Small businesses and nonprofits in California have far fewer protections than residential tenants, and are being forced out of business and displaced from their communities at an alarming rate.
Press Releases
SACRAMENTO – Senator Caroline Menjivar (D- San Fernando Valley) introduced SB 953, Period Equity Now, to address the persistent and dangerous inequity of period poverty amongst Californians on Medi-Cal.
SACRAMENTO – La Senadora Caroline Menjivar (D- San Fernando Valley) presentó el Proyecto de Ley SB 953, Period Equity Now, para abordar la persistente y peligrosa desigualdad de la pobreza del período menstrual entre los californianos que reciben Medi-Cal.
SACRAMENTO – Senator Caroline Menjivar (D-San Fernando Valley) released
the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2024-25 state budget
proposal:
Senator Menjivar, conservationists and 13-year-old Naomi, a constituent of Senate District 20 and resident of San Fernando Valley, have successfully championed SB 732, which was approved in the California Legislature and awaits Governor Newsom’s signature.
North Hollywood, CA – When Saticoy Elementary School announced plans for a Pride themed assembly on June 2, a group of parents rushed to spew bigoted misinformation about the event and about LGBTQ+ folks out into the community. This quickly led to an act of vandalism and a hate crime on the campus when a Pride flag was burned outside of a classroom.
VAN NUYS, CA — Senator Caroline Menjivar (D-San Fernando Valley) is gearing up to celebrate and recognize diversity, inclusion, and equality at the San Fernando Valley Pride March & Block Party on Saturday, June 24, 2023.
Washington, D.C. – During the President’s State of the Union address on February 7, 2023, President Biden proposed a federal Junk Fee Prevention Act, and California is striving to lead the way in protecting consumers and renters through state action. Today, Senator Caroline Menjivar (D-San Fernando Valley) joined the Biden-Harris Administration for the White House State Legislative Convening on Junk Fees. She spoke as a representative of California’s 6-bill legislative package combatting junk fees, and as the author of SB 611.
