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Latest line: A good week for Jerry McNerney, a bad week for EV drivers

September 17, 2025

East Bay legislator leads effort to slow Delta tunnel project as EV drivers prepare to lose a key perk.

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Delta Caucus Chairs Praise Exclusion Of Delta Tunnel Fast-Tracking From State Budget

June 28, 2025

On June 25, Delta Caucus Co-Chairs Senator Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, and Assemblywoman Lori D. Wilson, D-Suisun City, applauded the 2025-26 California budget agreement for excluding Newsom’s controversial proposal to fast-track the “costly and destructive Delta Tunnel Project.”

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State budget deal drops Newsom bid to fast track the Delta tunnel

June 26, 2025

State Senator Jerry McNerney, who represents San Joaquin County, said the move was essentially giving the state a blank check to float bonds to pay for the water tunnel.

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Livermore a Leading Contender To Become Bay Area Fusion Hub

June 26, 2025

McNerney told The Independent that the bill intends to establish one hub in the Bay Area, one in the Central Valley and one in Southern California. He added that Livermore “would be ideal” for the Bay Area location.

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Deported Livermore Man Stuck in Mexico

June 26, 2025

State Senator Jerry McNerney (D-Tri-Valley, San Joaquin County), whose district includes Livermore, decried Lopez’s deportation and joined with 30 legislative colleagues in urging California’s GOP congressional delegation to call on President Donald Trump to halt the immigration crackdown.

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California’s ‘No Robo Bosses Act’ advances, taking aim at artificial intelligence in the workplace

June 16, 2025

The “No Robo Bosses Act” — Senate Bill 7 — seeks to impose human decision-making over certain workplace-automation technology. Introduced by state Sen. Jerry McNerney, a Pleasanton Democrat, it passed the state Senate in a 27-10 vote earlier this month

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Fast track option for the Delta conveyance tunnel rejected by budget committee

June 13, 2025

Three members of the Senate Budget Subcommittee 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection and Energy voted to reject the fast-tracking proposal — Sen. Ben Allen, D-El Segundo, Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, and Senator Jerry McNerney, D-Stockton.

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Skelton: Newsom’s power play on the Delta tunnel

June 9, 2025

“Nobody’s told me they’re excited about it,” says state Sen. Jerry McNerney (D-Pleasanton), an East San Francisco Bay lawmaker who is co-chairman of the Legislative Delta Caucus.

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California State Senator Jerry McNerney Says Opposition Deepening Against Governor’s Proposal to Fast-Track Delta Tunnel Project in Budget

June 9, 2025

The broad bipartisan coalition against the tunnel fast-tracking plan now includes more than 100 legislators; cities, counties, and public agencies; good government groups; environmental and tribal organizations; and nonprofits and local businesses.