SACRAMENTO – Legislation by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, and Sen. Henry Stern, D-Los Angeles, to indefinitely protect state funding to acquire, restore and enhance wildlife habitats across the state was passed Tuesday by the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee.

SACRAMENTO – El Comité de Recursos Naturales e Hídrico del Senado aprobó el martes una legislación de la Senadora Catherine Blakespear, Demócrata por Encinitas, y el Senador Henry Stern, Demócrata por Los Ángeles, para proteger indefinidamente los fondos estatales destinados a adquirir, restaurar y mejorar los hábitats de vida silvestre en todo el estado.

SACRAMENTO – Sens. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, and Josh Becker, D-Menlo Park, and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan joined advocates on Monday to call for more urgency to address homelessness and to take steps that would help cities build and operate interim housing to get unsheltered people off the streets.

SACRAMENTO – Los Senadores Catherine Blakespear, Demócrata por Encinitas, y Josh Becker, Demócrata por Menlo Park, y el Alcalde de San José, Matt Mahan, se unieron a activistas el lunes para pedir mayor urgencia para abordar la situación de las personas sin hogar y tomar medidas que ayuden a las ciudades a construir y operar viviendas provisionales para sacar a las personas sin hogar de las calles.

SACRAMENTO – 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 on Wednesday passed the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.

SACRAMENTO – Legislation by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, to require timely investigations into complaints about alcohol or drug treatment facilities on Wednesday passed the Senate Health Committee.

SACRAMENTO – Legislation by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, to clamp down on gun trafficking was passed Tuesday by the Senate Public Safety Committee.

SACRAMENTO – Legislation by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, to stop the exploitation of the state density bonus law was passed Tuesday by the Senate Housing Committee.