Press Releases

Senator Cortese (D-San Jose) made the following statement about the Legislature’s 2022-23 State Budget Bill that was passed by the Legislature earlier today.




Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) has chosen Silicon Valley De-Bug as Senate District 15’s 2022 California Nonprofit of the Year.

 




Senate Bill (SB) 300 authored by State Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley), a bill to reform California’s “felony murder special circumstance” law as well as the life in prison without parole (LWOP) sentence, cleared a crucial hurdle today when it advanced through the Assembly Public Safety Committee.

 




WHAT: Members of the news media are invited to join this News Conference where State Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) and advocates will be discussing Senate Bill (SB) 300. SB 300 will be heard in the Assembly Public Safety Committee on June 1st at 9:00am.  

WHEN: Wednesday, June 1st at 8:30am 




Senator Cortese’s (D-Silicon Valley) bill to provide guaranteed income payments to California’s unhoused youth has cleared a crucial hurdle today, advancing through the State Senate. The bill is now headed to the State Assembly.