SACRAMENTO, CA – On January 30, 2026, Senator Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) introduced Senate Bill (SB) 937 to severely restrict the use of military-style weapons, specifically flas
Sacramento, Calif. – On March 8, 2022, Senator Lena A. Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) issued the below statement following Governor Newsom’s State of the State address...
Sacramento, Calif. – On March 22, 2022, Senator Lena A. Gonzalez’s (D-Long Beach) SB 245 the Abortion Accessibility Act was signed into law by Governor Newsom. SB 245 will remove cost-barriers to abortion by requiring all state-licensed health care service plans to cover abortion services without a co-payment, deductible, or any type of cost-sharing.
Sacramento, Calif. – On May 3, 2022 Senator Lena A. Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) released the below statement following news reports detailing an initial draft U.S. Supreme Court majority opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade and end federal constitutional protections for the right to abortion...
Sacramento, Calif. – El 3 de mayo de 2022, la Senadora Lena A. Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) emitió la siguiente declaración luego de informes de noticias que detallaban un borrador inicial de la opinión de la mayoría de la Corte Suprema de los EE.UU. sobre el derecho al aborto:
Sacramento, Calif. – On June 21, 2022 Senator Lena A. Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) issued the following statement after the Chair of the Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement refused to allow Senate Bill 1173, The Fossil Fuel Divestment Act to have a public hearing in the committee.
Sacramento, Calif. – On June 24, 2022 Senator Lena A. Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) issued the following statement following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organizations, which overrules federal constitutional protections regarding the right to abortion...
Sacramento, Calif. – El 24 de junio de 2022, la Senadora Lena A. Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) emitió la siguiente declaración luego de la decisión de la Corte Suprema de los EE. UU. en el caso Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organizations, que anula las protecciones constitucionales federales con respecto al derecho al aborto...
Sacramento, Calif. – On August 25, 2022, Senator Lena A. Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) and Senator Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara) introduced historic legislation to establish health and safety buffer zones and protect the most pollution-burdened communities in the state from the dangers of oil and gas operations.
