Tag: Dave Cortese
$700K High-Speed Rail Study Bill Passes Senate
A bill that would commission a study on potential commercial and residential economic development opportunities along the California High Speed Rail (CHSR) corridor between Los Angeles and San Francisco was passed by the Senate on Monday despite significant opposition against...
Another $10-$14 Billion Needed to Fund High Speed Rail Line Bakersfield to Merced
The funding gap to complete the Bakersfield to Merced segment of the California High-Speed Rail Line grew on Monday following consultants to the project raising estimates from the original $7 billion gap to a now $10.2 billion gap. According to...
Bill to Free California’s ‘Worst-of-the-Worst’ Murderers is Dead for the Year
A controversial bill that would have given early release to some prisoners serving life without parole was officially ended by legislative Democrats on Thursday, pulling the bill because of growing pressure from pressure from Republican and moderate Democrat lawmakers, victims’...
California Democrats Plan to Release ‘Worst-of-the-Worst’ Murderers After 25 Years
One of the worst anti-victim, soft-on-crime bills looks as if it will be passed by the California Legislature under the guise of criminal justice “reforms.” Senate Bill 94, which was shelved last year, would allow prison inmates sentenced to life...
Lawmakers, Victim Advocates Rally Against Prisoner W/O Parole Early Release Bill At Capitol
A group of GOP lawmakers, law enforcement officers, and victim advocates held a press conference on Thursday, speaking out against a revived bill that, if passed, would give early release to some prisoners serving life without parole. Senate Bill 94,...
Senate Republicans Rally Against Resurrection of Prisoner W/O Parole Early Release Bill
Senate Republicans joined together against the reintroduction of a bill to give early release to some prisoners serving life without parole, releasing a scathing analysis of the bill, marking it down as an extremely dangerous proposal. Senate Bill 94, authored...