SACRAMENTO – California Senate Transportation Chair Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley), state lawmakers, labor leaders, business leaders, and construction trade workers stood together today to call upon the Legislature to support the Governor’s proposal to dedicate $1 billion annually from Cap-and-Trade revenues to keep California’s high-speed rail on track.
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SACRAMENTO – The following statement was issued by State Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley), Chair of the California Senate Transportation Committee, in response to the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s 2025 Supplemental Project Update Report. The Authority notes that long-term, stable state funding is essential to achieving commercial success and attracting private sector participation through potential public-private partnerships.
SACRAMENTO – The following statement was issued by Senate Transportation Chair Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) on August 7, 2025, regarding the status of $4 billion in federal high-speed rail funding:
SACRAMENTO – The following statement was issued by Senate Transportation Chair Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) on August 7, 2025, regarding the status of $4 billion in federal high-speed rail funding:
SACRAMENTO – State Senator Dave Cortese’s (D-Silicon Valley) SB 753 allowing retailers and local governments to work together to get abandoned shopping carts back where they belong and clean-up blight today was passed by the Assembly Local Government Committee.