athletics
proposed new ballpark at Howard Terminal, just won bipartisan approval on the state Senate floor! The current vote is 34-0.
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Let's go Oakland! My legislation, SB 293, which would streamline the process for financing infrastructure improvements around the
@Athletics
planned new privately financed ballpark at Howard Terminal, won approval this evening from the Senate Governance and Finance Committee!
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Excited that we have reached a deal on a
#caleg
budget trailer bill, SB 118/AB 168, that is designed to allow UC Berkeley to reinstate its fall enrollment plans, so that 2,600+ students can attend one of the world's finest universities.
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Today is the 1-yr anniversary of college athletes winning NIL rights, so I'm reflecting on hanging w/
@KingJames
&
@katelyn_ohashi
when
@GavinNewsom
signed
#SB206
, making CA the 1st state to enact an NIL law. Now, all college athletes can earn $$ from their talent & hard work!
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Yes!!! The California State Senate has spoken! It has just passed my legislation,
#SB206
, which will allow California college athletes to earn income from endorsement deals, with bipartisan support on 31-4 vote.
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I am proud to unveil today the “Housing Crisis Act of 2019,” a sweeping new initiative that will speed up the creation of new housing in California at a time when the state is facing an extreme housing crisis in both supply and affordability.
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Editorial: Eliminate parking requirements: Housing people is more important than housing cars
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Another victory for justice: CA’s outdated Felony murder rule, which irrationally treats those who didn't commit murder the same as those who did, is about to get fixed! State Assembly just passed my
#SB1437
. Now on to State Senate and then to
@JerryBrownGov
Will keep you posted.
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Proud to be sworn in today for my 2nd term in the Senate. Thank you, District 9. Your votes broke records. Highest CA Senate vote count ever!
Can't wait to get in more "good trouble." -
#Johnlewis
Never forget: "Women belong in all places where decisions are being made." -
#RBG
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The Racist History of Single-Family Home Zoning
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Tfw when all 13 of your eligible bills have been OK'd by both houses of the CA Legislature, and 4 have already been signed into law:
SB 18: tenant protections (signed)
SB 42: Getting Home Safe
SB 44: Ditching Dirty Diesel
SB 49: Smart appliances
SB 206: Fair Pay to Play Act
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For decades, college sports has generated billions for all involved except the very people most responsible for creating the wealth. That’s wrong.
#SB206
allows student athletes like
@katelyn_ohashi
to finally monetize their name, image, & likeness.
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Honored to officially swear-in my new chief of staff,
@Jess_Bartholow
, this morning outside my Berkeley home!
Welcome to Team Skinner! Let's get in some good trouble!
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Strategy that addresses racial equity & climate change? Minneapolis 2040 Plan. Why? Berkeley Urbanist Peter Calthorpe calculates "urban densification alone... US could achieve half the carbon reductions needed to hold global temperatures to a rise of 2°C"
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Zillow research: Homelessness climbs fast when percent of income spent on rent crosses 22%. When rent affordability goes above 32% homelessness rises rapidly. SF residents average 60% of income, San Jose 41.7%, Oakland 44.7%, compared to 28% nat’l average
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Berkeley’s plan to move forward on allowing new duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes in most neighborhoods is pivotal to addressing our housing crisis.
My take -->
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Fantastic! The California Senate just gave final approval to my bill,
#SB330
, the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, on a 30-4 vote!
SB 330 is designed to speed up the creation of housing in California over the next five years.
The bill now goes to
@GavinNewsom
for consideration.
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“The Bay Area is increasingly becoming a place unaffordable to the children of NIMBY parents, who have blocked the approvals of new homes that lock out our own sons and daughters from being able to live in the communities in which we raised them.”
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Tonight, the last night of CA’s legislative session, some GOP reps have taken their objection to new heights actively trying to stop the People’s Business, filibustering & stalling to run down the clock so important bills on police reform, COVID response, housing., don’t pass.
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Editorial: A vote against SB50 is a vote for California’s housing and homelessness crisis
#SB50
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L.A. can’t become an affordable, livable city by protecting single-family zoning
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GRAND SLAM!!
We hit it out of the park!
We're about to end the exploitation of California college athletes.
The CA Assembly just passed
#SB206
, the Fair Pay to Play Act, with ALL yes votes!!
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Wow!! Got to meet one of my personal heroes today - Amy Schneider at the CA Capitol.
@Jeopardamy
is a 40!! time winner of Jeopardy! & an Oakland resident. As the first openly transgender contestant on Jeopardy, she was also honored as part of our LGBTQ Pride Month celebration.
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Let's Go Oakland! My bill,
#SB293
, which will make it easier for Oakland to finance infrastructure upgrades around a new A's ballpark, won approval in the Assembly on a 48-7 vote.
The bill now goes back to the Senate for a concurrence vote before heading to the governor's desk.
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The fact is some of my Republican colleagues don’t care to have an effective legislature. They are not supportive of justice reform. They don’t want to move policy that might help thousands Californians facing eviction.
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‘The city that is happy to cast shade’: How Emeryville has become a YIMBY poster child
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Excellent! The CA Senate Education Committee voted unanimously today for my bill,
#SB364
, the Free School Meals for All Act!
SB 364 will reduce hunger, improve learning, help families, and support CA farmers and food producers.
Background on the bill:
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Folks,
If you are a CA renter unable to pay some or all your rent or utilities due to the pandemic, APPLY NOW for state rental assistance. You will get:
- 100% of past & future rent paid
- 100% of utilities paid
- Eviction protections
More info here-->
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Gov.
@GavinNewsom
's signing of SB 65, the California Momnibus Act, represents a significant victory for Black maternal and infant health.
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Every American girls' dream: Holiday Party at the
@WhiteHouse
-- especially with our President
@JoeBiden
!
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Round of applause for Minneapolis: 1st major U.S. city to propose ending single-family home zoning. Confronted fact that purpose of R-1 zoning: racial & economic exclusion. Most of us still live in that legacy of sprawl, high housing costs & segregation
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“The fact is that our 30 to 40-year suppression of building housing in California has come back to haunt us,” Skinner said. “Scarcity drives up prices. The driving-up of prices then drives people out and creates homelessness.”
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Happy Pride! Celebrating with my grand baby Ronan, so her Moms could have the day off!
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Our Dem leadership introduced a few basic and fair rules: limit debate to 2 senators per side for 2 minutes each so that the Legislature can finish its vital work tonight before the Constitutionally required midnight deadline.
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With my OG crew:
@toniatkins
@SteveBradford
and I have been in the
#Caleg
trenches together for 12 years, and we've each served a total of 14 years.
We made Good Trouble, a legacy to be proud of.
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Great news! My legislation, SB 394, which is designed to end the inhumane practice of sending custodial parents to prison for low-level crimes, won 5-0 approval today in Senate Public Safety.
We need to keep families together!
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Folks,
If you are a CA renter unable to pay some or all your rent or utilities due to the pandemic, APPLY NOW for state rental assistance. You will get:
- 100% of past & future rent paid
- 100% of utilities paid
- Eviction protections
More info here-->
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I'm also very disappointed about
#SB50
being held until next year. California is in a housing crisis and we can't afford to wait.
Also, big thanks to
@Scott_Wiener
for his leadership on this and for all of the outstanding work he did building support for
#moreHOMES
The Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee made
#SB50
a 2-year bill, meaning he won’t let it come up for a vote this year. It’ll be eligible for a vote in January. While I’m extremely disappointed, I am 100% committed to moving the bill forward. This fight is far from over.
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Great news! My bill,
#SB330
, The Housing Crisis Act of 2019, which is designed to speed up the construction of housing in California, just won approval from the state Assembly on a 59-4 vote.
It's now back to the Senate for concurrence.
Background:
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Honored to introduce legislation to make free meals available to every public school student without any burdensome processes.
#SB364
, School Meals for All, will reduce hunger, improve learning, help families, and support CA farmers and food producers.
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Yes!!
@GavinNewsom
today signed my
#SB16
, which expands public access to police misconduct records and strengthens communities’ ability to hold law enforcement agencies accountable.
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Such a rule was not an attempt to short-circuit democracy as some GOP senators wrongfully claimed. Rather, this is an effective procedure to enable the Legislature to do our best to finish our work before the clock runs out.
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BOOM!!! The California Assembly just approved my bill,
#SB206
, the Fair Pay to Play Act, on 66-0 vote!
It will allow CA college athletes to earn money from their name, image, and likeness.
It’s now back to the Senate for a concurrence vote.
Background:
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Excellent! The CA Senate today approved
#SCA10
by
@SenToniAtkins
on a 29-7 vote. SCA 10 would ask CA voters this Nov. to enshrine the right to abortion & contraception in the CA Constitution. Very proud to be a co-author of SCA 10.
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Tfw the American Conservative Union publishes its annual CA Legislature rankings, and you're tied for the lowest career rating in the CA Senate: 3%!!
They called me a member of The Coalition of the Radical Left!
Proudly representing East Bay’s 9th Senate District! 😊
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Just getting word that a woman who served 13 years in prison for a murder she did not commit was ordered released today by Solano County judge under
#SB1437
-- my 2018 legislation that reformed California's unfair felony-murder rule.
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Block on public access to police records lifted for the 1st time in 40 yrs!
@JerryBrownGov
's signature on my
#SB1421
means Californians finally have access to investigatory records on officer shootings, sexual assault & tampering w/ evidence or witnesses.
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Celebrating in front of Madame Vice President
@KamalaHarris
' childhood home in Berkeley!
Oakland & Berkeley elated our sister Kamala and Biden prevailed. We are family!
Only eviction this crowd supports is the one that’s about to happen at the White House!
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We have before us bills that provide a lifeline to both tenants & landlords to protect against evictions & foreclosures, deliver transformative police reform, and tackle single-use plastics.
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More great news! My legislation, SB 330, which seeks to relax local regulations and speed up the creation of new housing in California, won approval in the Senate Housing Committee on a 8-2 vote!
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With my staff team celebrating CA passing largest state budget in history -record funding for schools, healthcare for all and reproductive justice.
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Let's. Go. Oakland!
@GavinNewsom
last night signed my bill,
#SB293
, making it easier for the city of Oakland to pay for infrastructure upgrades around a new, privately financed A's ballpark! It can also help the city pay for more affordable housing!
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Yes!!
@GavinNewsom
just signed
#caleg
#SB118
, allowing UC Berkeley to reinstate its plans to enroll 2,600+ students this fall!
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Most of us had no idea that under CA law you can be charged w/ murder & given a life sentence even if you didn’t kill or have a direct role in a murder. My
#SB1437
fixes CA’s unjust felony murder rule. Thank you
@JerryBrownGov
for signing.
@restore_CAL
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I was all in for Madam VP Kamala Harris. And I’m all in again.
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Plans for up to 3,600 homes at two Berkeley BART stations move ahead with vote on 12-story buildings
👏👏👏
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California should prioritize housing people, not cars
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Third budget as
@CaSenateBudget
chair in the books with my great
#CaLeg
#CaBudget
Committee staff. Now, it's off to the Senate Floor for a vote!
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District attorneys throughout California must start requesting all police misconduct records that are disclosable under
#SB1421
in order to safeguard our justice system and make sure every conviction is justified.
My op-ed in
@sacbee_news
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Boom! SBX 1-2, a first-in-the nation protection against price gouging by
#BigOil
- is now law! Huge thanks to
@GavinNewsom
for proposing the strongest transparency & oversight measure in the country, and
@AGRobBonta
for sponsoring!
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Wow! What a day! Four of my bills went to their first Senate committees for consideration, and all four passed, including SB 330, the Housing Crisis Act of 2019!
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Joining again with Senator
@Scott_Wiener
to ensure local zoning makes way for affordable homes near jobs and transit. We can and must increase housing while protecting low to middle income residents from displacement with protections in
#SB50
and rent/legal aid in my
#SB18
Yesterday I introduced Senate Bill 50, a zoning reform bill to allow more housing near transit/jobs & end bans on apartment buildings & affordable housing. SB 50 is modeled on SB 827 from earlier this year but with stronger tenant/demolition protections.
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Yay SF for increasing housing, but hard to call +0.6% increase a housing boom. We need upwards of 5%+ a yr in almost every CA city.
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Proud to introduce new legislation today that would require gun owners to obtain liability insurance. If enacted,
#SB505
would make CA the first state in the nation to adopt such legislation.
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Deeply honored to announce today the 2021 Woman of the Year for CA Senate District 9:
@MKushel
, a Berkeley resident and professor of medicine at UC San Francisco whose work on homelessness in Oakland and the Bay Area have garnered national acclaim.
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Yes!!
The CA Assembly just passed my bill,
#SB776
, which will expand and strengthen California's police transparency law!!
Now, it back to the Senate!
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Hate is not welcome in
#Berkeley
or anywhere. My bill SB630
closes loophole that allowed
#HeatherHeyer
's killer to avoid Hate Crime
charge
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Fantastic! The California Senate, on a 28-7 vote, just approved my legislation,
#SB330
, the Housing Crisis act of 2019! It's designed to speed up the creation of housing in California over the next five years.
It's now on to the Assembly!
Background:
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OK, California. We can do this! Let's get vaccinated!
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Excellent!!
The CA Legislature has approved my bill,
#SB1079
, Homes for Homeowners, Not Corporations. It's designed to block another corporate takeover of foreclosed homes!
It's now on to the governor.
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Editorial: California wants to help college athletes get paid. It’s about time someone stood up to the NCAA
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A’s Las Vegas stadium bill stalls in Nevada legislative session
👏👏👏
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Today our state Senate Governance & Finance Committee did the right thing voting to support
#SB50
. Big thanks to
@Scott_Wiener
@ilike_mike
&
@Jimbealljr
for working so hard to achieve a thoughtful bill that will help California build the housing we so desperately need.
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California launches largest free school lunch program in US
“If you’re a hungry child, you’re not going to learn well,” said Skinner. “Why should we have to go through a bureaucratic hassle to get a kid fed, when we could just have universal meals?”
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Just ended epic 2018 session with my State Senate & Assembly colleagues where we: restored net neutrality, set 100% renewable energy goal, ended cash bail, opened public access to police records and fixed CA's unjust felony murder law.
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For the win! My legislation,
#SB293
, which will make it easier for Oakland to finance infrastructure around a new A's ballpark, won a 33-2 concurrence vote in the Senate today.
The bill is now headed to the governor's desk!
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Proud to announce today that I will introduce legislation to create Hope Savings Accounts for lower-income children who’ve lost a parent or primary caregiver due to COVID-19.
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My heart is broken. CA lost a brilliant, irreplaceable mind & heart this week. Senate Public Safety consultant Gabe Caswell was absolutely the architect of my police records laws (SB 1421 & SB 16) & so much more. He was the rock we relied on. Gabe, you gave so much. With love.
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