State Transportation Secretary Toks Omishakin announced Monday that Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has received funding to extend to the Eastridge Transit Center in East San Jose to the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART).
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A bill by Senator Dave Cortese establishing landmark safety rules on motion picture productions advanced on Wednesday through the Senate Labor Committee with bipartisan support. SB 735, a bill that was spurred by the 2021 death of a cinematographer on the ‘Rust’ film set, establishes a first-in-the-nation regulatory process to keep workers safe. The legislation is the product of months of conversations between film studios and unions.
Senator Dave Cortese issued the following statement about Tuesday’s shooting death of a 26-year-old employee who attempted to stop an active robbery at a Home Depot in Pleasanton:
WHAT: State Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) will join lawmakers who are separately authoring legislation addressing California’s fentanyl crisis. Senator Cortese will discuss his SB 10, the bipartisan legislation known as “Melanie’s Law.” The bill is named in honor of Melanie Ramos, a 15-year-old who overdosed on fentanyl and died in the bathroom of her high school in Hollywood. Melanie and her teenage friend had no idea they were taking fentanyl.
A bill by Senator Dave Cortese to study gender pay equity under California’s workers’ compensation system cleared its first committee hearing on Wednesday. The Senate Labor Committee advanced SB 631, which would commission the University of California, Berkeley, to study gender-based monetary disparities in workers’ compensation. Results would be presented to the Legislature by late 2024.