SACRAMENTO – In a move to clean-up encampments on Caltrans property on or near freeway onramps and other dangerous areas, California State Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) recently collaborated with San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, Caltrans Director Tony Tavares and California’s Secretary of Transportation Toks Omishakin on getting money from the state to help finance the clean-up work.
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SACRAMENTO – The California Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water today passed without objection Senate Bill 462 requiring a yearly $20-million appropriation to the California Farmland Conservancy Program (CFCP) to permanently preserve California agr
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