News & Press Releases

Press Release
June 2, 2021

SACRAMENTO, CA – The California State Senate today unanimously passed a bill by Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) targeting childhood racial disparities in healthcare. 

Press Release
May 26, 2021

SACRAMENTO, CA – The California State Senate today passed a bill by Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) that is desperately needed to save small community performing arts organizations from disappearing and help them continue their important work as social justice vehicles for marginalized voices.

In the News
May 25, 2021

Boyle Heights, Los Angeles - Small community theaters, which often operated on shoestring budgets before COVID-19 hit the theater industry, have been struggling during the pandemic

Press Release
May 24, 2021

SACRAMENTO, CA – The California State Senate today passed the “Unaccompanied Women Experiencing Homelessness Act of 2021” by Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park). California would become the first state in the nation to recognize unaccompanied women experiencing homelessness without children or dependents as a distinct homeless subpopulation if this bill is signed into law. 

Press Release
May 20, 2021

Today, the State Senate Appropriations Committee passed a bill by Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) that is desperately needed to save small community performing arts organizations from disappearing and help them continue their important work as social justice vehicles for marginalized voices.

In the News
May 4, 2021

“In this past year, we learned something and that is how unpredictable the world is,” said State Senator Susan Rubio. “And we learned that we have to make sure we have a plan, and we take action early to get ahead of wildfires.”

Press Release
April 28, 2021

SACRAMENTO, CA – The State Senate Public Safety Committee today passed a bill by Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) that will allow victims to file domestic violence restraining orders electronically as they seek protection from abusers.

Press Release
April 28, 2021

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, the California Senate Education Committee with bipartisan support passed a bill by Sen. Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) that creates a statewide tutoring program to help K-12th grade students who are falling behind in school due to the pandemic.