A California Legislative Women’s Caucus priority bill to give job-protected new parent leave to up to 2.7 million more Californians is now on the Governor's desk. Click here to read the Sacramento Bee coverage.

Senator Jackson is the author of the Coastal Oil Well Cleanup Act, which would require that the California State Lands Commission plug very old oil wells when the oil company that operated the well is out of business and cannot be held responsible. Read more

Read about the two bills authored by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) that arose in response to the Refugio Oil Spill in Santa Barbara County here. Watch a video of Senator Jackson marking the one year anniversary of the spill here.

California just launched the DASH program, the result of Jackson's SB 949, to help prevent childhood obesity. Read more.

Among the numerous bills authored by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) this year, nine took effect on January 1. For more information on her legislation, including the strongest equal pay law in the nation, read the press release here.

California is roaring back from the recession, but it's important to Senator Jackson that everyone is benefiting from that recovery, including women and families. Watch the interview here.