Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) and Assemblymember Evan Low’s (D-Silicon Valley) bill, SB 1100, to address the increased number of public meeting disruptions local governments are facing statewide is heading to the Governor’s desk after passing through the California Assembly Floor.
The Ralph M. Brown Act was originally enacted in 1953 to govern the conduct of public meetings for local legislative bodies, but many provisions in the Brown Act remain antiquated.
Senator Cortese (D-San Jose) has secured several local investments for Santa Clara County students and families in this year’s 2022-23 state budget agreement released today. Please review AB/SB 178 for details. Senator Cortese’s approved district budget requests are the following:
· $5,000,000 for Martial Cottle Park Improvements
California State Senator Cortese (D-San Jose) made the following statement today:
“Today is a step backwards for our entire country. To overturn 50 years of legal precedent and take away a women’s constitutional right to abortion access is an exceptionally devastating decision and a threat to women and working families across America.
“Reproductive access and bodily autonomy are basic human rights.
Senator Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) made the following statement when SB 1341 failed to garner enough votes to clear the California Assembly Committee on Higher Education today:
“I am deeply disappointed that this bill to serve our most vulnerable young people won’t be moving forward. While this is an unexpected obstacle, we will not let inaction persist to the detriment of our future generation.
A bill from Senator Cortese (D-San Jose), SB 1210, to “combat online sexual exploitation in the digital age” has been signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom.