Sacramento, CA – As a member of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review committee, Senator Mike McGuire released the following statement regarding the Governor’s budget proposal introduced this morning.
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Sacramento, CA – Senator Mike McGuire has been appointed by Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León to several influential committee assignments to kick off the 2017-2018 legislative year, including taking over as Chairperson of the Governance and Finance Committee, which is responsible for hearing all legislation related to state and local government and special district revenue, taxes, all land use and development policy. The committee is considered one of the busiest in the Senate.
Sacramento – Today California State Senators Scott Wiener and Mike McGuire announced that they will be co-authoring legislation to require that any future presidential or vice-presidential candidate must make their tax returns public to appear on the California ballot.
Sacramento, CA – With the Sonoma Developmental Center slated for closure by 2018, nearly 350 of the most medically fragile patients in the state system will transition into the community and require specialized healthcare services. Senator McGuire and Sonoma County Supervisor Susan Gorin have been committed to ensuring that the health and well-being of SDC residents will be the top priority during and after the transition and closure of the facility.
Eureka, CA – The skies opened up and so did the hearts of the Humboldt community on Wednesday when high school students, city councilmembers, business and non-profit leaders, Boy Scouts, and children showed up in the pouring rain to donate OVER one and half TONS of food during Senator McGuire’s first annual “Drop-off and Donate” food drive event.
Lower Lake, CA – Immediately after the Clayton Fire suddenly changed course and swept through Lower Lake devastating the area, (less than a year after the third worst wildfire in our state’s history had caused devastation in South Lake County) the partners that collaborated to raise over $2.5 million for Valley Fire survivors, moved into action again to raise much-needed funds for Clayton Fire survivors.
Sacramento, CA – Last week, Rockport Healthcare Services announced they were going to keep two of three skilled nursing facilities open – despite three months of dangerous rhetoric that they were going to close Eureka and Seaview Rehabilitation and Wellness Centers.
Sacramento, CA – With Thanksgiving right around the corner, and as families finalize their plans, we hope folks will mark their calendars and join Senator McGuire for his annual Del Norte County Town Hall the following week.