As the world marks the International Day for Biological Diversity, at a time when over one million species are threatened with extinction, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.-01) led nine of their colleagues in introducing a concurrent resolution expressing the need for the U.S. Senate to ratify the United Nations (UN) Convention on Biological Diversity and bring the United States in as a formal party.
U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) cosponsored the introduction of two bills that expand access to paid leave in the United States. The Healthy Families Act, which is led by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the Senate, would ensure that workers can earn up to seven job-protected sick days each year to recover from their own illnesses, access preventative care, or provide care to a sick family member.
Decision protects market competition on high traffic routes between Northeast Alliance cities and Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Long Beach, Burbank, Ontario, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, and Santa Ana
The head of the American Principles Project (APP) criticized the Los Angeles Dodgers for honoring a group of transvestites who masquerade as Catholic nuns and mock Catholic rites and ceremonies.
Governor Gavin Newsom today announced his nomination of three Court of Appeal Justices: Justice Brian Currey as Presiding Justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Four; Judge Helen Zukin as an Associate Justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Four; and Judge Martha Gooding as an Associate Justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Three.
Joins multistate coalition in filing amicus brief calling on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to uphold the 60-year-old federal law that prohibits firearms retailers from selling handguns and handgun ammunition to individuals under the age of 21
U.S. Senator Alex Padilla, member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, along with Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced legislation to support the recruitment and retention of election workers.
Governor Newsom’s proposals would streamline projects to unleash construction across the state – accelerating the building of clean infrastructure so California can reach its world-leading climate goals while creating hundreds of thousands of jobs.
On May 18, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) applauded the expansion of a regional partnership working to support the growing Central Coast space industry at and around Vandenberg Space Force Base, bringing new collaboration on innovation, housing, and workforce development.
On May 18 Governor Gavin Newsom announced the California State Board of Education unanimously approved $750.5 million in grants for community schools – the largest allocation of funds yet under California’s nation-leading initiative to transform thousands of schools into a community school.