SACRAMENTO – State Senator Cortese’s bill creating the nation’s first-of-its-kind public wildfire catastrophe model to assess wildfire risk, inform insurance rates, and educate the public about wildfire risk passed the Assembly Insurance Committee.
Senate Bill 429 now moves forward to the Assembly Emergency Management Committee on July 14.
SACRAMENTO – San José could soon be home to its first public law school, and the first public law school in the California State University (CSU) system, under legislation by Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) that cleared a key Assembly committee today. SB 550 passed the Assembly Higher Education Committee and now moves to the Assembly Judiciary Committee for consideration on July 15.
SACRAMENTO –The state Assembly Transportation Committee today passed Senator Dave Cortese’s SB 545 to advance major economic opportunities connected to the High Speed Rail Project. It now heads to the Assembly Local Government Committee.
SACRAMENTO - Cafeteria workers, counselors, nurses, janitors and others in California’s public schools and community colleges scored a big win today when the state Assembly passed Senator Dave Cortese’s Senate Joint Resolution 2.
SACRAMENTO – The following statement was issued by State Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) after the U.S. House narrowly approved President Trump’s $3.3 trillion tax and spending bill by a 218-214 vote: