Press Releases

Senate Approves $10 million for Services for Survivors of Human Trafficking

August 31, 2018

SACRAMENTO – California Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) today announced that the Senate has passed legislation that appropriates $10 million in fiscal year 2018-2019 to provide services for survivors of human trafficking.

The budget funding is enabled by Senate Bill 862, passed on the Senate and Assembly floors this week.

Senate Leader Atkins Addresses Next Steps on AB 931

August 29, 2018

SACRAMENTO – California Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) issued the following statement on Assembly Bill 931 by Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D-San Diego):

“AB 931 has sparked one of the most urgently important debates of this legislative session.

San Diego-Area Environmental Justice Neighborhoods Recommended for Community Air Protection Program

August 24, 2018

SACRAMENTO – The Portside Environmental Justice Neighborhoods of San Diego, including Barrio Logan, West National City, Logan Heights and Sherman Heights, have been recommended as one of ten finalists for air quality monitoring under the Community Air Protection Program (CAPP), established by AB 617 (2017).

Leadership of the California State Legislature Applauds State Supreme Court Decision to Protect Immigrant Children from Deportation

August 16, 2018

Senate Leader Atkins Announces Appointments

August 8, 2018

SACRAMENTO – California Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), Chair of the Senate Rules Committee, has announced the following Rules Committee Appointments:

Legislative Democratic Leaders call on Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to Stop Title X Proposed Rule

July 31, 2018

SAN DIEGO – Today, Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Los Angeles) submitted comments on a proposed federal rule that prohibits Title X providers from counseling and referring abortion services to a patient. This so-called “gag rule” drastically limits providers’ ability to give full information about a person’s family-planning options and arbitrarily forces doctors and nurses to limit the care patients need. The proposed rule also limits access to all 18 U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved methods of contraception and evidence-based family-planning options.

Senate Leader Atkins Reacts to UC Regents Reducing Tuition for the 2018-2019 School Year

July 19, 2018

SACRAMENTO – California Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) issued the following statement in reaction to the Regents of the University of California’s decision to reduce tuition for the 2018-2019 school year.

Senate Leader Atkins Announces Expansion of Treatment for Breast and Cervical Cancer

July 12, 2018

SAN DIEGO – Backed by dozens of pink-clad supporters of women’s health care, Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) announced today that the state budget that took effect on July 1 includes funding for her bill, SB 945, which removes unreasonable caps on treatment under the Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program for low-income Californians.

San Diego and Border Organizations Awarded Almost $3 million From the CAL FIRE Urban and Community Forestry Program Grant

July 11, 2018

SACRAMENTO – California Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) congratulated the

Senate Leader Atkins Reacts to Today’s U.S. District Court Decision on SB 54

July 5, 2018

SACRAMENTO – California Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) issued the following statement in reaction to today’s U.S. District Court decision to uphold SB 54, California’s law that limits the involvement of state and local police agencies in federal immigration enforcement: