Today, a package of bills authored by Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria to improve public safety, expand healthcare workforce training programs and to advance clean energy development in the Central Valley passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee with bipartisan support.

Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria issued the following statement on Governor Newsom’s May Revise budget release: “The Governor’s May Revise preserves funding for key capital projects at UC Merced,” said Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria.

Today, Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria recognized Firebaugh civic leader and lifelong farmer, Joe L. Del Bosque as her 2024 Latino Spirit Award Honoree on the California State Assembly Floor.

Today, Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria announced her legislation related to nursing bachelor degrees and hospitals passed through their first policy committee.

Today, Assemblywoman Soria’s AB 3171 passes through its first legislative hurdle in the Assembly Public Safety Committee.

Today, Assemblywoman Soria’s AB 1960, a bill to increase penalties for retail theft passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee with unanimous support.

Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria (D-Fresno) and Senator Anna M. Caballero (D-Merced) released the following statements following Governor Newsom’s approval of the $57 million loan to reopen Madera Community Hospital:

Today, Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria announced the establishment of a new Select Committee on Distressed Hospitals. Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas appointed Assemblywoman Soria as Chair of the Select Committee.