California State Senator proudly representing the 24th Senate District. Focused on protecting the environment & cleaning up our political system.
Bilingüe and a proud dad.
06/18/2026
Assembly Judiciary has approved my , correcting a number of problems that came to light in the aftermath of the LA Fires:
🏠 Closing loopholes to protect disaster survivors from rent price gouging
👮♂️ Expanding tools to enforce against anti-competitive business practices
Appreciate my colleagues recognizing the need to better support disaster survivors with stronger consumer protections!
Really fun scene at on Sunday! Always appreciate the opportunity to participate and show up for this wonderful community.
06/12/2026
So excited for this state investment into a transformational city park that will improve access to nature, arts and culture, and sports, improving the health and wellbeing of the region.
06/10/2026
Honored to introduce Mona Sugawara - our CIF Scholar Athlete of the Year - to my colleagues on the Senate Floor!
Mona touts a rather unbelievable resume as a 4-sport varsity athlete:
🎾 Tennis MVP
🏊♀️ Swimming Champion
🏸 Badminton Team Captain
🤽♀️ Water Polo Team Captain
to an equally impressive student in the classroom:
📚 4.79 GPA
📃 Near-perfect ACT Score
with additional extra-curricular achievements:
🎼 Bassoon Soloist and Head Woodwind Captain
👩🔬 Science Olympiad Team Captain
🔬 Founder and Captain of National Science Bowl Team
🌐 Japanese + Spanish Translator
It’s clear this recognition is beyond deserved, and we know Mona will go on to do tremendous things in her bright future. We’re all very proud of you across California - congratulations again!!
06/09/2026
Wonderful Sunday at City of West Hollywood Pride! Really appreciated the opportunity to participate and celebrate with this fabulous community.
Our high school interns volunteering at the , helping folks in our region get the healthy meals they need!
Thank you Genevieve and the rest of the amazing team at Westside Food Bank for the amazing work you do giving back to our community.
06/05/2026
The conversation on affordable, reliable, and clean energy stays atop our minds - especially as the AI buildout marches forward.
Thank you VerdeXchange for hosting this discussion on the responsible buildout of our grid to meet the needs of today and tomorrow.
06/05/2026
We’re past the halfway point of our legislative year, and is one step closer to becoming a reality to help more Californians upgrade their properties, improving resilience and insurability.
06/04/2026
Fun time speaking at Yolo County’s environmental roundtable, highlighting many of our top environmental protection efforts through my time in the Senate:
✅ $10B climate bond to improve resilience statewide
✅ Reducing plastic pollution and improving recycling efforts
✅ Investing in renewable energy and clean transportation to reduce harmful emissions, and more!
Always appreciate partnerships across different levels of government and sectors to ensure future generations will have a healthy place to live!
06/04/2026
Important conversation today, as chair of Energy Committee, focusing on California’s fuel affordability amidst Trump’s war in Iran.
We were joined by leadership from the CA Energy Commission, CA Air Resources Board, Tax and Fee Administration, and key stakeholders to discuss our path toward an affordable, reliable fuel supply through our transition to a more electrified future.