SACRAMENTO – Senator Dave Cortese’s (D-Silicon Valley) SB 683, allowing individuals to seek the immediate removal of unauthorized materials including their name, voice or likeness for commercial purposes within two business days today was passed by the Assembly and goes back to the Senate for approval.
The bill is intended to address and prevent exploitation, particularly in situations where individuals' personal information or images are used without their consent.
SACRAMENTO – As wildfires continue to break out throughout California, Senator Dave Cortese’s SB 429 will help homeowners understand their property’s wildfire risk. It creates the nation’s first-of-its-kind public wildfire catastrophe model to assess wildfire risk and help inform insurance rates.
SACRAMENTO - Senator Dave Cortese’s (D-Silicon Valley) SB 551 bill, with the goals of improving the prison stress and safety levels for correctional officers, and the rehabilitative environment for inmates so they can return to their communities and not re-offend, today passed the Senate on concurrence and heads to the Governor’s desk.
SACRAMENTO – On the California Senate floor today, Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon), chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, presented the landmark Assembly Bill 1340, also known as the Transportation Network Company Drivers Labor Relations Act, that establishes collective bargaining rights for more than 800,000 rideshare drivers. The bill passed the Senate and now heads to the Governor’s desk.
SACRAMENTO – Senator Dave Cortese’s (D-Silicon Valley) SB 653 that defines and promotes environmentally sensitive vegetation management to reduce catastrophic wildfire risk while protecting native plants and wildlife today was passed by the California Senate on concurrence and now heads to the Governor’s desk.