The Corporate Disclosure Act, SB 972, by Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, won approval today from the Senate Governance and Finance Committee on a 4-2 vote. SB 972 would, for the first time, allow public access to specific tax information on the largest corporations doing business in California.

SB 1085, authored by Senator Nancy Skinner, modifies the state’s density bonus law to incentivize the construction of more moderately priced housing for teachers, first responders, and other Californians who can’t afford today’s sky-high prices, as well as the creation of more housing for very-low-income Californians and low-income college students.

Senate Bill 1079, which would limit the ability of corporations to buy foreclosed homes, won approval today from the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 7-1 vote. The bill by Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, would also give tenants and local governments the first opportunity to buy a house in foreclosure before it’s put up for auction. And it would incentivize corporations that own blighted, vacant properties to fix them up and either rent or sell them.

A bill that would bar the use of uncorroborated information from confidential informants at parole hearings was approved by the state Senate Public Safety Committee on Wednesday.