Alex Padilla – California Globe

Democrats Reintroduce the Dream Act

December 4, 2025 2:11 pmDecember 4, 2025 2:54 pm

This article has been update to include a reply from Senator Cortez Masto’s spokesperson. “This is about the Dreamers and their families,” Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez-Masto remarked during a press conference to reintroduce the bipartisan Dream Act that would grant...

Democrats Warn Trump Will Declare An Election-Related National Emergency

October 29, 2025 4:47 pmOctober 29, 2025 5:16 pm

A letter signed by Democratic Senators Alex Padilla (CA), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Jeff Merkley (OR), Jon Ossoff (GA), Adam Schiff (CA), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Chris Van Hollen (MD), Ron Wyden (OR) and Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders (VT), warns that President...

And Then There Were Six… Toni Atkins Drops Out of Race for California Governor

September 30, 2025 12:10 pmSeptember 30, 2025 12:23 pm

Former California Senate President Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) announced Monday that she is dropping out of the 2026 Gubernatorial race. I know. You’re asking “Toni who?” The big lead-up to her announcement for a run for Governor was breathtaking: First,...

Bill to Mandate Unmasking of All Law Enforcement Rebuked

July 8, 2025 7:30 pmJuly 8, 2025 7:35 pm

In a series of statements this week, both Republican lawmakers and law enforcement groups spoke out against a new bill in the Senate that would ban local, state, and federal law enforcement officers in California from covering their faces when...

Senator Scott Wiener: ‘Fascists’ and ‘Thugs’ ‘Physically Assaulted Fellow Victim Alex Padilla

June 13, 2025 5:25 pmJune 13, 2025 5:25 pm

Following the ridiculous and really bad political performance art Thursday by U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), the Democrat fundraising began. Padilla, who no one really knows, was forcibly removed and handcuffed at a press conference for Department of Homeland Security...

Senator Padilla’s Outburst at Sec. Noem DHS Briefing as Fundraiser Fodder

June 13, 2025 1:36 pmJune 13, 2025 2:13 pm

U.S Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Democratic National Party (DNC), and other Democrats released a huge wave of fundraising requests early on Friday, using the incident from Thursday where Padilla was detained and briefly handcuffed as...

CA Senator Padilla Forcibly Removed, Briefly Handcuffed By Secret Service For Interrupting A DHS Press Conference In L.A.

June 12, 2025 5:18 pmJune 12, 2025 5:48 pm

U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) was forcibly removed and handcuffed at a press conference for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles on Thursday after barging in and causing a disruption in attempting to question the...