SACRAMENTO – Last week, several critical committees voted to approve Senate Bills 330 and 638. Authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego), the transformative measures reimagine how electrical transmission lines are financed and approved in California (SB 330) as well as create the California Middle Class Pipeline Project, tasked with eliminating traditional barriers to career technical education and workforce development programs (SB 638). The two bills are critical pieces of Senator Padilla’s efforts to address the affordability and underemployment crisis the state faces.