Senator Ben Hueso, Chair of the Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee convened an oversight hearing on November 18, 2019  to look into utilities’ practice of shutting down electricity to avoid wildfires, as hot, dry, wind-driven fire weather returns to California. Senate President pro Tem Toni Atkins listens to testimony from utility company representatives. 

Senators John Moorlach and Ben Hueso

Senators Jim Beall, Nancy Skinner and Susan Rubio at the Wildfire Hearing

To honor Californias’s suffrage centennial, the state Capitol and two other state buildings were bathed in purple and gold light 

The state Library and Courts building

The state Treasurer's office

Mervyn M. Dymally's family members, friends and former colleagues gather for the unveiling of a bust of Mervyn M Dymally, sculpted by Mr. Nijel Binn. 

Mr. Dymally served in nearly every house of governance in Sacramento: the California State Assembly (1963-1966), the State Senate (1967-1975), as the 41st lieutenant governor (1975-1979), and again in the State Assembly (2003-2008). He also held a seat in the the U.S. House of Representatives (1981-1993).

 The Mervyn Dymally bust will be placed near the Lt. Governor's office in the Capitol Annex. 

Springtime at the state Capitol