Press Releases

Senators Wiener, Arreguín Respond To BART Service Outage: “Supporting Public Transit Must Be A Top Priority For The Bay Area.”

SAN FRANCISCO – The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system announced they are resuming service systemwide after a computer outage took the entire system offline for several hours this morning.



Senator Wiener Landmark CEQA Modernization Bill to Slash Costs, Delays, and Frivolous Lawsuits Passes Its First Committee

SAN FRANCISCO – The Senate Environmental Quality Committee passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) SB 607, the Fast & Focused CEQA Act, a good government measure that makes several key changes to improve the clarity and efficiency of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) processes.



Senate Housing Committee Passes Major Legislation by Senator Wiener to Allow More Homes Near Public Transit, But Fails To Advance Proposal To Strengthen Landmark Streamlining Laws

SAN FRANCISCO – The Senate Housing Committee passed Senator Wiener’s landmark housing bill, SB 79, the Abundant & Affordable Homes Near Transit Act, but failed to advance SB 677. The bills tackle the root cause of California’s affordability crisis by allowing more homes to be built in the most productive and sustainable areas of the state.



Senator Wiener on Trump and Bukele’s Despicable Refusal to Return U.S. Legal Resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia

SACRAMENTO –  After President Trump willfully ignored the Supreme Court’s order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a legal U.S. resident whom Trump’s government illegally disappeared to an El Salvadoran gulag, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele refused to return Abrego Garcia to the United States.