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Proudly serving SD38 | Chair, Senate Environmental Quality Committee 🌎 | Fighting for climate action 💚, housing 🏡, gun safety 🎗️, and better transit 🚆

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Senator Catherine Blakespear
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Glad to report that my #SB403, legislation to ensure California's End of Life Option Act remains law, has just passed the Assembly Health Committee. 9 years of data show the law is working as intended and medical aid in dying is being practiced safely in CA. Thanks to
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Senator Catherine Blakespear
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I want to thank Rev. Dr. Mark Maddox for the opportunity to discuss the importance of interim housing and other solutions to address homelessness with his congregation today. Interim housing is a powerful tool in our work to address homelessness. It gives people a safe place to
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Senator Catherine Blakespear
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Happy Fourth of July!🇺🇸🎆
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Senator Catherine Blakespear
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Here’s my statement about legislation passed by Congress today.
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Senator Catherine Blakespear
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Happy to report that #SB92, my legislation to stop the exploitation of the state's density housing bonus law, has passed the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee. @MayorToddGloria @JoeLaCavaD1
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Senator Catherine Blakespear
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RT @CALFIRE_CHIEF: We are profoundly saddened by the horrific ambush on firefighters responding to a fire near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, on Jun….
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Senator Catherine Blakespear
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As I told @ocregister, we need to work with urgency to end unsheltered homelessness! That's what #SB16 does. @DignityMoves @MattMahanSJ @SDPartnership @CalGrocers @BayAreaCouncil
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Senator Catherine Blakespear
9 days
At TEDxEncinitasBlvd, I talked about my journey spearheading a local composting initiative to finally achieving California’s plastic grocery bag ban. I’m convinced that right now, the most urgent challenge we face is the debate surrounding SB 54, the most ambitious plastic
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Senator Catherine Blakespear
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My op-ed on how to make ending unsheltered homelessness a top priority appeared in print editions of the @sdut today. Now is the time to seize the initiative and take action!
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Senator Catherine Blakespear
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I’m thrilled to help kick off the festivities for Independence Day in Downtown Oceanside this morning! 🇺🇸. For 249 years, our nation has stood as a beacon of freedom and democracy. As we gather with friends and neighbors, let’s celebrate the enduring values that unite us, and
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Senator Catherine Blakespear
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Tearing families apart and with excessive force. This is cruel, inhumane and outrageous conduct the Trump administration should stop immediately. These over-the-top arrest tactics are unnecessary and terrorize all involved.
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Senator Catherine Blakespear
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Attention Clairemont residents, please monitor SDFD for updates on progress to the #ArianeIncident fire!.
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SDFD
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#ArianeIncident UPDATE - the forward rate of spread of the fire has been stopped.
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Senator Catherine Blakespear
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RT @SanDiegoPD: 🚨🚨EVACUATION ORDERS🚨🚨. Your San Diego Fire Department, Cal Fire, along with your San Diego Police Department have responded….
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Senator Catherine Blakespear
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Glad to report that #SB329, my legislation to ensure timely investigations of complaints about alcohol and drug treatment facilities, has passed the Assembly Health Committee. @CalCities
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Senator Catherine Blakespear
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Thank goodness! This proposal was outrageous.
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Chuck Schumer
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Senate Democrats successfully pushed back on another cruel proposal in the GOP Big, Ugly Bill. This proposal would've ripped away hundreds of millions of acres of America's public lands and auctioned them off to the highest bidder—in yet another bid to benefit the rich. Just.
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Senator Catherine Blakespear
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With new amendments to #SB16, I am setting significantly higher standards for rapidly increasing interim housing and safe sleeping capacity in an effort to end unsheltered homelessness in California within five years. Read more in my press release. @AsmMattHaney @DignityMoves
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Senator Catherine Blakespear
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It's time to make ending unsheltered homelessness a top priority. In my op-ed in @CalMatters today, I explain why, and how we can do it. @AsmMattHaney @DignityMoves @MattMahanSJ @SDPartnership @CalGrocers @BayAreaCouncil
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