Releases and Editorials

Leader Grove partnered with Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux to create SB 224 which would help protect farmers from rural agricultural theft.

A 2019 study by the National Association of Realtors highlights the city of Bakersfield as a popular real estate market for millennials to purchase a home.

The 119 mile project is now estimated to be completed no sooner than 2028 and would bring the total dollar amount of the project to $20.4 billion. Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) issued the following statement:

SB 683 would provide transparency and accountability in multiple ways for the 21 regional centers in California. SB 683 now heads to the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Yesterday, the State Allocation Board approved $988,025 as a reimbursement for a facility hardship project at Sherman E. Burroughs High School to solve a plumbing issue that arose. Burroughs High School serves the Naval Air Weapons Station at China Lake.

This proposed legislation would have allowed hardworking Californians who are independent contractors to continue with their employment choice. SB 238 would have conformed California’s test for employment with an existing federal standard.

The funding, obtained from a settlement agreement in a 2012 lawsuit over unfair lending practices, was intended to provide legal aid, foreclosure hotlines, consumer education and efforts to combat financial fraud. Instead, the state used the money to pay down unrelated government debt.

Organizers marched from the Crest Theatre and ended at the Capitol where Leader Grove addressed the crowd about her advocacy to support the developmentally disabled community. As a four-time recipient of the champion of the developmentally disabled community award, Leader Grove has been a staunch advocate for this community since 2011.

The Senate Public Safety Committee unanimously passed Senate Bill 224 on a bipartisan vote which was introduced by Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) and would assist California farmers from combat rural agricultural theft.

Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) released the following statement regarding the Governor’s intention to administratively end imposition of the death penalty:

The California Department of Developmental Services released a long-awaited study last Friday evening regarding payments for services for persons with developmental disabilities. The study indicates that if provider rates are set fairly, the state would need to increase the budget by more than $1.8 billion dollars to provide adequate services for this community.

Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) issued the following statement today regarding Governor Newsom’s executive order to impose a death penalty moratorium on more than 700 violent inmates who are on California’s death row: