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Overview of the Department of Motor Vehicle's Autonomous Vehicle Regulations
Since our last report, the legislature has moved into the final stretch of budget negotiations, with both houses now putting their respective 2026-27 budget plans into bill form. Consistent with recent legislative practice, the Senate’s budget plan has been memorialized in AB 109, while the Assembly’s budget plan has been placed into SB 109. These measures currently reflect only the main 2026-27 budget bill components of each house’s plan; additional prior-year budget amendments, “budget bill junior” measures, and trailer bills implementing statutory changes will follow as negotiations continue.
The immediate focus is on the constitutional budget deadlines now approaching. The Assembly and Senate must agree on and pass a budget bill by June 15, and under the Constitution’s 72-hour rule, the final legislative budget agreement must be in print on or before June 12. After the legislature acts, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, Senate President pro Tempore Monique Limón, and Governor Gavin Newsom are expected to continue negotiating a final three-party agreement through the end of the month. If the budget bill is passed and delivered to the governor on June 15, the governor’s action deadline, and, in recent years, the practical deadline for a final budget accord, will fall on June 29.
This year’s budget debate is defined by a difficult balancing act. On one hand, California’s near-term revenue picture has improved, driven in part by strong income tax receipts and continued stock market gains tied to artificial intelligence and technology-sector growth. Both houses have assumed revenues roughly $5 billion above the governor’s May Revision estimate for 2025-26, while recent personal income tax and corporation tax receipts suggest revenues are running modestly ahead of administration projections. The June 15 quarterly estimated tax payment deadline for high-income Californians will be an important indicator of whether revenues ultimately track closer to the legislature’s more optimistic assumptions or the administration’s more conservative forecast.
At the same time, lawmakers remain cautious because the state continues to face ongoing structural deficits, federal funding uncertainty, and significant implementation costs tied to H.R. 1. The governor’s May Revision proposed to use higher revenues to balance the budget over the next two years, build a temporary surplus reserve, limit new ongoing commitments, and reduce out-year operating deficits. The legislature has generally accepted the need for restraint, but both houses are pressing for a different mix of solutions, particularly around health care, county administration, homelessness funding, schools, and the state’s response to federal cuts affecting Medi-Cal and CalFresh.
The most significant unresolved issues include whether to extend and redesign the Managed Care Organization tax in a way that could increase costs for commercial health plans and consumers; whether to pursue an alternative Senate proposal focused on large corporations whose workers rely on Medi-Cal; how far the state should go in backfilling county costs associated with H.R. 1; whether to reject or delay proposed Medi-Cal eligibility and premium changes; whether to provide additional homelessness funding beyond the governor’s proposed Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program level; and whether to release nearly $4 billion in school funding that the governor proposed to withhold. Lawmakers are also weighing revenue proposals such as corporate tax credit limits and digital software taxation, while continuing to debate the appropriate level of reserves and one-time resources needed to avoid deepening future budget problems.
The end-of-month budget negotiations will also intersect with the statewide ballot calendar. June 25 is the last day for the legislature to adopt a measure for the November 2026 statewide ballot and the last day for initiative proponents to withdraw a measure from that ballot. As a result, budget decisions around taxes, revenue, health care financing, and other major policy commitments may unfold alongside decisions about which fiscal and policy questions are ultimately placed before voters.
Overall, the budget entering the June 12 print deadline reflects a state with stronger near-term cash conditions but little room for complacency. The Assembly and Senate are attempting to preserve core safety-net, education, housing, and county programs while avoiding major new spending commitments, and the governor is seeking to leave office with a budget that is balanced on paper and better positioned for future downturns. The final agreement will determine not only how California closes the 2026-27 budget, but also how much risk the state shifts to counties, health care providers, schools, local governments, and the next administration.
Hearing on the Department of Motor Vehicle's Autonomous Vehicle Regulations
The Assembly Transportation Committee hearing this week focused on the DMV’s April 2026 autonomous vehicle (AV) regulations, which significantly expand California’s oversight framework while opening a new pathway for heavy-duty autonomous commercial vehicles over 10,001 pounds to test and deploy on California roads. The background materials frame the rulemaking as the most significant AV regulatory update since 2018, centered on three issues – stronger DMV data collection and enforcement tools, improved first responder interaction requirements, and authorization of heavy-duty AV operations.
AV policy is moving from a primarily urban robotaxi issue into a statewide freight, freeway, public safety, and labor issue. The new rules allow driverless heavy-duty trucks, but prohibit certain higher risk uses, including hazardous materials, oversized loads, bulk liquids, household movers, and most passenger vehicles over 14,001 pounds. Heavy-duty AVs must meet a graduated testing threshold – 500,000 miles with a driver before driverless testing and another 500,000 miles before deployment, with only 100,000 miles of each phase required in California. They also must operate within an approved operational design domain and generally are restricted from local roads with speed limits of 25 mph or less unless traveling directly to or from hubs, shippers, distribution centers, fueling or charging stations, maintenance facilities, terminals, or other non-residential facilities.
DMV and the California Highway Patrol (CHP) emphasized that the new framework gives regulators more tools than the prior “suspend or revoke” model. DMV representatives said companies will now report crashes, immobilizations, hard-braking events, system failures, notices of noncompliance, and vehicle miles traveled, with the DMV able to impose tailored restrictions such as limiting fleet size, geography, time of day, or roadway type. CHP stated that the regulations create a process for law enforcement to report AV violations statewide through a notice of noncompliance and that commercial AVs will be held to the same commercial vehicle standards at inspection facilities and weigh stations as human-operated trucks.
The hearing also underscored public safety concerns that are directly relevant to Orange County’s freeway network, goods movement corridors, construction zones, and emergency response operations. Members and witnesses discussed AV immobilizations, emergency geofencing, remote operations, and whether first responders can communicate with or move an AV when it blocks traffic or an emergency scene. The background materials note that immobilization reports must include whether the vehicle blocked an emergency vehicle, interfered with an emergency scene, stopped on rail tracks, or involved multiple vehicles from the same manufacturer.
Professor Scott Moura of UC Berkeley/ITS focused on heavy-duty AVs, noting that freight movement is essential to California’s economy, including ports, logistics, agriculture, manufacturing, and interstate commerce. He argued that the new regulations create California’s first carefully regulated pathway for autonomous heavy-duty commercial vehicles, with safety case review, operational design domain (ODD) restrictions, permit requirements, ongoing reporting, and enforcement authority. He also cautioned that heavy-duty AVs raise different safety issues than robotaxis because immobilization in highway lanes can be dangerous, heavy trucks decelerate more slowly, and crashes are rarer but more consequential, meaning regulators need “leading” safety indicators, not just crash data.
Stakeholders were divided but generally focused on whether the regulations provide enough transparency and public confidence. Consumer attorneys supported stronger reporting but argued the public should have access to DMV-collected data, particularly because litigation involving AV incidents can face major discovery barriers. Industry representatives argued California now has the most robust AV reporting and permitting framework in the country. The Teamsters and lawmakers raised ongoing concerns about worker displacement, safety, and the possibility that heavy-duty AVs could reach community streets near distribution and freight facilities, while Aurora (an AV company) argued deployment would be gradual and concentrated on freight corridors rather than local delivery.
Overall, these regulations could affect regional freeway safety, emergency response, Caltrans work zones, port-adjacent goods movement, warehouse/distribution access routes, and local law enforcement workload. The regulations are designed to give DMV and CHP more visibility and enforcement authority before heavy-duty AVs scale, but the hearing made clear that legislators remain concerned about whether data will be public, whether remote operations and first responder tools will work in real time, and whether local communities will have enough certainty about where heavy-duty AVs may operate.
Background
Transportation Fuels Transition Hearing
The Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee held an oversight hearing on June 3 regarding California’s transportation fuels transition, with a focus on how the state can maintain affordable and reliable gasoline supply while petroleum demand declines and in-state refinery capacity contracts. Chair Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica) framed the hearing around implementation of SB 1322, SBX1 2, and ABX2 1, including expanded fuel market data reporting, California Energy Commission (CEC) and California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) price reporting, the Department of Petroleum Market Oversight (DPMO), refinery maintenance and resupply tools, minimum inventory authority, and planning for the long-term fuels transition. The background materials and testimony emphasized that California’s gasoline market is especially vulnerable because it is relatively isolated from the rest of the country, relies on a unique California Reformulated Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygenated Blending (CARBOB), and is exposed to refinery outages, import delays, global crude oil disruptions, and the planned closures of Phillips 66 in Wilmington and Valero in Benicia.
For Orange County, the most relevant takeaway is that gasoline affordability remains exposed to both global volatility and Southern California supply constraints. CEC Vice Chair Siva Gunda explained that California is increasingly dependent on imported refined fuels as in-state refining contracts, with imports becoming a larger part of the state’s supply strategy. U.S. domestic barrels remain the core import base, but supply is increasingly supplemented by sources including the Bahamas, Asia, and Europe. The CEC reported that 2025 saw roughly 165,000 barrels per day of gasoline and blendstock imports, with 2026 projected to be higher, and that gasoline “days of supply” remains within the historical range due to record imports in March, April, and May, declining gasoline demand, expected June production strength, PBF Martinez resuming operations, and refiners’ ability to pivot crude sourcing from Latin America and Canada. At the same time, Gunda stressed that import dependence carries both benefits and risks – imports can provide surge capacity and help stabilize supply during outages or tight markets, but greater reliance on external production, shipping availability, Jones Act waivers, and global supply chains creates new resiliency concerns.
The hearing also emphasized that Californians pay higher gasoline prices for multiple reasons, including higher taxes, higher production costs, environmental program costs, the longer summer-blend season, and the isolated nature of the state’s fuels market. The March 2026 gasoline price breakdown cited in the hearing materials estimated a $5.26 retail price, including $2.33 in crude oil costs, $1.00 in refining margin, $0.59 in distribution margin, $0.61 in state excise tax, and smaller amounts for cap-and-invest, the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, federal excise tax, sales tax, and underground storage fees. However, administration witnesses repeatedly distinguished these structural costs from short-term price spikes, noting that taxes and environmental compliance costs do not move rapidly enough to explain sudden increases. CEC and DPMO instead attributed much of the recent price increase to global crude oil disruptions tied to the Iran conflict, while also identifying increased refining and retail margins as important contributors.
CDTFA’s presentation focused on gasoline excise tax history, sales and revenue trends, retail margins, price variation, and the widening gap between brands. CDTFA’s central finding was that retail pricing strategies and business models are playing an increasingly important role in what consumers pay at the pump. Hypermarts – large, big-box retailers or supermarkets such as Costco, Sam’s Club, Walmart, Safeway, Vons, Raley’s, Food 4 Less, and similar retailers – represent roughly 3% of gasoline retail outlets but sell a growing share of the state’s gasoline, just over 20%. CDTFA noted that branded gasoline margins have increased significantly, while hypermart and unbranded stations generally offer lower prices. Future areas for analysis include retail outlet ownership concentration, private equity involvement, pricing software systems, algorithmic pricing, and the effect of brand pricing strategies on local competition.
Senator Bob Archuleta’s comments centered on consumer choice, price transparency, and whether Californians understand that lower-cost gasoline at unbranded or hypermart stations may be the same basic CARBOB fuel sold by branded stations. He questioned whether the price difference reflects fuel quality or instead business-model differences such as convenience stores, lighting, restrooms, branding, and overhead. Jamie Court from Consumer Watchdog responded that the fuel is generally the same CARBOB gasoline sold through the same terminals, though branded stations may add proprietary additives, and argued that the bigger problem is declining competition among independent and unbranded stations. Archuleta emphasized that, regardless of global pressures such as Iran, consumers are looking to legislators and agencies to bring prices down quickly. Court responded that a portion of the recent price increase was tied to Iran, but that the remainder reflected refining margins, and he argued that a price-gouging penalty, minimum inventory requirements, and resupply rules could have helped reduce or prevent the current spike.
Senator Tony Strickland focused more directly on accountability, regulatory burden, refinery closures, import dependence, and infrastructure. He pressed DPMO Director Tai Milder on whether any company had been convicted of gasoline price gouging; Milder responded that the Attorney General would bring such cases and that there had not been a gasoline price-gouging conviction, while noting that DPMO has been careful to discuss increased costs and market issues rather than accuse companies of criminal price gouging. Strickland also asked whether DPMO had recommended reducing regulatory barriers to improve the business climate for refineries in light of the Valero and Phillips 66 shutdowns. Milder said DPMO has engaged with market participants, including through confidential discussions, but emphasized that many of the state’s transparency requirements involve reporting data, much of which companies also report federally.
Strickland also questioned whether California’s growing reliance on fuel imports should be viewed as a success. Gunda answered that imports have both benefits and risks – they can provide additional supply during unplanned outages, planned maintenance, or price instability, but they also create resiliency risks if California becomes too dependent on external fuel production and shipping logistics. Strickland then asked about the proposed pipeline connection to the Gulf Coast, and Gunda explained that the contemplated pipeline would connect with refineries capable of producing CARBOB for California, with a current expected timeline of 2029. Strickland closed by raising broader concerns about the economic impact of California’s long-term fuel transition, including what state climate and zero-emission vehicle goals will mean for jobs, fuel costs, and working families.
Overall, the hearing suggests Orange County should monitor three issues closely – near-term affordability impacts from global crude prices and Southern California refinery closures; state implementation of inventory, resupply, and market oversight tools intended to reduce price spikes; and retail competition issues that affect what residents actually pay at the pump. Archuleta’s comments underscored the consumer-facing concern – choice, transparency, and immediate price relief – while Strickland’s comments highlighted skepticism about the price-gouging frame, concern about regulatory burdens on refineries, and the need to understand whether import dependence and new pipeline infrastructure improve or weaken California’s long-term fuel reliability. The broader policy challenge is that California is entering a more complicated transition period – gasoline demand is declining, but not fast enough to make refinery closures painless; import capacity is growing, but brings reliability and price risks; and the state’s new transparency tools are beginning to identify not only crude oil and refinery supply issues, but also retail and branded-market dynamics that shape the price Orange County residents see at the pump.
Background
- Agenda
- Background
- Siva Gunda, Vice-Chair, California Energy Commission
- Gentian Droboniku, Chief Deputy Director, California Department of Tax and Fee Administration
- Tai Milder, Director, Division of Petroleum Market Oversight, California Energy Commission
- Matthew Botill, Chief, Industrial Strategies Division, California Air Resources Board
- Jamie Court, President, Consumer Watchdog
- Zachary Leary, Chief Lobbyist, Western States Petroleum Association
- Jeremy I. Martin, Ph.D., Director of Fuels Policy, Union of Concerned Scientists
Upcoming Hearings
Agendas are typically posted on the committee websites in the Assembly and Senate a few days prior to the hearings. To view hearings after they take place, you may access them in the Assembly or Senate media archives where they are generally available within a few hours of committee adjournment.
Monday, June 15, 2026, Upon Call of the Chair
Assembly Budget
1021 O Street, Room 1100
Informational Hearing: 2026 Budget Act
Grant Opportunities
Below is a list of the latest grant opportunities released by the state. All opportunities for local jurisdictions may be found here.
Title: Cost-Share for Federal Geothermal Energy Funding Opportunities
State Agency / Department: CA Energy Commission
Match Funding? 50%
Estimated Total Funding: $3,000,000
Funding Method: Cost-share, see application manual for more info
Application Deadline: 6/17/26 00:00
Title: Round 11b Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program (SALC) Agricultural Conservation Acquisition Grants
State Agency / Department: Department of Conservation
Match Funding? 10%
Estimated Total Funding: Approximately $58 million in funding will be made available for Round 11, but the amount of funding is subject to change based on final calculations from the FY2025-2026 Cap-and-Invest auction proceeds and residual funds that become available from disencumbered projects.
Funding Method: Other - Acquisition and Associated Costs
Anticipated Open Date: Summer 2026
Title: Community Resilience Centers Round 2 PLANNING Grant (FY 26-27)
State Agency / Department: Strategic Growth Council
Match Funding? No
Estimated Total Funding: $3,000,000
Funding Method: Advances & Reimbursement(s)
Anticipated Open Date: Summer 2026
Title: Community Resilience Centers Round 2 IMPLEMENTATION Grant (FY 26-27)
State Agency / Department: Strategic Growth Council
Match Funding? No
Estimated Total Funding: $52,000,000
Funding Method: Advances & Reimbursement(s)
Governor’s Press Releases
Below is a list of the governor’s press releases beginning June 3.
June 10: Game on! California mobilizes for a safe and successful FIFA World Cup 2026
June 9: California and federal government secure $3 million in refunds for mortgage fraud victims
June 8: Governor Newsom issues proclamation declaring California’s 2026 general election
June 8: California leads the nation in job creation
June 5: Governor Newsom visits Space Beach and highlights California’s aerospace dominance
June 5: Delta Conveyance Project receives critical federal clearance to advance construction
June 5: Governor Newsom fast-tracks 400 wildfire prevention projects, expands prescribed fire, and unveils draft five-year action plan
June 5: Governor Newsom honors National Gun Violence Awareness Day, highlights nation-leading gun safety laws
June 4: Governor Newsom announces appointments 6.4.2026
June 4: Governor Newsom announces expansion of the world’s largest civilian aerial firefighting fleet: deployment of fourth C-130 H airtanker and new helitack base
June 4: California charts smarter path to support farmers and ranchers while maintaining food safety and clean water
June 4: Trump data confirms that Governor Newsom’s strategies have led to the largest reduction in homelessness nationwide
June 4: California continues aggressive fight against organized retail theft, recovering nearly $260 million in stolen merchandise
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH ACTIVITY
Congresses Passes Immigration Enforcement Funding Reconciliation Package, House Appropriators Complete Non-Defense Fiscal Year 2027 Drafts, Senate Further Delays Markups
On June 9, the House passed S 2, the Secure America Act, providing $69.5 billion in total funding for the immigration enforcement agencies under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), negating the need for further regular funding through the appropriations process through the end of the President’s term.
At the same time, on June 10, House appropriators completed their markups of the Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) draft bills, finalizing the Homeland Security; and Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies bills. This completes their work on the non-defense discretionary spending the committee is responsible for, having reported 11 of the 12 appropriations bills for this fiscal year. While the bills broadly reject the Administration’s requested cuts to non-defense discretionary spending, the House drafts would make some cuts and advance some of the President’s priorities, including moving towards the closure of the Department of Education.
The Senate Appropriations Committee has not begun its own markup process, which is expected to yield more bipartisan drafts with higher funding levels for non-defense spending than their House counterparts. Markups were again delayed as Chairwoman Susan Collins and Ranking Member Patty Murray continue to negotiate on topline spending numbers for 6 of the 12 bills. Similar to the House, Senate earmarks, known as Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests included in each of the bills will be released following each subcommittee markup. While Senators can submit larger numbers of projects than their House counterparts, they often only receive a few projects in each bill.
With the Second Reconciliation Bill Complete, Congressional Republicans Look Towards a Third Tax and Spending Package
With the passage of S 2, the Secure America Act, providing funding for immigration enforcement agencies for the remainder of the President’s term in office, Congressional leaders are looking towards passage of another reconciliation package before the midterm elections in the fall. Republican Leaders are hoping a third tax and spending package could deliver more of their priorities before they potentially lose control of the House.
Budget reconciliation is a special process allowing tax and spending measures to be passed without the usual 60-vote threshold in the Senate. In exchange for bypassing that requirement, they require extra procedural votes to ensure agreement amongst the majority party in both chambers pushing the bill forward. Due to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s narrow majority in the House, alongside several Senate Republicans the President helped defeat in primary elections, questions remain about whether or not the political willpower exists to pass another bill.
During a budget hearing on June 9, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Susan Collins and Defense Subcommittee Chair Mitch McConnel both expressed skepticism about passage of a third reconciliation bill, while Republican Study Committee Chair Pfluger remains committed to a third package. The Iranian conflict could push a third reconciliation bill forward, as the Department of Defense (DoD) could need the funding to cover the costs and restore weapons stockpiles, with an estimated cost of $80 to $100 billion. Republican Leaders would hope to attach some of their priorities to any defense supplemental.
House Financial Services Committee Looks to Reform CDBG-DR Funds
On June 10, the House Financial Service Committee’s Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a hearing titled Examining Local Needs in Disaster Recovery. The hearing focused on the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) administration of the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery Program (CBDG-DR).
Both sides of the aisle expressed significant concern regarding the slow expenditure of CDBG-DR funds, of which only 59% of the Congressionally-appropriated funding has been spent since the program’s inception. Unlike regular CDBG, CDBG-DR is funded through supplemental appropriations made following a natural disaster, and is usually accompanied by support from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). As such, while CDBG-DR by default follows the regulatory framework of regular CDBG grants, certain exceptions can be made for each disaster, such as lowering the amount of funding dedicated to low/moderate income (LMI) communities. HUD is also generally provided additional flexibility in administering the funding.
Testimony from an analyst with the Congressional Research Service (CRS), a non-partisan research and analysis center within the Library of Congress, indicated a variety of causes ranging from HUD delays to poor grant management by recipients. Chairman Mike Floor also noted that the program’s authorization, the statute setting policy and allowing appropriators to fund the account, has long expired. HR 8291, the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act, would permanently authorize the program, but has not yet received consideration by the Committee.
EXECUTIVE BRANCH ACTIVITY
EPA Proposes Updated State Implementation Plane Guidance for Ozone
On June 9, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed rule revising the prior Administration’s January 2025 final rule requiring states to keep certain State Implementation Plan (SIP) requirements based on an area’s prior failure to meet National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone established in the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Under the prior rule, states were still required to continue with certain planning requirements of a SIP associated with the previous noncompliance determination by EPA. Forcing states to continue meeting the legacy requirements even if air quality in the region had improved.
According to the EPA’s fact sheet, under the proposed rule only a area’s latest classification would be used to govern the requirements for SIPs going forward, this will negate a 2025 rule from the prior Administration and all previous requirements under the 2008 and 2015 NAAQS standards for ozone pollution.
Orange County Delegation Press Releases
- Mike Levin – June 3, 2026: Rep. Mike Levin Fights to Ban Drilling Off of California & Florida Coasts
- Lou Correa – June 9, 2026: Correa Votes Against Another Blank Check for ICE
- Lou Correa – June 9, 2026: Rep. Correa, Real Estate Caucus Co-Chairs Increase American Home Building Efficiency
- Lou Correa – June 9, 2026: Correa, Colleagues Launch Bipartisan Congressional Free Enterprise Caucus
- Lou Correa – June 3, 2026: Correa Votes to Stop Illegal Iran War
- Derek Tran – June 5, 2026: Representative Tran Supports Improved Transparency, Readiness in Bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act
- Derek Tran – June 3, 2026: Representative Derek Tran Demands Full Accountability from GKN Aerospace for Hazmat Disaster
- Derek Tran – June 3, 2026: Representative Tran Votes to Uphold Constitutional War Powers Over Military Action in Iran
- Linda Sanchez – June 9, 2026: Trump IRS Illegally Leaked 47,000 Taxpayers' Private Data to DHS, Inspector General Confirms
- Alex Padilla – June 9, 2026: Padilla, Schiff, Kaine, Schumer, Senate Democrats Press Trump on Legal Basis for Claim that Hostilities in Iran Have Terminated
- Alex Padilla – June 9, 2026: Padilla, Vargas Introduce Bill to Rename San Diego Post Office After Late Latino Civil Rights Activist Armando Rodriguez
- Alex Padilla – June 8, 2026: Padilla, Durbin, Whitehouse, Colleagues Sound Alarm on Trump Administration Use of Election Crimes Prosecutions to Interfere in Midterm Elections
- Alex Padilla – June 8, 2026: Padilla, Schiff Introduce Bill to Create Permanent Specialty Crop Disaster Assistance Program
- Alex Padilla – June 5, 2026: Padilla Leads Effort to Defeat Republican Attempts to Pass Anti-Voter SAVE Act in the Dead of Night
- Alex Padilla – June 5, 2026: Padilla Rails Against Republican Reconciliation Bill, Pushes Amendment for DHS Enforcement Reforms
- Alex Padilla – June 4, 2026: Padilla Statement on Trump's Nomination of Todd Blanche for United States Attorney General
- Alex Padilla – June 3, 2026: WATCH: Padilla Slams Republican Reconciliation Bill
- Alex Padilla – June 3, 2026: As Trump & Republicans Wage Assault On Free and Fair Elections, Padilla, Schiff, Senate Democrats & Elections Experts Prepare to Protect the 2026 Midterms
- Alex Padilla – June 3, 2026: Bipartisan Padilla Bills Supporting 2,000+ Acres of Tribal Land Management Considered in Senate Committee Hearing
- Alex Padilla – June 3, 2026: WATCH: Padilla Questions Federal Highway Administrator on California Highway Projects and Infrastructure
- Adam Schiff – June 10, 2026: NEWS: Sen. Schiff Leads Launch of Inquiry into Administration's Corrupt Redirecting of Taxpayer Dollars for National Parks to Pay for Trump's Vanity Projects
- Adam Schiff – June 9, 2026: NEWS: Sen. Schiff Introduces Legislation to Prevent Government Payouts to January 6th Insurrectionists and Those Convicted of Election Interference
- Adam Schiff – June 8, 2026: STATEMENT: Sen. Schiff on President Trump's Nomination of Todd Blanche as Attorney General
- Adam Schiff – June 8, 2026: NEWS: Sens. Schiff, Padilla Join Representatives DeSaulnier and Lofgren to Voice Opposition to Any Reopening of FCI Dublin
- Adam Schiff – June 8, 2026: NEWS: Schiff Introduces Comprehensive Legislation to Enact Commonsense Guardrails for Defense Department's Use of AI
- Adam Schiff – June 8, 2026: NEWS: Sens. Schiff, Kaine, Schumer Lead 35 Senate Democrats in Pressing Trump on Legal Basis for Justifying Claim that Hostilities in Iran Have Terminated
- Adam Schiff – June 5, 2026: NEWS: Senate Republicans Block Sen. Schiff's Push to Halt Trump's Corrupt Payouts, Prevent Future Abuse of DOJ Settlement
- Adam Schiff – June 4, 2026: WATCH: Sen. Schiff Calls Out Trump's Unqualified Pick for Director of Intelligence, Slams Blanche's Politicization of Justice Department
Legislation Introduced by the Orange County Delegation
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Bill Number
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Bill Title
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Introduction Date
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Sponsor
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Bill Description
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Latest Major Action
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S.4722
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No Short Title Available.
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06/09/26
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Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA)
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A bill to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2777 Logan Avenue in San Diego, California, as the "Armando Rodriguez Post Office".
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
6/9/2026
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S.4713
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Preventing Payouts for Insurrectionists Act
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06/09/26
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Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA)
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A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to prevent payouts for insurrectionists.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
6/9/2026
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S.4715
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No Short Title Available.
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06/09/26
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Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA)
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A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to establish fitness to operate standards and decommissioning escrow accounts for offshore oil and gas operators, and for other purposes.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
6/9/2026
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S. 4697
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No Short Title Available.
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06/08/26
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Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA)
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A bill to provide for design and safety requirements for autonomous and semi-autonomous weapon systems, and for other purposes.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
6/8/2026
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