Press Releases

SACRAMENTO, CA — Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) made the following statement today about Senate Bill (SB) 953, which seeks to end all offshore drilling in California state waters, did not pass out of the Senate Committee on Appropriation and was held on the Suspense File.  

“Last year’s Orange County oil spill was another wake-up call on the risks that offshore drilling poses to our $44 billion coastal economy, our precious marine ecosystems, and our California way of life.




LAGUNA WOODS, CA — Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) issued the following statement in response to new information that yesterday’s mass shooting in Laguna Woods is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a federal hate crime.




LAGUNA WOODS, CA — Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) issued the following statement in response to today’s mass shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods that left five people injured and one dead.




SACRAMENTO, CA — Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) issued the following statement in response to the recent shooting that targeted a Korean American owned salon Dallas, Texas.




SACRAMENTO, CA — Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) issued the following statement in response to the United States Supreme Court’s leaked decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.




SACRAMENTO, CA — Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) announced today that Senate Bill (SB) 953 passed out of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water. This bill would ban offshore drilling in state waters and cease oil production at the three remaining platforms operating off the coast of California by 2024. The legislation comes on the heels of last year’s oil spill, which leaked nearly 25,000 gallons of crude oil from a pipeline off the coast of Huntington Beach.




LAKE FOREST, CA – More than 13.2 tons of bulky waste were collected at the City of Lake Forest’s Dump Day event on Saturday, April 23, 2022, held at Saddleback Church. Mattresses, couches, tables, and chairs were among the items collected during the sustainability event. In addition, 1.95 tons of items were collected by Goodwill and Saddleback church to help those in need.




SACRAMENTO, CA — Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) announced today his support for the first round of “Stop the Hate” funding, which was part of the California Legislature’s historic $156.5 million 2021 API Equity Budget investing in various Asian American and Pacific Islander community outreach and education efforts focused on fighting anti-Asian hate.