We must not allow the for-profit insurance companies to stop genuine reform in California the way they did on Capitol Hill. SB 810 creates a single payer health insurance plan, similar to Medicare's low cost model, to cover all Californians.

Senate Bill 933 would prohibit retailers from imposing a surcharge on consumers who use their debit cards to make a purchase. At a time when California working families already face tough challenges making ends meet, they shouldn't bear penalties for simply how they choose to pay.

This week, a state agency is considering a regulation that would adopt new regulations making it possible for California parents to purchase toxic-free children’s products. Chemical manufacturers oppose this regulation.

California is one of only three states that requires a two-thirds vote in the legislature to pass a budget. This rule empowers a small cabal of extremist lawmakers to hold the state budget hostage until their demands are included in any final agreement. Now California taxpayers will suffer the consequences.

Senate Bill 772 (Leno) would end the requirement that all juvenile furniture used by children age six or younger contain toxic flame retardant chemicals. Chemical manufacturers spent over three million dollars to kill a toxic furniture ban in 2007 and they are at it again.