SACRAMENTO – State Senator Dave Cortese’s (D-Silicon Valley) SB 753 allowing retailers and local governments to work together to get abandoned shopping carts back where they belong and clean-up blight today was passed by a unanimous vote in the state Senate and now moves forward to the Assembly for action.
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SACRAMENTO – The California State Senate today passed Senator Dave Cortese’s Senate Resolution 36 (SR 36), formally affirming California’s commitment to the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, despite federal withdrawal.
SACRAMENTO - The California Senate today honored the Gilroy-based, county-wide organization “Carry the Vision” as District 15’s Nonprofit of the Year. The organization was celebrated today at the annual luncheon in Sacramento for all the nonprofits chosen by each Senate District in the state.
SACRAMENTO – Renters, developers and housing advocates joined State Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) during a zoom news conference today to voice their support for his bill that would change the structure of housing finance in California by using public credit to increase the state’s housing supply faster and decrease the high cost of rentals.
Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire (D-North Coast) and Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Chair Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) released the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s May revision to the proposed state budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year: