In her first year in office, Senator Wahab has transferred the social and economic successes of her time on the Haywood City Council to her position in the state legislature. She has authored significant progressive legislation across several issue areas this year, demonstrating her dynamic commitment to civil rights, worker protections, and housing access. These bills include SB403, which would improve equal opportunity protections by prohibiting any individual from being discriminated against based on their caste, and SB399, which bans employers from requiring employees to attend meetings designed to communicate a company’s political or religious beliefs, and prohibits retaliatory action against employees for their nonattendance. Building on her local successes in tenant and renter protections, she has also authored SB555 to require a statewide study to evaluate and make recommendations on the obstacles, resources, and opportunities of increased affordable housing development. Senator Wahab has leveraged her background as an organizer and activist to continuously create meaningful protections for communities across California.