SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) announced today that Governor Gavin Newsom has signed the 2022-23 State Budget into law, securing $31.75 million in direct appropriations for local priorities in the 37th Senate District. In another fiscal year with a record budget surplus, Min again supported a variety of Orange County based projects that continue to highlight the region’s rising return on investment from Sacramento.
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COSTA MESA, CA — Today, Senator Dave Min (D-Costa Mesa) announced that the inaugural Sustainability Decathlon will be hosted at the Orange County Fairgrounds in fall of 2023. The first of its kind in California, the Orange County Sustainability Decathlon challenges 20 university-led teams from around the world to design and build environmentally sustainable housing for the future. Modeled after the U.S.
Senator Dave Min and Planned Parenthood Affirm Abortion Rights as Supreme Court Reverses Roe v. Wade
SACRAMENTO, CA — Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) and Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties issued the following statements in response to the United States Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The Supreme Court today upheld a Mississippi state law that banned nearly all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a law that was found unconstitutional by both the District Court and Fifth Circuit. This extremist opinion overturns 49 years of settled constitutional law, under Roe v.
ORANGE COUNTY, CA—Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) announced the 37th Senate District’s 2022 Nonprofit of the Year honoree, Pacific Symphony. The resident orchestra of the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, Pacific Symphony is renowned for its outstanding ensemble, in addition to a robust set of education and community engagement programs that cultivate new artists and inspire a love of music in children and adults. Its music director of 32 years, Carl St.
LOS ANGELES, CA — Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) and Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles) joined the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) today in announcing the new Responsible Beverage Service (RBS) Training Program will soon offer testing in additional languages beyond the initial English and Spanish offerings.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton), Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine), Assemblymember Carlos Villapudua (D-Stockton), Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Laguna Beach), and San Joaquin County District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar announced legislation to create sentencing enhancements for violent crimes targeting schools and places of worship.
Senate Bill 699 creates two sentence enhancements for specified felonies attempted or committed at schools or houses of worship.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) and Stop AAPI Hate announced the passage of Senate Bill (SB) 1161 off of the Senate Floor. The legislation is now in the Assembly for consideration. The bill mandates the 10 largest transit agencies in the state to gather data and design solutions to address the root causes of street harassment on public transit.
SACRAMENTO, CA — Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) issued the following statement in response to the passage of Senate Bill (SB) 915 and SB 1384 off of the Senate Floor. The two bills come on the heels of a mass shooting in Laguna Woods where a gunman targeted a church full of Taiwanese parishioners, killing one and leaving five individuals critically injured.