Press Releases

SACRAMENTOThe state Assembly Transportation Committee today passed  Senator Dave Cortese’s SB 545 to advance major economic opportunities connected to the High Speed Rail Project. It now heads to the Assembly Local Government Committee.




SACRAMENTO -  Cafeteria workers, counselors, nurses, janitors and others in California’s public schools and community colleges scored a big win today when the state Assembly passed Senator Dave Cortese’s Senate Joint Resolution 2.




SACRAMENTO – The following statement was issued by State Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) after the U.S. House narrowly approved President Trump’s $3.3 trillion tax and spending bill by a 218-214 vote:




 

SACRAMENTO –Senator Dave Cortese’s (D-Silicon Valley) Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) 60 designating April 22 as School Bus Drivers’ Day in California has been passed by both the Senate and Assembly and will now be filed with the Secretary of State. A SCR does not have to be signed by the Governor of California.




SACRAMENTO -  California’s Classified School Employees including cafeteria workers, counselors, nurses, janitors and others in California’s public schools and community colleges are the focus of state Senator Dave Cortese’s Senate Bill 494 and Senate Joint Resolution 2 that were passed today by the Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee.