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Press Releases

March 15, 2024
Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) secured $3 million in community project funding for the Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and Environmental Enhancement Project (Carmel River FREE). 

March 13, 2024
Washington, DC – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s call, within the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2025, to pass the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act:

March 13, 2024
Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) authored and introduced the bicameral First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Act. The legislation, co-led by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) in the House, would support homeownership among lower- and middle-income Americans by establishing a refundable tax credit worth up to ten percent of a home’s purchase price, up to a maximum of $15,000, for first-time homebuyers.

March 12, 2024
San José, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) secured $3.15 million in community project funding for local projects in South San Jose and broader Santa Clara County.

March 8, 2024
SANTA CRUZ, CA – Today, U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), along with U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Laphonza Butler (D-CA), are calling on the White House and Army Corps of Engineers to support additional funding for the Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project in the President’s FY25 budget request.

March 1, 2024
Santa Cruz, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) co-led a letter with Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10) to President Joe Biden urging the continuation of negotiations needed to bring about a temporary truce. 

February 29, 2024
Santa Cruz, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced Jasmine Nájera, CEO of Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance (PVPSA) and a local Licensed Clinical Social Worker, as his guest to President Joe Biden’s Annual State of the Union Address.

February 24, 2024
Santa Cruz, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), in collaboration with the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership, convened a community roundtable on the expansion of broadband and cellular service in Boulder Creek. 

February 23, 2024
Monterey, CA – United States Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and Mike Thompson (CA-04), along with 13 other Members of the California delegation led a letter to California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) President Alice Bushing Reynolds urging CPUC to reject AT&T’s petition to end access to landline services.