SACRAMENTO, CA — The Assembly Select Committee on Housing Construction Innovation, chaired by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), is fully engaged in its mission to explore what role the State of California can play in unlocking innovative construction techniques to lower costs and increase overall housing production.
SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) today announced the launch of an Outcomes Review of Assembly Bill (AB) 2011, the Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022, which was enacted to streamline the approval of affordable and mixed-income housing along resource-rich commercial corridors.
SACRAMENTO – Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas has appointed Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D–Oakland) to Chair the newly established Select Committee on Housing Construction Innovation, a body tasked with exploring and advancing modern, cost-efficient, climate-smart approaches to building new homes in California.
OAKLAND — Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) issued the following statement in response to reports that the Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 federal agents — including officers from ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection — to Coast Guard Island in Alameda:
LOS ANGELES — Yesterday, at a signing ceremony in Los Angeles, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two new laws to cut red tape and support struggling restaurants across California. These new laws were authored by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) and Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino).
SACRAMENTO — Governor Gavin Newsom today signed AB 1340 (Wicks, Berman) into law, marking a historic milestone for California’s gig economy and the hundreds of thousands of drivers who power it.
SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) today announced growing support from major technology companies and children’s advocacy organizations for her landmark legislation the Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043), which would establish a secure, privacy-first framework for age assurance on digital platforms.
SACRAMENTO – This week the California State Legislature passed two bills by Assemblymembers Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) and Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino) to support California’s restaurant industry.
SACRAMENTO — Fulfilling a promise to address everyday affordability for millions of Californians, the Governor, Senate Pro Tem and Assembly Speaker are proud to announce support for AB 1340 (Wicks, Berman), which is sponsored by SEIU California; and SB 371 (Cabaldon), sponsored by Uber and Lyft.
SACRAMENTO – Landmark housing legislation that will speed up construction of new homes and change the course of the housing affordability crisis passed the California State Assembly today.