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Senator Pérez co-leads passage of wildfire legislation to aid in recovery and resilience

On Tuesday, the Senate passed a series of bills to aid in the recovery of the January wildfire disaster and boost California’s resiliency to prevent future tragedies.

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Senator Pérez’s SB 98, the SAFE Act, requiring schools to send alerts about immigration enforcement passes the Senate

SB 98, the SAFE Act authored by Senator Sasha Renée Pérez (D-Pasadena) to protect school communities in the face of heightened immigration enforcement, has passed the Senate.

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Senator Pérez Honors Altadena Girls as District 25 Nonprofit of the Year

Senator Sasha Renée Pérez (D-Pasadena) has selected Altadena Girls as the 2025 California Nonprofit of the Year for Senate District 25.

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Senator Pérez Receives Hunger Fighter Award for Work to Combat Childhood Hunger

The California Hunger Action Coalition has selected Senator Sasha Renée Pérez (D-Pasadena) as the recipient of the 2025 Hunger Fighter Award in recognition of her work to combat child hunger and her authorship of S.B. 411, the "Stop Child Hunger Act".

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Senator Pérez Issues Statement on Governor Newsom’s May Revision to the State Budget

“The Governor’s May revision is moving us in a constructive direction, even in the face extreme budget challenges made worse by the significant uncertainty stemming from actions in Washington D.C."

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Senator Pérez’s Statement on Approval of State Farm’s Emergency Rate Increase Without Investigating Policyholder Complaints

The decision to grant State Farm’s unprecedented request for an emergency rate increase disregards the hardships faced by fire victims and their calls for accountability

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Senator Pérez Statement on Governor Newsom’s Model Ordinance to Address Encampments with Urgency and Dignity

“The outline of Governor Newsom’s proposed local ordinance clearly states that no one ‘should face criminal punishment for sleeping outside when they have nowhere else to go.’ This is the same compassionate goal as SB 634, which originally aimed to allow encampment clearances, while banning criminal punishment against someone for simply being unhoused, while also protecting charity organizations who volunteer to serve those who are unhoused. Now, we have a model ordinance from the Governor affirming that we can both clear encampments without criminalizing people in the process.

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Senator Pérez leads effort to stop State Farm’s emergency rate increase and calls for investigation into L.A. County wildfire survivors’ insurance complaints

Citing hundreds of complaints against State Farm Insurance by Los Angeles County wildfire survivors, Senator Sasha Renée Pérez (D-Pasadena) and members of the State Legislature co-authored a letter calling on the California Department of Insurance to halt State Farm’s request for an emergency rate increase until the department conducts an investigation into the complaints.

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Senator Pérez issues statement on troubling events on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

“I am deeply troubled that we are retreating from our commitment to honor and remember the Armenian Genocide. Today, President Donald Trump refused to use the word “Genocide” in the statement issued by the White House."