Governor Gavin Newsom announced today that he had finished approving Senator Cortese’s 2023 legislation to protect the public from air pollution and other hazards. The bills, SB 69 and SB 642, raise transparency around California’s environmental review process for new development projects, and authorize California’s counties to prosecute entities for hazardous waste violations.
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Middle and high school students across California will be protected by a new law requiring life-saving prevention and response resources for fentanyl overdoses under legislation signed today by Governor Newsom. The Governor announced on Friday that he had signed Senator Dave Cortese’s SB 10, which will prevent and respond to youth fentanyl overdoses through mandated school safety plans requiring prevention, response, training, education, and awareness.
Incarcerated people across California have new religious protections following Governor Newsom’s approval of legislation by Senator Dave Cortese announced this past weekedn.;
Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) issued the following statement on Governor Newsom’s selection of Laphonza Butler to complete the term of the late U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein:
A bipartisan bill by Senator Dave Cortese protecting California communities from hazardous industrial pollution while securing high-quality, good-paying jobs in green industries has become law, following approval by Governor Gavin Newsom announced today.
Senate Bill (SB) 740 extends skilled and trained workforce standards to emerging green industries including hydrogen manufacturing, biofuels manufacturing, and carbon dioxide capture.