29 Assembly Democrat Bills Moving Through Legislature that will Improve Central Coast Affordability and Quality of Life in District 29

Speaker Rivas recently announced 100 ways Assembly Democrats are improving day-to-day quality of life across California. Now, with a focus on the Central Coast, we highlight more than two dozen bills advancing through the Legislature that will uplift affordability on the Central Coast and in AD29.

SACRAMENTO - Under Speaker Robert Rivas' leadership, Assembly Democrats are delivering real solutions to improve everyday life on the Central Coast - stabilizing costs and providing savings for workers, businesses and families.

"From day one, my top priority has been making California more affordable - even as Washington does its best to make life harder," Speaker Robert Rivas said. "This year, Assembly Democrats are delivering - passing real solutions to lower costs, build homes, protect health care, and put more money back in people's pockets. We're not just talking about affordability. We're doing something about it."

Assembly Democrats recently passed more than 100 bills aimed at the issues Central Coast residents care about most: returning savings to taxpayers, building homes faster to bring down housing costs, protecting health care access, and putting more money back in people's pockets.

With a focus on the Central Coast, below are 29 bills the Assembly has voted to pass that will help working families live better lives and save money:

AB 1633 (Haney) - Taxes private immigration detention centers and directs the revenue to immigration-related services.

AB 1668 (Pellerin) - Helps protect Central Coast open space, wildlife habitat and natural lands by extending an existing property tax exemption for nonprofit land trusts and conservation organizations that preserve these lands for public benefit.

AB 1751 (Quirk-Silva) - Makes building townhomes easier and faster to offer more affordable housing options to middle-class Californians.

AB 1776 (Aguiar-Curry) - Strengthens California's consumer protection laws to make sure there is competition between businesses - protecting small businesses and keeping costs down for everyday Californians.

AB 1805 (Ransom) - Improves the state's emergency response services so they are reliable, transparent and meet community needs.

AB 1807 (Gabriel) - Keeps ICE operations off state-owned property by prohibiting state facilities from being used for immigration enforcement staging, processing, detention or operations.

AB 1842 (Harabedian) - Protects disaster survivors from losing their homes by requiring mortgage forbearance when a declared emergency makes their home uninhabitable.

AB 1877 (Stefani) - Increases criminal penalties for violating domestic violence protective orders.

AB 1903 (Wicks) - Lowers housing costs by allowing builders to fix problems in newly built homes before costly litigation begins.

AB 1904 (Gipson) - Builds California's teacher workforce by creating a high-quality teacher credentialing apprenticeship program.

AB 1923 (Soria) - Expands the Distressed Hospital Loan Program to prevent hospital closures threatened by Trump's Big Ugly Bill cuts.

AB 1934 (Bennett) - Helps Central Coast communities reduce wildfire risk by directing the State Fire Marshal's Wildfire Mitigation Advisory Committee to develop a voluntary home hardening certification program, creating a clearer path for homeowners to make fire-safe upgrades and potentially qualify for future incentives.

AB 1946 (Wicks) - Holds social media platforms accountable for responding to child sexual abuse material and strengthens protections for children online.

AB 2026 (Aguiar-Curry) - Helps California capture more stormwater and recharge groundwater by streamlining permits for floodwater diversion projects.

AB 2081 (Stefani) - Expands access to home-based care for Californians with the most significant medical needs.

AB 2208 (Stefani) - Protects Medi-Cal patients from Trump's federal health care cuts by preserving retroactive coverage and limiting out-of-pocket costs.

AB 2230 (Ávila-Farías) - Protects voters and children by restricting federal law enforcement presence near polling places and childcare areas.

AB 2244 (Gabriel) - Creates a "Not Ultraprocessed" food label to help families identify healthy options at the grocery store.

AB 2299 (Calderon) - Protects Californians from losing food assistance because of Trump's federal cuts and new restrictions to CalFresh eligibility.

AB 2325 (Alvarez) - Builds California's bilingual teacher pipeline by supporting partnerships between schools, community colleges and universities.

AB 2350 (McKinnor) - Safeguards renters from predatory "Rent Now, Pay Later" loans that can trap tenants in debt just to keep a roof over their heads.

AB 2383 (Zbur) - Protects Californians from being stuck with higher electricity costs driven by large energy users like data centers.

AB 2465 (Ortega) - Cuts off state grants, loans and tax credits for businesses that profit from private detention facilities or immigration enforcement contracts.

AB 2493 (Petrie-Norris) - Speeds up the process to connect new clean energy projects to the grid, helping California bring more affordable power online faster.

AB 2495 (Kalra) - Expands the scope of prohibited unfair immigration-related practices that unscrupulous employers use to intimidate and dissuade workers from asserting their workplace rights.

AB 2580 (Muratsuchi) - Expands teacher preparation pathways, including new online options to help rural and underserved communities train and retain more educators.

AB 2589 (Irwin) - Ensures that investor-owned utilities must pass along savings from Trump's corporate tax cuts to ratepayers.

AB 2646 (Krell) - Raises wages for farmworkers by setting a $19.75 minimum hourly wage for certain agricultural workers, with annual cost-of-living increases.

AB 2739 (Soria) - Makes water more affordable by creating a long-term fund to support water rate assistance and local water infrastructure investments.