Press Releases

February 6, 2023

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January 30, 2023

 

California Senators Announce Climate Accountability Package to Raise The Bar For Corporate Climate Action

 

January 25, 2023

 

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January 25, 2023

 

Senator Wiener Introduces Legislation To Remove Barriers To Youth Mental Health Access

January 18, 2023

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January 18, 2022

 

Senator Wiener Introduces Legislation To Cap the Price of Life-Saving Insulin

 

January 17, 2023

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January 17, 2022

 

Senator Wiener Introduces Legislation To Improve Outcomes For Refugees By Expanding Case Management

 

January 12, 2023

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January 12, 2022

 

January 10, 2023

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January 10, 2023

 

SACRAMENTO - Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced Senate Bill 70, the Medication Access Act. SB 70 improves access to medication by limiting the circumstances in which a health plans can change a patient’s medication for financial, rather than medical reasons. The bill builds on existing protections against the practice, expanding them to include dosage and medication form (intravenous, oral, etc.). The bill builds on the success of last year’s SB 853, which passed the Senate in a bipartisan, unanimous vote.

December 19, 2022

SACRAMENTO - Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced Senate Bill 58, to decriminalize the possession and personal use of certain psychedelic drugs. SB 58 is backed by a broad coalition, including combat veterans.

Research from top medical universities shows that these substances can have significant benefits, particularly for treating mental health and substance use disorders, and decriminalizing their personal use is part of the larger movement to end the racist War on Drugs and its failed and destructive policies.

December 6, 2022

SACRAMENTO – Today, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood) introduced SB 4, the Affordable Housing on Faith Lands Act, to allow faith institutions (such as churches, synagogues, and mosques) along with nonprofit colleges to build affordable housing on their property by-right, even if local zoning prevents this housing. SB 4 re-zones the property and ensures neither CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) nor local political processes can be misused to stop these affordable housing projects.

October 6, 2022

SACRAMENTO - Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)’s Senate Bill 922. It will become law on January 1, 2023. SB 922 extends and improves upon Senator Wiener’s previous legislation (SB 288, 2020) to expedite bike, pedestrian, light rail, and rapid bus projects by exempting these environmentally sustainable projects from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). SB 922 will accelerate approval of sustainable, climate-friendly transportation projects.