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Delta Caucus Co-Chairs Senator Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, and Assemblywoman Lori D. Wilson, D-Suisun City, on Wednesday applauded the 2025-26 California budget agreement for excluding Governor Gavin Newsom’s controversial proposal to fast-track the costly and destructive Delta Tunnel Project.
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Delta Caucus Leaders Applaud Exclusion of Delta Tunnel Fast-Tracking from CA Budget

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

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Legislators Call on CA Congressional GOP to Push for End of Immigration Crackdowns

More than 30 members of the California Legislature signed a letter this week, calling on members of the CA GOP Congressional delegation to urge President Trump to end the immigration crackdowns, as they are harming the state’s economy.

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Legislature Declines to Approve Governor’s Proposal to Fast-Track Delta Tunnel Project in Budget

A key Senate Budget Subcommittee today voted to reject Governor Gavin Newsom’s controversial proposal to fast-track the costly and destructive Delta Tunnel Project via the state budget.

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Opposition Deepening Against Governor’s Proposal to Fast-Track Delta Tunnel Project in Budget

Opposition to Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal to fast-track the costly and destructive Delta Tunnel Project via the state budget is deepening.

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Senate Greenlights McNerney’s Bill to Expand Clean Energy Funding

The California Senate on Wednesday gave the greenlight to Senator Jerry McNerney’s SB 86, legislation that would extend and expand a pivotal clean energy funding program that helps the state meet its climate goals.

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Senate Approves McNerney’s Bill to Ensure Human Oversight of AI Used in Critical Infrastructure

The California state Senate today overwhelmingly approved Sen. Jerry McNerney’s SB 833, landmark legislation that would ensure human oversight of artificial intelligence used in critical infrastructure.

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CA Senate Approves McNerney’s ‘No Robo Bosses Act’ to Ensure Human Oversight of AI in Workplace

The California state Senate on Monday evening approved Senator Jerry McNerney’s SB 7, the “No Robo Bosses Act” — groundbreaking legislation that would require human oversight of artificial intelligence systems in the workplace to help prevent abuses.

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Senate Greenlights McNerney’s Bill to Protect CA Ratepayers from Utilities’ Abuses

The California state Senate today greenlighted Sen. Jerry McNerney, SB 24, Protecting Ratepayers from Utilities’ Abuses.

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CA Senate Greenlights McNerney’s Bill to Help Farmers and Winegrape Growers

The California Senate today unanimously approved Senator Jerry McNerney’s SB 279, which is designed to benefit farmers and winegrape growers by allowing them to compost large amounts of green waste onsite — now that California has banned nearly all agricultural burning in the San Joaquin Valley.