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Senator Allen (D–Santa Barbara) presented the resolution and described Foote’s 1856 experiments showing that carbon dioxide can increase temperature in enclosed chambers. Allen said Foote’s work was presented to scientific audiences by a male colleague at the time and later underrecognized; the resolution seeks to acknowledge her role in early climate science and her work in women’s suffrage. \"Please join me in honoring the mother of modern climate science in recognizing Eunice Newton Foote Day,\" Allen said on the floor.

Senator Blake Spear (D–Santa Monica) also spoke in support, noting the long history of overlooked women scientists and urging colleagues to elevate Foote’s story. The Senate adopted the resolution by voice and roll call; the clerk recorded Ayes 37, Nos 0 and the resolution was adopted without opposition.

Why it matters: SCR 99 formally recognizes a historical figure whose experiments on the heat‑retaining properties of certain gases were presented in the mid‑19th century, and the resolution is intended to highlight an overlooked contribution to scientific history and to provide role models for future scientists.

Procedure and context: SCR 99 is a ceremonial resolution and does not appropriate funds. After adoption, Senator Allen introduced documentary filmmaker Cathy Kaszek (also referenced in remarks as a scientist and filmmaker) who has produced work that highlights Foote’s legacy.

Speakers on record for the resolution included Senator Allen and Senator Blake Spear; the resolution passed unanimously on the Senate floor.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Senate Floor Session","oneSentenceSummary","The Senate adopted SCR 99 honoring Eunice Newton Foote’s contributions to early greenhouse‑gas science and women’s suffrage. The resolution was presented by Senator Allen and was adopted unanimously.","taxTitle","California State Senate, Senate, Legislative, California","taxId",77650,"location","California","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6655189,"Senate approves AB 104, a 2025 budget bill that adjusts hospital loans, CDCR programming and capital outlay funding",137,437000,574000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5418982-79740c84f8eff2fd735e29b3ff606961&start=437&end=574","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5418982-79740c84f8eff2fd735e29b3ff606961/thumbnail_437000.jpg","/articles/6655189/California/Senate-approves-AB-104-a-2025-budget-bill-that-adjusts-hospital-loans-CDCR-programming-and-capital-outlay-funding","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6655189-e7a08d38803dcec1675d535ee74bf474/orig.mp4?Expires=1770443418&Signature=aMUpTYq-Lzu6huV-IBZYrIOysfetQOh2lkQjlPN63OjCQuNZVhYh3wFu30CDP3xzvjz6V7PmWsHhHnJY0d8vF3RFHicv-ixm6ujGQscBmLvhj9~FPFGGwD1myiaSAYSi-F44JfoT7OiNrl8igqXd9EzBdtf5mx41L8ffoC26wkDiyi-xyEXqukkKKtGt7XCFdnvuPQurw9UMszVqP00A5WUm-rYYPrX3j1uPZuHVQuHKlseuLl~BCKKDd9ep1FS7RRaRGbqbFAz1hFWqdHkuIox14bVKR-6OyfUE-FriWoZoSNstwfwcXkKDZGXaIWSkSV7inCGES~7kMBf75IeMFA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The California State Senate on July 17 approved Assembly Bill 104 (AB 104), a budget bill described on the floor as making multiple technical and programmatic adjustments to the 2025 Budget Act.

Senator Scott Wiener presented AB 104 and said the bill extends the repayment period for a loan provided to a nondesignated public hospital under the program administered by the California Health Facilities Financing Authority, reappropriates funding for in‑prison programming at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), and provides funding for various capital outlay projects. Wiener characterized the measure as a routine budget amendment and asked for an aye vote.

Senators recorded passage with a roll call that the clerk summarized as Ayes 29, Nos 3. The Senate proceeded to take additional budget items following that vote.

Why it matters: AB 104 is a budget implementation bill that adjusts repayment terms and funding allocations for health care financing and corrections programming, among other technical corrections connected to the 2025 budget. Such trailer and budget bills operationalize the Legislature’s appropriations decisions.

Discussion vs. action: The floor debate on AB 104 was brief; no recorded amendments or substantive opposition were raised during the floor presentation. The bill moves to the next steps required by the budget process.

Speakers quoted in this article appeared on the record as the floor sponsor and in the roll call recorded on the Senate floor.","Assembly Bill 104, a budget bill amending the 2025 Budget Act, was approved by the California Senate. The bill extends repayment terms for a loan under the nondesignated public hospital program, reappropriates funding for in‑prison programming at CDCR, and makes various capital outlay and technical changes.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6655192,"Senate passes human services trailer SB 119 with CalWORKs, foster care and CalFresh provisions",155,779000,934000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5418982-79740c84f8eff2fd735e29b3ff606961&start=779&end=934","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5418982-79740c84f8eff2fd735e29b3ff606961/thumbnail_779000.jpg","/articles/6655192/California/Senate-passes-human-services-trailer-SB-119-with-CalWORKs-foster-care-and-CalFresh-provisions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6655192-a178215b8f2e30d7430d84286c8032fe/orig.mp4?Expires=1770443418&Signature=dAbf6Uu-~nxCPhD69sNfKAIoxUDn9XwYcH-PZtmxKaG1BOdICFpo1EbZ-~S4IqVL9oQrefuE1YUvXAdXQEtJSckInSYJeE4euktDwua8K82ZQ7BOVIctNH5wl4Obba3m-rGiou9n~l9GNI0I5grv2sXuLGJDmXsCnz6Vw5jnHAZVwvucObaO0W8WrDwk3eqGSlpgTAoU0Dq0k1GqtaYJm~0DqVqFP9a6GFYWvpK08wl5jkuuwCxfYFITHChcSO0yNgz5ikrJLIdL9~0Hi-Bil-haShzIS2AGFPSsGRK-xQnwiPgryhuC-G0UUx6sCkacIwm-RbJDDfE5KjY9n3~BhQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The California State Senate on July 17 approved Senate Bill 119 (SB 119), a human services trailer bill implementing multiple provisions tied to the 2025 budget.

Senator (floor presenter) said the bill makes the implementation of a tiered rate structure for foster care subject to appropriation in 2027 and includes changes intended to streamline CalWORKs. The sponsor told the chamber the bill is associated with net general fund savings of approximately $17,000,000; it also provides $200,000 in General Fund for development of a CalFresh strategic plan and $600,000 General Fund for creation of a standardized curriculum for mandated reporters in child welfare, which will be optional to mandated reporters across the state.

The trailer bill extends a waiver of local match requirements for the Bringing Families Home and Home Safe programs consistent with budget augmentations. The presenter asked senators for an aye vote; the measure passed and the clerk announced the measure passes.

Why it matters: SB 119 modifies program timelines and funding authorizations for several major human services programs administered at the state and county level. The subjecting of a foster‑care tiered rate structure to future appropriation shifts implementation timing and affects counties, providers and foster youth budgets.

Votes and procedure: The Senate recorded passage on the floor; the clerk reported “Ayes 289, the measure passes” in the transcript record. (Note: the roll call as read on the floor appears in the official Senate journal.)

Discussion vs. action: The floor discussion summarized programmatic changes and funding allocations. The bill moved forward as a budget‑related trailer with specified appropriations and direction to departments to develop plans and curricula cited on the floor.

Speakers quoted in this article spoke during the budget trailer presentation and explained programmatic and fiscal elements of SB 119.","Senate Bill 119, a human services trailer bill tied to the 2025 budget, passed the California Senate with provisions delaying tiered foster‑care rates until appropriation in 2027, funding a CalFresh strategic plan, and allocating funds for mandated‑reporter curriculum development.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6655196,"Senate approves AB 138 to ratify state employee agreements; motion to shorten review draws objections",131,625000,756000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5418982-79740c84f8eff2fd735e29b3ff606961&start=625&end=756","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5418982-79740c84f8eff2fd735e29b3ff606961/thumbnail_625000.jpg","/articles/6655196/California/Senate-approves-AB-138-to-ratify-state-employee-agreements-motion-to-shorten-review-draws-objections","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6655196-fc92f9d87c807e5b65585c242c2229d0/orig.mp4?Expires=1770443418&Signature=LkEloPUY5Jmpr8ftDjabzD6M1nP~oBJiBDzjvMFOwEZ4M0aVeJ1TIn5RtGqIEQZ1OKCa~vFE0Sc-XdVIsBTPrO4MUusCJfd4Qp5y4RsmOMhwwshDsB9hhwzzWdb32vftr~GIprM4zkNvggkUJ6uIXuxIlKuNJ-bZSL79WIVwvpaNPOPNdLz5pQxzkze8fD5jSpUgQfa-8BKN~HNQMPmrvDzHVEZNiL5~5oT58qwZIqqMMIDpQ4qTUFHxSJEjL6a2QCvC0Ge3xvH~K1LOwEQGVN8H1LMbk2tpYSySav6i519mPlNw0Il8jN-nhie2tTrDiWb6Z7wrOgep9P8Y0AnVFg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The California State Senate on July 17 approved Assembly Bill 138 (AB 138), a budget trailer bill that ratifies recently negotiated labor agreements and implements short‑term changes to state employee policies.

Senator Scott Wiener (D–San Francisco), who brought AB 138 to the floor, said the measure ratifies a new contract with bargaining unit 16 (physicians and dentists), authorizes a one‑year suspension of a return‑to‑office executive order for members of the professional scientists unit, and codifies 16 labor agreements signed between June 21 and June 30 as connected to the budget package. \"I respectfully ask for an aye vote,\" Wiener said before the roll call.

Before the bill vote, Senator Anilo (recorded as Anilos on the floor) objected to a separate motion to suspend Senate Rule 29.4 so the measure could be advanced more quickly without a full Legislative Analyst’s Office memorandum on recently negotiated memoranda of understanding (MOUs). Anilo argued the rule exists so the LAO has adequate time to review MOUs; without that analysis senators were being asked to accept terms negotiated by the executive branch with employee groups without legislative oversight.

The Assembly bill passed on the floor with a recorded vote of Ayes 28, Nos 9. Earlier in the session there was a separate roll call—on a motion to suspend rules—where the chamber recorded Ayes 24, Nos 8 and the motion to suspend Senate rules carried.

Why it matters: AB 138 performs authorizing steps connected to the 2025 budget package and the administration’s bargaining agreements with multiple state employee groups. The ratified agreements affect compensation and workplace rules for specific bargaining units; the bill also includes a temporary pause of an executive return‑to‑office directive for one unit.

Discussion vs. action: The floor debate included both policy explanation by the bill’s floor sponsor and procedural objections from at least one senator who warned against truncating review time for complex labor MOUs. The Senate ultimately adopted the bill and moved related measures to concurrence and appropriations as required by budget process rules.

Speakers quoted in this article include the senator who presented the measure and the senator who objected to the expedited process.","The Senate passed Assembly Bill 138, a budget trailer bill that ratifies multiple state labor agreements and suspends a return‑to‑office order for certain employees. A separate motion to shorten review time for the measure drew objections from a senator who argued the Legislature lacked detailed analyses from the LAO.",{"_33":113,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":114,"_41":115,"_43":116,"_45":117,"_47":118,"_49":119,"_51":120,"_53":121,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":122,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":123,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6655201,"California Senate urges White House to rescind sweeping tariffs, citing higher costs for families and farms",3478,1933000,5411000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5418982-79740c84f8eff2fd735e29b3ff606961&start=1933&end=5411","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5418982-79740c84f8eff2fd735e29b3ff606961/thumbnail_1933000.jpg","/articles/6655201/California/California-Senate-urges-White-House-to-rescind-sweeping-tariffs-citing-higher-costs-for-families-and-farms","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6655201-51e897c8b34b523909978926168f4ab4/orig.mp4?Expires=1770443418&Signature=YqtK-3EuYqOq~3n9e8ueUyfwekKtK1MA8D8PgdC9rkZ~osev6GuKdxlgwucekzgZnEanDi8vrtszRFV~wt5mZQ01F3Agr111y-aazHqIXFWA1clpYT6k8DJj4dqZOFaVKSSvVrskIeBeeY3b6LRqPKEKz8min0TraZOvuqhvzoWNQUiuvQkHc7dZ-75~6XxzowOPqUUvQhifVFUMQy2-wGbtVpVdEhkr7jzf2eun6fohHYI~US7XZ8kTVILCWluPlHA-XXkEKdinjVfk3gEixLMQs0uvSWkKsb29TW0VI12n6CWrUw7hHjaj2SaUY-wA7MYRHFpj6cg81wYYPaN17g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The California State Senate on July 17 adopted Senate Joint Resolution 7 (SJR 7), urging the president to rescind sweeping tariffs imposed this spring and warning that the levies increase costs for households, farmers and small businesses.

The resolution, introduced by Senator María Cervantes (D–Riverside), passed on a recorded vote of Ayes 26, Nos 8. Cervantes said the tariffs—imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act—are “a tax on the consumers here in this country” and warned they are causing immediate harm to sectors that depend on international trade.

Cervantes told colleagues that the tariffs have already driven up prices for everyday essentials and disrupted ports and farm exports. “These tariffs are not just hurting our families and small businesses, they are weakening our position in the world,” she said on the floor.

Why it matters: Senators from both parties debated whether the tariffs are the right tool to rebuild U.S. manufacturing or, as opponents say, an indiscriminate tax that falls hardest on low- and middle-income households and export-oriented industries in California. Multiple senators cited analyses projecting higher household costs and reported declines in export volumes at West Coast ports.

Supporters of the resolution cited analyses and industry testimony. Senator Blake Spear (D–Santa Monica) said the Yale Budget Lab projects the tariffs could cost the average household nearly $3,000 annually and urged colleagues to consider those impacts on families already facing affordability pressures. Senator Josh Casey (D–San Diego), a coauthor, described the resolution as targeted: it opposes tariffs that harm California families, businesses and the middle class rather than condemning tariffs categorically.

Opponents argued the resolution is political posturing that could foreclose leverage in trade negotiations. Senator Serrato (R–Rancho Murrieta) and others said recent tariff-driven investment pledges and monthly revenue to the federal treasury suggest the picture is mixed, and urged caution before adopting a nonbinding statement that might limit California’s ability to respond to changing federal policy.

Industry and regional impacts were central to the debate. Senators from agricultural and port districts warned about immediate market disruptions: Senator Caballero (D–Fresno) and Senator Rubio (D–Central Valley) emphasized declines in export sales, the time‑sensitive nature of perishable products, and the ripple effects on trucking and refrigerated cargo operations. Senator Haddigan (D–Oakland) said truck and port operators reported reduced activity and rising costs.

The resolution documents concerns including reduced shipment volumes at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and retaliation by trading partners that can restrict California exports. Supporters argued the state's food and wine industries face concrete short‑term harms—citing cork shortages for bottles and reports of shelved shipments—while opponents warned of uncertain long‑term outcomes and possible new investment onshoring.

Votes at a glance: the resolution passed—Ayes 26, Nos 8. The Senate record shows the roll call and a full debate spanning multiple senators from agricultural, coastal and inland districts.

Looking ahead: SJR 7 is nonbinding and asks federal officials to rescind tariffs it says harm California consumers and exporters. The resolution does not create state policy but signals the legislature’s position heading into further federal trade and supply‑chain discussions.

Speakers quoted in this article are senators recorded on the Senate floor during debate on SJR 7.","The California State Senate passed Senate Joint Resolution 7 urging the president to rescind broad tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, with senators arguing the levies act as a hidden tax that raises prices for consumers and harms exporters and supply chains.","actionData","errors"]

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