Greetings!
I hope you are enjoying the holiday season‚ and I want to wish you a Happy New Year!
In California‚ and especially in San Diego and Orange counties‚ we have so much to be grateful for. As I reflect on 2025‚ I am thankful for my friends and family – and for all Californians who are working together to build a brighter future.
It’s a privilege to serve as your state Senator.
Here is a recap of this past year‚ and what I worked on. It’s a quick‚ 3-minute overview. I hope you enjoy it‚ and as always‚ I welcome your feedback. You can watch it here‚ or by clicking on the image below.
Committee Assignments Announced for 2026
Senate President pro Tempore Monique Limón has announced the committee assignments for the coming year‚ and I am pleased to report that I will continue as Chair of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee. I will also continue with my other current legislative assignments and in addition will join a committee focused on emergency management and the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls.
In 2025‚ the Senate Environmental Quality Committee evaluated over 120 pieces of legislation directly affecting the air‚ water and products Californians use and consume. I am proud to be the first women ever to hold the position as Chair of the committee.
I also helped craft the legislation that renewed California’s largest climate program‚ now called cap-and-invest. The program will continue to require California’s largest polluters to pay for their carbon emissions‚ and it will put the proceeds towards cleaner‚ greener investments all across the state.
Across the board‚ California faces environmental challenges‚ as we work to reduce plastic pollution‚ transition to green power and protect our state’s majestic beauty and natural resources. I am excited to lead a committee that is not only crucially important to our state and its future‚ but also to the rest of the world‚ as California sets the standards for environmental policymaking and stewardship in the 21st century.
One of the most important environmental bills that I authored goes into effect on Thursday (Jan. 1). The new California law eliminates plastic bags at grocery store checkouts. All grocery stores‚ including those delivering to your home‚ will need to transport groceries in paper bags‚ a more renewable and recyclable resource that doesn’t require drilling for oil in its creation. The most sustainable approach is to bring your own reusable bag to the store. The plastic bag prohibition at grocery store checkouts will eliminate millions of plastic bags from our environment.
Here are my other committee assignments:
- Budget and Fiscal Review
- Budget Subcommittee #2: Resources‚ Environmental Protection and Energy
- Emergency Management
- Government Organization
- Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies.
- Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management
- Transportation
- Transportation Subcommittee on LOSSAN Rail Corridor Resiliency‚ Chair
In addition‚ I will serve as the Senate appointment to the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls‚ which has worked since 1965 to improve the lives of women and girls throughout the state.
Thank you for your support. I am honored to serve you.
In partnership‚
CONTACT INFO
Email me at Senator.Blakespear@Senate.ca.gov
Call my Carlsbad district office at (760) 438-2005
Call my Laguna Hills district office at (949) 598-5850
Call my Capitol office in Sacramento at (916) 651-4038