Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo announced Tuesday that she has delivered on her commitments to make our community more affordable, healthy, and safe, with 16 bills heading to the Governor’s desk. These new laws would help to lower costs, expand health care access, protect our neighbors and small businesses, strengthen public health and safety, support veterans, and address our housing affordability challenges. ...

Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo announced Monday that her bill – the Sexual Predator Accountability Act, AB 2147 – was signed into law. The new law strengthens law enforcement’s ability to prosecute serial sexual offenses that occur across multiple counties, helping protect communities and survivors, improving accountability, and reducing court backlogs. “No survivor should be forced to navigate a fragmented legal system ...

Asm. Pilar Schiavo announced Tuesday that she had introduced her 2026 legislative package, coauthoring a slate of bills focused on lowering costs, protecting consumers, strengthening public safety, supporting children and families, and addressing housing and public health challenges facing communities across Assembly District 40. Building on her continued work to put money back in people’s pockets, improve access to health ...

Just when you thought there’s isn’t anything they can regulate that’s any crazier, the California legislature passed the “Freedom To Walk Act.” (AB2147). This one slipped by us, because after Governor Newsom signed it, the law took effect on January 1, 2023. Since its passage, the number of jaywalking deaths in California has reached its highest amount in twenty years. ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 2147 into law Friday, allowing nonviolent inmate firefighters to have their records expunged, clearing the way for them to become professional firefighters upon release, a career they were previously barred from in many departments. The move comes during a historic fire season in California, with over 3 million acres of land scorched ...