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The Trump administration is to opening up 1.2 million acres for oil and gas drilling across California from the Central Valley to the coast, targeting eight counties — Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, San Luis Obisbo, Santa Barbara, Tulare, and Ventura.
Calif. —
The Pajaro River is known for its catastrophic flooding that’s damaged hundreds of homes and businesses over the years. Friday, Congressman Jimmy Panetta announced the Pajaro River Flood Risk Reduction Project will receive the funds needed to move the project forward.
Democrat Jimmy Panetta and other lawmakers in the House of Representatives approved a bipartisan bill Wednesday that would provide a pathway to legal status for illegal immigrants who work in the American agriculture or farm industries.
WATSONVILLE, CA — The Pajaro River Flood Risk Reduction Project may soon move out of the planning phase and into the design phase. Congressman Jimmy Panetta, elected officials' staff and officials from local, state and federal agencies will attend next week at a public meeting to discuss the project.
On Wednesday, the House passed a bipartisan bill that would grant legal status to thousands of undocumented farmworkers.
The House passed a bipartisan bill Wednesday night that could give legal status and a path to citizenship to hundreds of thousands of unauthorized immigrants working in agriculture.
Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) has been working on legislation for the past nine months that could have a major impact on one of the Central Coast’s most important industries - agriculture.
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.
As impeachment proceedings loom large in Washington, D.C. dividing Democrats and Republicans, on one issue of major importance to Monterey County agriculture the two sides were able to agree: immigration reform for farmworkers.
MONTEREY — The Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 passed in the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday but still faces an uphill battle in the Senate and signature from the president before it becomes law.
The bill passed by a vote of 260 to 165 with support from 34 Republicans and 226 Democrats.
The House passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act Wednesday, voting for a measure that would give undocumented farmworkers a pathway to permanent residence.
"This is a chance to solve a problem for America," said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, who spearheaded the bill.