Red Flag Laws to Prevent Gun Violence: In response to the mass shooting impacting our District that took the lives of 9 Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) workers, I intend to introduce legislation to expand and improve California’s “red flag” laws to prevent gun violence and mass shootings.Protecting Continuing Care Retirement Communities: Sponsored by the Continuing Care Residents' Association, SB 707 is a bill I have authored to protect current and future continuing care facility residents by providing them with transparency on the financial status and safety of the facilities they are making a lifelong commitment to.Protecting Entertainment Workers on Theatrical Productions : In the wake of the tragic shooting on the set of the film “ Rust” and to improve safety on the set of theatrical productions, I will be introducing legislation that sets up a first-in-the-nation regulatory process to keep entertainment workers safe and hold industry entities accountable.Ending Online Sexual Exploitation: I have authored SB 435, the first bill of its kind in the nation, to tackle online sexual exploitation, giving victims, including children, more civil causes of action against the distribution of naked or sexual photographs and video.Tenant Preferences to Prevent Displacement: My bill SB 649, sponsored by the City of San Jose and the Housing Action Coalition, will play a vital role in bolstering the state’s efforts to protect our most vulnerable residents from displacement.Equity in Workers’ Compensation for Frontline Healthcare Workers : SB 213, sponsored by the California Nurses Association (CNA), would help achieve parity between a predominantly female RN and hospital workforce and frontline professions that are predominately male, including firefighters and police officers.Promotional Probation Period Parity: In 2022, I will be introducing legislation to ensure probation period parity for classified employees.Sentencing Reform: SB 300, The Sentencing Reform Act, is an historic bill to end unjust practices in California’s current sentencing scheme, including mandating life in prison without the possibility for parole for a person who did not kill anyone or intend for anyone to die.Family Finding and Engagement: Sponsored by the California Judges Association, my bill SB 384, The Family Finding Act , would require that counties implement best-practice family finding protocols.Universal Basic Income: Following my successful push for California’s first state-funded universal basic income (UBI) proposal, the “California Guaranteed Income Pilot Program”, this year, I will focus my attention on providing UBI to our most vulnerable students in the California State University (CSU) system.Climate Change Education: Along with Assemblymembers Rivas, Calderon, Ward, and others, I will be introducing legislation on climate change education in the 2022 legislative session that would integrate climate literacy into California’s education system and ensure ALL students learn about climate change.Stewardship of Natural Resources and Open Space: I intend to introduce legislation in 2022 to enhance recreational opportunities expand access to recreational facilities protect, restore, and improve parks, wildlife, open-space, and beach lands preserve canyons, foothills, and mountains and develop public access to lands.Rooftop Solar Access and Equity: I plan to introduce a bill to reduce electricity prices for low-income families by establishing a program that will expand rooftop solar to multifamily housing units.Take a look at some of what’s to come from my Office this year: There are many more innovative, first-of-its-kind initiatives and investments I will be championing in 2022 and I am grateful for this community’s partnership and leadership in so many vital areas.

With the 2022 Legislative Calendar beginning and as the California State Legislature reconvened this month, I was excited to get back to work and build on our accomplishments of last year.

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