Press Releases

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, issued the following statement on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order issued on Thursday regarding homelessness encampments:




SAN DIEGO – State and local elected officials gathered with leading experts on homelessness on Thursday at UC San Diego for Sen. Catherine Blakespear’s 2nd Annual Ending Homelessness Summit to consider how to improve government response to a problem that only seems to worsen year to year.




SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed legislation by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, to ensure that anyone who needs to breastfeed or pump breast milk while in court will be given breaks to do so.




SACRAMENTO – Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, honored ProduceGood as the Senate District 38 Nonprofit of the Year for 2024 at a Capitol ceremony on Wednesday.




SACRAMENTO – Legislation by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, to revitalize the rail corridor that runs from San Diego through six Southern California counties to San Luis Obispo passed the Senate on Thursday.




SACRAMENTO – The Senate on Thursday passed two bills by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, designed to reduce gun violence.




SACRAMENTO – The Senate has passed two bills by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, aimed at speeding up the approval of needed housing in coastal zones.




SACRAMENTO – Legislation by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, to ban the use of film plastic bags at grocery store checkouts passed the Senate on Tuesday.