Senator Ben Allen

Honored to introduce Mona Sugawara - our CIF Scholar Athlete of the Year - to my colleagues on the Senate Floor!

Mona touts a rather unbelievable resume as a 4-sport varsity athlete:
🎾 Tennis MVP
🏊‍♀️ Swimming Champion
🏸 Badminton Team Captain
🤽‍♀️ Water Polo Team Captain

to an equally impressive student in the classroom:
📚 4.79 GPA
📃 Near-perfect ACT Score

with additional extra-curricular achievements:
🎼 Bassoon Soloist and Head Woodwind Captain
👩‍🔬 Science Olympiad Team Captain
🔬 Founder and Captain of National Science Bowl Team
🌐 Japanese + Spanish Translator

It’s clear this recognition is beyond deserved, and we know Mona will go on to do tremendous things in her bright future. We’re all very proud of you across California - congratulations again!!

Wonderful Sunday at City of West Hollywood Pride! Really appreciated the opportunity to participate and celebrate with this fabulous community.

The conversation on affordable, reliable, and clean energy stays atop our minds - especially as the AI buildout marches forward.

Thank you VerdeXchange for hosting this discussion on the responsible buildout of our grid to meet the needs of today and tomorrow.

We’re past the halfway point of our legislative year, and is one step closer to becoming a reality to help more Californians upgrade their properties, improving resilience and insurability.

Fun time speaking at Yolo County’s environmental roundtable, highlighting many of our top environmental protection efforts through my time in the Senate:

✅ $10B climate bond to improve resilience statewide
✅ Reducing plastic pollution and improving recycling efforts
✅ Investing in renewable energy and clean transportation to reduce harmful emissions, and more!

Always appreciate partnerships across different levels of government and sectors to ensure future generations will have a healthy place to live!

Important conversation today, as chair of Energy Committee, focusing on California’s fuel affordability amidst Trump’s war in Iran.

We were joined by leadership from the CA Energy Commission, CA Air Resources Board, Tax and Fee Administration, and key stakeholders to discuss our path toward an affordable, reliable fuel supply through our transition to a more electrified future.

We have been working hard to help Californians stay in the private insurance market.

If you’ve been unexpectedly dropped by your insurance provider, share your story and help advocate for today: pali411.com/advocacy

Make your voice heard and shape the future of your community. Discover your voting options and make a plan to vote by the June 2 deadline!

One important addition to our revitalized Film & TV Tax Credit Program: money for animation!

Animated films were among the 40 projects that received a credit in the latest round of awards, helping employ more Californians within our creative industry!

Read the full story at latimes.com.