(WESTMINSTER, CA) – Earlier today, Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D – Orange County) presented a check for $10 million to California schools at Cecil B. DeMille Elementary School in Westminster. The check represents statewide grant funding that is likely to be used by the Garden Grove Unified, Westminster, and Anaheim Union High School Districts to support their dual language immersion programs.
On Tuesday, September 7th, the California State Senate paused its busiest week of work to conduct its annual remembrance of 9/11. Senator Umberg, a U.S. Army veteran who served three overseas tours, took the opportunity to remind Californians about the unending, dangerous, and often thankless work of many Afghanis and other allies to support the United States in the aftermath of 9/11 and to assist our troops on the ground in the months and years later.
(Sacramento, CA) – This weekend, Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D-Santa Ana) honored The Recess Room in Fountain Valley, as Small Business of the Year for the 34th Senate District.
(Sacramento, CA) – Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D-Santa Ana) announced today that a significant portion of his 2021 Legislative Package passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee yesterday and will advance to the Assembly Floor and the Governor’s Desk in the coming weeks. These five bills consist of measures pertaining to genetic data, veterans, court efficiencies, and substance abuse.
(Sacramento, CA) – Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D-Santa Ana) proudly announced tailored funding in this year’s state budget that will help address the unique and unprecedented challenges facing Orange County communities. The state budget is a series of important funding and policy decisions voted on through several budget bills. In preparation for this round of negotiations, Senator Umberg collaborated with local and statewide leaders to deliver millions of dollars of relief to our communities.
Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D-Santa Ana), together with Democratic colleagues and community stakeholders from Orange County held a Joint COVID Vaccination Clinic in Anaheim yesterday and successfully issued first or second COVID vaccine doses to almost 100 people.
(Sacramento, CA) – In response to news that U.S. Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) and Matthew Gaetz (R-Florida) were hoping to bring their “America First” rally and campaign to Orange County, Senator Umberg issued the following statement:
(Sacramento, CA) – Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D – Orange County) is denouncing online attacks to his social media pages, in particular, that surfaced overnight. His Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts have all been “spammed” with lies perpetuated and directed by the Vietnamese Communist Government under the guise of Học viện phòng chống phẚn động (the Anti-Reactionary Academy).
(Sacramento, CA) – Earlier this week, on Monday April 5, 2021, Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D – Orange County) presented Senate Concurrent Resolution 2 (SCR 2) on the California State Senate Floor to proclaim the month of April as Black April Memorial Month.
SACRAMENTO – This week, it was announced that the principles and proposals outlined in Senate Bill 49 (SB 49), by Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D – Orange County), will be included in Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2020-21 Budget Proposal to be released later this week.