SACRAMENTO – The Senate on Wednesday passed legislation by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, to extend one of California’s most valuable incentives to acquire solar energy and battery storage – an exclusion to them being assessed as part of property taxes.

SACRAMENTO – The Senate on Wednesday passed legislation by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, to require the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to work more closely with cities to speed up removal of homeless encampments by state highways and roads.

SACRAMENTO – The Senate on Monday passed legislation by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, and Sen. Henry Stern, D-Los Angeles, to extend funding to acquire, restore and enhance wildlife habitats across the state to 2035.

SACRAMENTO – The state Senate on Monday passed legislation by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, to require manufacturers of marine flares to establish and run a program to collect and dispose of expired flares.

SACRAMENTO – The state Senate on Wednesday passed legislation by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, to stop the exploitation of the state’s housing density bonus law.

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, Chair of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Senate vote Thursday to overturn California’s vehicle emission standards:

SACRAMENTO – La Senadora Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas y Presidenta del Comité de Calidad Ambiental del Senado, emitió la siguiente declaración en respuesta a la votación del Senado de EE. UU. del jueves para revocar las normas de emisiones vehiculares de California:

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, issued the following statement today in response to the Governor’s May Revision of his spending plan for the 2025-26 fiscal year: