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03/16/2023
State Sen. John Laird will seek reelection in 2024, which would be his finale before he terms out as a state legislator. Laird agreed to hop on the phone for a Q&A a day after announcing his plan to run.

03/08/2023
Elected in 2020, Laird said. "I've enjoyed just getting things done and I want to keep doing that."

03/07/2023
Says Laird, who was first elected to the state Senate in 2020, “It has been an amazingly successful couple of years so far.”

08/29/2022
Senate Bill 850, signed into law Monday, ensures that children in nontraditional families receive survivors’ benefits. Sen. John Laird, D-Santa Cruz, introduced the bill in response to the situation that faced the family of Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputy Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller.

09/07/2021
State Sen. John Laird, the former Secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency, has been appointed as one of six non-voting representatives of the state legislature to the Coastal Conservancy.

06/29/2021
With the help of State Sen. John Laird, $4.5 million has been secured in the California budget for infrastructure renovations to Point Sur State Historic Park.