SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) today introduced a bill requiring California’s state and local homelessness plans to address how they will help domestic violence survivors and unaccompanied women experiencing homelessness.
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Press Release
February 2, 2022
Press Release
February 2, 2022
SACRAMENTO, CA – La Senadora Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park), presentó hoy un proyecto de ley que exige que los planes locales y estatales para personas sin hogar de California aborden cómo ayudarán a los sobrevivientes de violencia doméstica y a las mujeres no acompañadas que se encuentran sin hogar.
Press Release
January 26, 2022
SACRAMENTO, CA – In a bipartisan vote, the California Senate today passed a mandatory kindergarten bill by Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) that will ensure all children receive critical instruction in their earliest years of learning.
SB 70 will require all students to complete one year in kindergarten before entering first grade to ensure children are prepared socially and academically before entering elementary school. Currently, parents are able to delay their child’s entrance into school until the first grade.
Press Release
January 26, 2022
SACRAMENTO, CA – En una votación bipartidista, el Senado de California aprobó hoy un proyecto de ley sobre jardín de niños (kindergarten) obligatorio, de la Senadora Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park), que asegurará que todos los pequeños reciban instrucción vital en sus primeros años de aprendizaje.
Press Release
January 24, 2022
SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Senate passed a bill today by Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) that will help low-income families have cleaner indoor air and energy savings while reducing their carbon emissions.
SB 560 will create a targeted financial program, administered by the California Energy Commission, to assist low-income households who want to replace outdated household appliances, such as water heaters, stoves, home heating and cooling systems, refrigerators, and washers and dryers, with low-carbon appliances.
Press Release
January 24, 2022
SACRAMENTO, CA – El Senado de California aprobó hoy un proyecto de ley de la Senadora Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park), que ayudará a las familias con bajos ingresos a respirar de una manera más limpia en el interior de sus hogares y a ahorrar energía, mientras reducen sus emisiones de carbono.
Press Release
January 20, 2022
SACRAMENTO, CA – Building off her efforts in 2021, Senator Susan Rubio, D-Baldwin Park, today introduced a bill expanding the eligibility for the child tax credit, which will help struggling families and reduce poverty.
SB 860 expands the eligibility of the Young Child Tax Credit (YCTC) from $1 earning to $0 to include in-home caregivers without paid work. Senator Rubio introduced a similar bill, SB 691, last year. Governor Gavin Newsom’s January proposed budget highlighted the need for this expansion.
Press Release
January 20, 2022
SACRAMENTO, CA – Construyendo sobre sus iniciativas de 2021, la Senadora Susan Rubio, D-Baldwin Park, presentó hoy un proyecto de ley que amplía la elegibilidad para el crédito tributario por hijos, que ayudará a las familias con dificultades y reducirá la pobreza.