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Sacramento, CA –A bill that created a simple solution to a growing problem – communities being swamped by issues related to online vacation rentals – will continue to move forward next legislative session when it proceeds as a two-year bill, Senator Mike McGuire announced this week.




Sacramento, CA – Senator Mike McGuire’s groundbreaking legislation creating an all-encompassing regulatory framework for the medical marijuana industry, passed off the Senate floor Thursday morning with significant support.




Sacramento, CA – The Senate today approved North Coast Senator Mike McGuire’s legislation to forever protect California’s coast from new offshore oil development.




Sacramento, CA – Yesterday’s oil spill in the once pristine waters off Santa Barbara County’s Refugio State Beach is a grim reminder of just how risky coastal oil development can be. 




Sacramento, CA – With a broad show of support, Senator Mike McGuire’s Online Vacation Rental legislation, SB 593 was again approved Wednesday by a second Senate committee with a 4-2 vote from members of the Governance and Finance Committee.




Sacramento, CA – Senator Mike McGuire’s bill to forever protect California’s coast from new offshore oil development in state waters passed with a sweeping vote of support from the Senate Natural Resources Committee Tuesday afternoon.




Sacramento, CA – Senator Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg) has introduced legislation to forever protect our coast from new offshore oil development in state waters – a move that will protect our pristine beaches and benefit our coastal and state economy from what would be devastating impacts of an offshore oil spill.




Sacramento, CA – More than 60 percent of the marijuana grown in the nation comes from counties along California’s North Coast.