Press Releases

Monday, March 18, 2024

SACRAMENTO – Legislation advanced today from Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, that would grant power wheelchair users the right to have their own equipment repaired, eliminating delays that could leave them immobilized while reducing costs to one of California’s most vulnerable populations.

Thursday, March 14, 2024

SACRAMENTO -- Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, issued the following statement today regarding Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s proposed catastrophic modeling regulations to address California’s insurance crisis:

“Ensuring the availability and affordability of insurance takes a multipronged approach, and these proposed regulations are a piece of the puzzle,” Sen. Dodd said. “There’s much to do to stabilize the market, and I thank Commissioner Lara for moving on multiple fronts to tackle the issue.”

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

SACRAMENTO – With this year’s April 15 tax filing deadline approaching, Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, reminds taxpayers of two key benefits they may take advantage of to ensure they get back any money they earned:

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

VALLEJO – A. Marie Young, a longtime Solano Community College board member and mathematics professor who broke barriers in the 1970s as the first African American woman to teach an academic course full-time at the college, has been selected Solano County Woman of the Year by Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa.

Monday, March 11, 2024

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, has introduced a resolution designating March as Problem Gambling Awareness Month in an effort to bring attention to an addiction affecting more than a million Californians and connect people with treatment.

Thursday, March 7, 2024

WEST SACRAMENTO – Rhonda Morningstar Pope Flores, chair of the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians, has played a central role in improving services for Native Americans and residents of West Sacramento, most recently opening the Bryte and Broderick Community Center. For her many community contributions, she has been named Yolo County Woman of the Year by Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa.

Thursday, March 7, 2024

MARTINEZ – Rebecca Barrett, president of the Contra Costa County Community College District board and champion of public education, the underserved and first-generation college students, has been named Contra Costa County Woman of the Year by Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa.

Friday, March 1, 2024

SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation from Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, in partnership with California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, that would add consumer protections for people investing in annuities, including many vulnerable seniors, to ensure they are not misled or steered into inappropriate products by unscrupulous insurance agents.

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

FAIRFIELD – Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, today voiced his strong opposition to a tech billionaire’s plans to erect a new megacity of up to 400,000 people on the outskirts of Fairfield in Solano County, calling the so-called California Forever proposal deeply flawed and irresponsible suburban sprawl with the potential to displace farmers, worsen traffic congestion and hamper national security operations at the adjacent Travis Air Force Base.

Monday, February 26, 2024

SACRAMENTO – In conjunction with the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the California Legislature officially recognized and condemned an earlier atrocity perpetrated by the Soviet Union – a forced famine that killed millions of Ukrainians -- designating November as Holodomor Memorial Month.