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SAN JOSE - On Saturday, State Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) and Assemblymember Ash Kalra (Assembly District 25), along with an exceptional panel, successfully convened a Town Hall on Racial Justice and Poverty at the Silicon Valley Career Technical Education Auditorium. This event, attended by community members and leaders, shed light on the pressing racial inequity and economic disparity issues in Santa Clara County.




WHAT: State Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) will be available to speak to news media following the release of an audit he requested from the California State Auditor on state and local homelessness funding. The audit is expected to be released the morning of Tuesday, April 9.




WHAT: State Senator Dave Cortese (Senate District 15) will join Assemblymember Ash Kalra (Assembly District 25), and an exceptional panel for a Town Hall on Racial Justice and Poverty in Santa Clara County.




WHAT: State Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) will present his SB 915, a bill that empowers local governments to protect the public through local governance of autonomous vehicles, to the Senate Local Government Committee. The bill is supported by a growing number of California communities, including the city of Oakland and the counties of Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Mateo. Leading U.S. Senate candidate Rep.




El Senador Dave Cortese (D-San José) expresó hoy su gratitud por una lista cada vez mayor de ciudades y condados que aprobaron resoluciones que apoyan el Proyecto de Ley Senatorial (SB) 915. Las ciudades de Oakland y Los Ángeles, y los Condados de Los Ángeles, San Francisco y San Mateo recientemente aprobaron resoluciones que respaldan la legislación fundamental del Senador Cortese que faculta, a las comunidades locales, gobernar los vehículos autónomos.