SACRAMENTO – The Budget Agreement released by the Senate and Assembly last night provides significant additional funding for public transportation operations and restores cuts to transit capital projects. In response, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) issued the following statement:
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SACRAMENTO – Senator Scott Wiener, Former Senator Mark Leno, Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, and former Supervisors Bevan Dufty and Jeff Sheehy — the five living Supervisors who represent or previously represented the Supervisorial district served by Harvey Milk — issued the following statement in response to slanderous, homophobic attacks on Milk by members of the Temecula Valley Unified School District Board of Education:
SACRAMENTO - 13 of Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) bills will be taken up for a full Senate vote after passing the Senate Appropriation Committee. The deadline for the Senate to approve these bills is June 2.
SACRAMENTO – The Senate Appropriations Committee passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) major housing bills SB 4 and SB 423 to the Senate floor, for a vote in the next few weeks.
SACRAMENTO - 13 of Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) bills will be taken up for a full Senate vote after passing the Senate Appropriation Committee. The deadline for the Senate to approve these bills is June 2.
SACRAMENTO – Governor Newsom released his May Revise budget proposal, which maintains cuts to public transportation capital funding announced in a previous proposal and which continues not to address the upcoming and devastating fiscal cliff for transit operations. The Governor acknowledges the need to address the fiscal cliff, which would lead to widespread major service cuts in public transportation service across the state.
SACRAMENTO – The Senate Human Services Committee passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) bill SB 85, which expands case management for refugees and asylees in line with programs in other states. SB 85 passed 5-0 and heads next to the Appropriations Committee.
SACRAMENTO – The Senate Governmental Organization Committee passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) bill SB 76, The Entertainment Zones Act. The bill authorizes cities to create “Entertainment Zones” in public spaces and aids the recovery of brick-and-mortar restaurants and bars by removing barriers to their participation in outdoor events like street fairs and festivals. SB 76 passed 14-0, with bipartisan support, and now heads to the Appropriations Committee
SACRAMENTO – The Senate Energy Committee passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) bill SB 83, which resolves delays on grid interconnections for new and existing construction and other critical priorities. SB 83 passed 17-0 and heads next to the Senate Appropriations Committee.