Sen. Mike McGuire of Healdsburg takes over as Democratic leader in the state Senate from Sen. Toni Atkins, who is running for governor.
We’re a big state with big challenges. Each morning we explain the top issues and how Californians are trying to solve them.One weekly email, all the Golden State newsGet the news that matters to all Californians. Start every week informed.Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, left, and Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, applaud newly sworn in Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire, a Democrat from Healdsburg, at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Feb. 5, 2024.
But at his swearing-in today as the next Senate president pro tem — a powerful role heading the upper chamber of the Legislature that gives him a direct hand in guiding budget and policy decisions for 39 million Californians — an emotional McGuire marveled that he had made it at all. “But not here in California,” he said. “In California, we fight to lift up every person, no matter your background, your skin color, who you are, who you love or how you identify. Here in the Golden State, we believe that anyone can do great things.”and positive attitude — must now turn that optimism that the California Dream remains achievable towards solutions for the major challenges facing the state., which is expected to consume much of lawmakers’ energy this session.
“Raising rates on homeowners is not the silver bullet,” McGuire said, suggesting that lawmakers should focus on hardening homes and communities to withstand fires. “We’ve seen other states roll out the red carpet for insurance carriers, giving them higher rates, and those insurance carriers still left that market.”
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