Dave Cortese Archives - California Globe

48,000 UC Workers Launch Strike Over Pay, Benefit Disagreements

November 14, 2022 12:51 pm

48,000 University of California (UC) academic workers went on strike on Monday over pay and benefit disagreements, sparking one of the largest higher education strikes in US history, as well as the largest in the nation since 2019. Until the...

Two Bills Aimed at Stricter Movie Set Firearms Regulations Fail to Pass Senate Committee

May 20, 2022 3:52 pm

Two bills aimed at restricting firearms and ammunition on movie sets in California were held on Thursday before a Senate Appropriations Committee vote, causing both bills to fail to pass this session. One of the bills, Senate Bill 831, authored...

Temporary Guaranteed Income For Homeless High School Seniors Program Bill Passes Senate Education Committee

April 7, 2022 1:52 pm

A bill to give universal, guaranteed income to high school seniors who are homeless passed in the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday in a 5-1 vote. According to Senate Bill 1341, authored by Senator Dave Cortese (D-Campbell), about 15,000 high...

Film Set Firearms Ban Proposal Changed Following Industry Backlash

January 12, 2022 11:02 am

Senator David Cortese (D-San Jose) has backed off from a proposed total ban on real firearms in movie sets this week, opting instead to focus on banning live ammunition in most film productions and instilling movie armorer credentialing requirements. In...

Senator Dave Cortese Proposes Bill To Ban Real Guns, Live Ammunition From Movie Sets

October 25, 2021 11:38 amOctober 26, 2021 4:20 pm

A bill to ban real guns and live ammunition from all film and theater sets was proposed over the weekend in response to the fatal accidental shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin at a movie set in New...

Bill to Remove Death Penalty, Life Sentences for Some Convicted of Murder Introduced

February 10, 2021 3:29 pmFebruary 11, 2021 9:43 am

On Tuesday, a bill that would remove both the death penalty and life without parole sentences for those convicted of first degree murder under special circumstances was introduced to the Senate. Senate Bill 300, authored by Senator Dave Cortese (D-San...

2020 General Election Preview: 15th Senate District

October 21, 2020 2:30 amOctober 20, 2020 9:12 pm

The 15th Senate District is located entirely within Santa Clara County. Most of San Jose and a few wealthy suburbs like Cupertino and Campbell dwell inside, as does the Apple campus and several different ethnic neighborhoods. Whites, Hispanics, and Asian-Americans...