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SACRAMENTO, CA — California State Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) today announced that his Senate Bill 1246 (SB 1246), legislation establishing stronger accountability, transparency, and emergency-response standards for autonomous vehicle (AV) companies, has advanced out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee suspense file.




SACRAMENTO, CA — California State Senator Dave Cortese (D-San José) is calling on the Legislature to stop the defunding of critical public transportation, affordable housing and clean-air programs as recent regulatory and budget changes threaten Cap-and-Invest Tier 3 investments and commitments made under SB 125.




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WHAT – California State Senators Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) and Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield), and in collaboration with Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA), will hold a press conference and rally at the state’s Capitol to urge the passage of Senate Bill 1392 (SB 1392), otherwise known as “Jay Leno’s Law,” ahead of the Assembly Appropriations Committee Suspense hearing.




SACRAMENTO, CA — California State Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) today announced that his Senate Bill 1375 (SB 1375), legislation establishing a targeted California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption for qualifying urban intermodal rail station modernization projects like San Jose’s Diridon Station, has been approved by the California Assembly Appropriations Committee and now advances to the Assembly Floor.




SACRAMENTO, CA — El Senador Estatal de California Dave Cortese (Demócrata por San José) anunció hoy que su proyecto de ley SB 1375 —que establece una exención específica de la Ley de Calidad Ambiental de California (CEQA, por sus siglas en inglés) para proyectos elegibles de modernización de estaciones ferroviarias intermodales urbanas, como la estación Diridon de San José— ha sido aprobado por el Comité de Asignaciones de la Asamblea de California y ahora pasa al pleno de la Asamblea.