(SACRAMENTO) – Today, Senator Monique Limón’s legislation, SB 584 the Laborforce Housing Financing Act passed out of the Senate with a 27-11 vote. Senator Limón released the following statement in response,  

“The vote today signals the legislative interest in advancing a conversation about what role short term rentals should play in helping invest in housing solutions for our state. The increase in short term rentals used as a business requires we examine the impact they present, whether opportunities or limitations, for our housing market. 

(SACRAMENTO) – Ahead of the May Revise, Senator Monique Limón (D - Santa Barbara) and Assembly Majority Leader Eloise Gómez Reyes (D - Colton) joined a coalition of parents, children and child care providers to call for critical investments in child care at the Stand for Children Lobby day. In February, Senator Limón and Majority Leader Reyes unveiled their plans to transform child care in California by increasing provider pay while eliminating unnecessary fees for families seeking child care. 

(SACRAMENTO) – Ahead of Governor Newsom’s May Revise, Senator Monique Limón (D -Santa Barbara) and Assembly Majority Leader Eloise Gómez Reyes (D - Colton) will join a coalition of parents, children and child care providers to call for critical investments in child care at their Stand for Children Lobby Day. 

Immediately following the press conference, legislators will participate in the “People’s Hearing: Stand for Children” panel discussion led by youth leaders from Parent Voices. 

(SACRAMENTO) — Earlier today, Senator Monique Limón held a press conference to introduce Senate Bill 584: The Laborforce Housing Fund alongside the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California. This bill will establish an ongoing funding source for local governments to create needed low-income and middle-income housing units across California.

(SACRAMENTO) — Earlier today, Senator Limón (D- Santa Barbara) and a broad coalition of 140+ grassroots advocacy organizations held a press conference in support of SB 846, a bill that would remove barriers to voter registration for millions of Californians.  

SB 846 would upgrade California’s current Partial AVR system to a Secure AVR model, which would register approximately 4 million more people to vote, including underrepresented communities, people of color, women, and other hard to reach populations. 

(SACRAMENTO) – Today, Senator Monique Limón introduced legislation to enhance wildfire mitigation efforts by expanding statewide prescribed grazing efforts. Over the last decade, California has been subjected to the most dangerous, destructive, and environmentally hazardous wildfires in the history of the state. 

(SACRAMENTO) – Senator Monique Limón will introduce legislation to protect the integrity of workplace state mandated training and to stop the misuse of worker funds to lobby against worker’s rights and increased worker protections.  

(SACRAMENTO) – Today, Senator Monique Limn and Assembly Majority Leader Eloise Gómez Reyes (D- Colton) introduced legislation to address the growing child care crisis. This legislation seeks to make child care more affordable for families while also increasing provider pay.