Press Releases

SAN FRANCISCO – Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced SB 445, legislation to contain costs and cut delays on delivering major public transportation projects by streamlining the permitting process. For decades, some transit projects have experienced cost overruns and months- or years-long delays.




SAN FRANCISCO – Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) announced SB 363, the Health Insurance Accountability Act. As healthcare denials continue to increase, many Californians are wrongfully being denied care they are owed. Insurance companies disclose little about their denial decisions and currently face few if any consequences for issuing wrongful denials.




SAN FRANCISCO – Following a successful weekend of NBA All-Star and Lunar New Year events that generated hundreds of millions of dollars in economic impact and brought hundreds of thousands of people to San Francisco, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Mayor Daniel Lurie introduced SB 395, legislation to help revitalize downtown San Francisco by spurring the cr




SAN FRANCISCO – Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced SB 378, legislation to prevent online sales of illicit, unlicensed, non-safety-tested intoxicating hemp and cannabis products.