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SACRAMENTO – The California State Senate Judiciary Committee today approved Senator Dave Cortese’s Senate Bill 61 (SB 61), which would expedite money payments to construction contractors and subcontractors for work performed.




SACRAMENTO – California Senate Transportation Committee Chair Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) is getting the support of  Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer Tuesday when the Senate Transportation Committee takes action on SB 545, Cortese’s bill that would advance major economic opportunities connected to the High Speed Rail Project.




SILICON VALLEY – At San Jose’s Mount Pleasant Elementary School, surrounded by education and community leaders, California State Senator Dave Cortese today unveiled Senate Bill 743 to reverse an antiquated 1978 funding formula that has created winners and losers in the public




NEWS CONFERENCE FRIDAY APRIL 4 11 A.M. IN SAN JOSE

Zip Codes Should Not Determine A Child’s Quality of Education:

Silicon Valley State Senator Dave Cortese Introduces Bill to




SACRAMENTO –  California State Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) today introduced SB 429 –  a bill to establish a first in the nation public wildfire catastrophe model that can influence future city planning, fire station and road evacuation placements, inform California homeowners of the fire risks where they live to determine if their insurance rates are too high or not enough and give