Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil (SD-4) took a significant step toward disrupting organized crime in the illicit fentanyl trade, enhancing penalties concerning fentanyl. On a 5 to 0 vote, the Senate Public Safety Committee passed SB 226, making it a felony to possess fentanyl while carrying a loaded, operable firearm.
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A bill designed to strengthen enforcement efforts against illegal cannabis operations by authorizing the removal of their cultivation and manufacturing equipment unanimously passed the Senate Public Safety committee.
Senate Bill 488, introduced by Senator Alvarado-Gil, would expand the Bioenergy Renewable Auction Mechanism (BioRAM) program to community choice aggregation (CCA) organizations. CCAs are local non-profit programs that allow communities to purchase electricity on behalf of residents and businesses in place of investor-owned utilities such as Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E).
Senate Bill 488, introduced by Senator Alvarado-Gil, would expand the Bioenergy Renewable Auction Mechanism (BioRAM) program to community choice aggregation (CCA) organizations. CCAs are local non-profit programs that allow communities to purchase electricity on behalf of residents and businesses in place of investor-owned utilities such as Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E).
Sacramento, CA — Mother Lode Democratic Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil authored legislation, Senate Bill 488, that would have expanded a state biomass program.
A bill designed to strengthen enforcement efforts against illegal cannabis operations by authorizing the removal of their cultivation and manufacturing equipment unanimously passed the Senate Public Safety committee.
Raping an unconscious person deserves the same penalty as any other rape. Of course it does. It stands to reason.
State Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil, a freshman Democrat lawmaker who represents 13 counties including Stanislaus and Merced, sat down for an interview with the Turlock Journal on Friday.