Current Legislation (2025)
Assembly Bill 49 (Muratsuchi):
The California Safe Haven Schools &
Child Care Act
Summary:
Protects undocumented students and families by restricting ICE access to schools and child care facilities, ensuring these remain safe, welcoming spaces.
Our Position: SUPPORT ✅
Assembly Bill 1186 (Patel):
Data Disaggregation
Summary:
Requires state agencies to collect and publish data on at least the nine largest detailed ethnicity subcategories within each major racial or ethnic group, including "Middle Eastern or North African" as a required minimum race/ethnicity category.
Our Position: SUPPORT ✅
Senate Bill 578 (Smallwood-Cuevas)
California Workplace Outreach
Program
Summary:
Makes permanent a program that funds trusted community-based organizations to educate and empower low-wage workers about their rights.
Our Position: SUPPORT ✅
Assembly Bill 1157 (Kalra):
The Affordable Rent Act
Summary:
Caps annual rent increases at CPI plus 2% (up to 5%), extends protections to single-family homes, and makes these rent caps permanent to prevent displacement.
Our Position: SUPPORT ✅
Additional Positions
SUPPORT ✅
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SB417 (Cabaldon) & AB736 (Wicks): The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026
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SB266 (Cervantes): Language Accessibility for Elections
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AB1234 (Ortega): Timely Wage Theft
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Recovery Act
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AB1242 (Nguyen): Language Access
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SB436 (Wahab): Keeping Californians
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Housed Act
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AB863 (Kalra): Residential rental properties: language requirements.
OPPOSING ❌
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AB1108 (Hart): County officers: coroners; conflict of interest
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AB1468 (Zbur): Ethnic Studies restrictions