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Senator Padilla Issues Statement After Assembly Denies Hearing to His Legislation Protecting Tijuana River…

July 15, 2025

SACRAMENTO – Senator Steve Padilla released the statement below following the California State Assembly’s decision to deny a hearing to Senate Bill 10, his legislation addressing the cross-border pollution crisis at the Tijuana River:

Senator Dave Cortese

San José State University Is One Step Closer to Establishing First Public Law School in San Jose & CSU…

July 15, 2025

SACRAMENTO - In a win for working people wanting to change careers or better themselves by going to law school, Senator Dave Cortese’s SB 550 authorizing the integration of a law school at San Jose State University as the first public law school in the California State University system
today passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee.

Senator Dave Cortese

Senator Dave Cortese’s Innovative Legislation to Increase the State’s Housing Supply Faster Passes the…

July 15, 2025

SACRAMENTO – Senator Dave Cortese’s housing legislation that would change the structure of housing finance in California by using the state’s credit to increase the housing supply faster today passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee and now heads to Assembly Appropriations.

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