Dear Friends and Neighbors,

Many of you joined me on a weekly basis last year for virtual Town Halls with experts to answer your questions about the COVID-19 health emergency.

I will be hosting my next virtual Town Hall on Thursday, February 4^th at 6:00pm that will be focused on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout across our County. Along with me, you will hear from the foremost expert on this subject, Santa Clara County COVID-19 Vaccine and Testing Officer Dr. Marty Fenstersheib.

I worked with Dr. Fenstersheib when I served as a County Supervisor and I have gotten to know him well. Dr. Fenstersheib spent 30 years working in our County Public Health Department, retiring in 2013 when he served as our Public Health Officer. He came out of his retirement during the beginning of the pandemic to serve as our COVID-19 Testing Officer and he now serves as our COVID-19 Vaccine and Testing Officer.

To RSVP for this Town Hall, visit this link. Upon RSVP, you will be emailed a link to join the virtual Town Hall.

You can ask questions during the Town Hall or submit them in advance to Senator.Cortese@sen.ca.gov

For those of you unable to make it on February 4^th at 6:00pm, the Town Hall will be livestreamed and available for later viewing on my website, https://sd15.senate.ca.gov, and my Facebook page, www.facebook.com/davecortesegov. Closed captioning will be available through the livestream on my website.

Lastly, I'd like to remind you that your official and most up-to-date source of vaccine-related information in Santa Clara County is sccfreevax.org.

With all my love and labor,

Thank you,

Dave Cortese