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Joe in the News
- Daily News, 3/17/10: El Camino Real stretch in Palo Alto gets new name
- Times-Herald, 3/13/10: Would higher fines end the craziness of texting while driving?
- Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/12/10: Simitian bill takes aim at big pension payouts for public employees
Recent Press Releases
“Pension Spiking” Bill Aims To Curb Abuse (Mar 11, 2010)
State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) has introduced Senate Bill 1425 which aims to curtail the problem of pension spiking in California. Pension spiking is a term used when an employee boosts their final salary before retirement by cashing out on vacation time or administrative leave, among other things, in order to get a higher payout.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Report Card To Evaluate Drug “Sharps” Manufacturers Released (Mar 09, 2010)
Wednesday State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) will join representatives of the National MS Society, the Diabetes Coalition of California, the California Conference of Environmental Health Directors and other consumer health organizations to present criteria that will be used to evaluate safe needle disposal plans prepared by drug manufacturers. The criteria come on the heels of Simitian’s Senate Bill 486, which was signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger last fall.
San Jose Vice Mayor Judy Chirco Named 11th Senate District Woman of the Year (Mar 08, 2010)
State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) announced today his selection of San Jose Vice Mayor Judy Chirco as the 11th State Senate District’s Woman of the Year.
Joe represents residents in San Carlos, Redwood City, Menlo Park, Atherton, East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, Stanford, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Cupertino, Campbell, Santa Cruz, Capitola, and a third of San Jose.