Press Releases

SACRAMENTO, CA — California State Senator Dave Cortese’s Senate Bill 750 (SB 750), the California Housing Finance and Credit Act (CAHFCA), has cleared the California Legislature and now advances to the Governor’s desk, where it awaits his signature. 




SACRAMENTO, CA — California State Senator Dave Cortese’s Senate Bill 1425 (SB 1425) has cleared the California Legislature and now advances to the Governor’s desk, where it awaits his signature. SB 1425 would give the California High-Speed Rail Authority clear authority to manage and permit encroachments along the project’s rights-of-way.




SACRAMENTO, CA — California State Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) today announced that his Senate Bill 1250 (SB 1250), legislation to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions and improve wildlife connectivity across California, has cleared the California Legislature and is now headed to the Governor’s desk awaiting his signature. 




SAN JOSE, CA — California State Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) today commended the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for advancing an initial $192.5 million investment leveraging Regional Measure 3 (RM3) dollars to be granted to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) for the BART to Silicon Valley Phase II Project.




SACRAMENTO, CA — El Senador Estatal de California Dave Cortese (D-San José) anunció que su Proyecto de Ley del Senado 1375 (SB 1375), una iniciativa legislativa que establece una exención específica bajo la Ley de Calidad Ambiental de California (CEQA, por sus siglas en inglés) para proyectos elegibles de modernización de estaciones de tren intermodales urbanas como la Estación Diridon de San José, ha sido aprobado oficialmente por la Legislatura de California tras recibir la aprobación final en el pleno de la Asamblea, y ahora se dirige al despac