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SACRAMENTO – Landmark housing legislation that will speed up construction of new homes and change the course of the housing affordability crisis passed the California State Assembly today.

SACRAMENTO – Today the California State Assembly passed AB 1043, the Digital Age Assurance Act, authored by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) and Senator Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana). The bill would establish a first-of-its-kind, device-based age assurance system to help protect children online.

SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) announced a partnership with the California State Library to host the California Civic Media Fund, part of a first-in-the-nation agreement with media outlets, major tech companies and philanthropy to support community news across the state.

SACRAMENTO – This morning, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he supports the strongest ever reforms of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), a major California permitting and environmental review law.

SACRAMENTO – In a unified effort to tackle California’s housing crisis, a bipartisan and bicameral group of legislators today unveiled the Fast Track Housing package — a suite of more than 20 bills aimed at making housing more affordable by slashing red tape, removing uncertainty, and drastically diminishing the time it takes to get new housing approved and buil

SACRAMENTO – Today, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) and Senator Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) announced their collaboration on AB 1043 – The Digital Age Assurance Act, a landmark proposal to protect children online by creating a secure, privacy-first system for age verification on digital devices and applications.

The Final Report from the Assembly Select Committee on Permitting Reform, chaired by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), examines systemic permitting challenges that slow critical housing and climate infrastructure projects in California.