Senator Alvarado-Gil has helped to secure $29 million through CAL FIRE for several wildfire-related projects throughout Senate District 4. These investments will help regions devastated by wildfires in the past and support various initiatives toward wildfire prevention.
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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.
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).
For a rookie Senator, Marie Alvarado-Gil is starting her legislative career off with a bang, presenting an aggressive package of 20 bills. Her first taste of success came yesterday, as SB-754 handedly passed the Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee by a vote of ….. The bill restores a prior ratemaking and rate design methodology by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to, ensure that funding for small rural telephone companies continues to cover their cost of service and infrastructure
Senator Alvarado-Gil was recently appointed to the Select Committee on California’s Wine Industry. With 11 of the 13 counties she represents producing commercial wines, the appointment was a natural fit.
Senator Alvarado-Gil (D-Jackson), co-author of the “Sexually Violent Predator Accountability, Fairness, and Enforcement Act” (SAFE Act), is vehemently opposing the placement of a Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) in Sutter Creek, near her hometown of Jackson, CA. The act, also authored by Senate Minority Leader, Brian Jones, Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield), Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (R-Yuba City), and Assemblymember Megan Dahle (R-Bieber) has been created to ensure that community safety remains the highest priority and that the California Department of State Hospitals (DSH) conducts their due diligence in finding a safe and suitable accommodations for these offenders instead of placing them in vulnerable communities.
In celebration of Women’s History month, Senator Alvarado-Gill has recognized Ms. Anamika S, Chand on the senate floor yesterday. Ms. Chand’s husband, Corporal Ronil Singh – an officer with the Newman Police, was gunned down in the line of duty on Christmas night in 2018.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil (D-Jackson) announced that she is introducing SB 739, new legislation that will impact more than 284,000 students that attend charter public schools by extending the charter renewal period by an additional two years, a protection that was first put in place by Governor Newsom and the Legislature in 2021 to mitigate disruption to students early in the pandemic, particularly in low-income communities.