Press Releases
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) announced that El Pajaro Community Development Corporation, a development company in Watsonville, will receive a federal grant totaling $50,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The funds will be used to provide business education, business development training, business counseling/coaching and access to capital in Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz counties.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) announced that California FarmLink, located in Aptos, will receive grant support totaling $599,074 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The funds, awarded through USDA's Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program, will be used to train local beginning farmers and help them access land, capital, and marketing opportunities.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) held a roundtable at Hartnell College with thirty Dreamers, who are currently enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The young people, brought to the United States as children, enrolled in DACA to be protected from deportation and to earn their citizenship. Congressman Panetta arranged the roundtable in response to President Donald Trump's announcement on Tuesday that he would terminate the DACA program, calling on Congress to consider legislative solutions.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) issued the following statement in response to Dole Berry Company's announcement that they are closing their Watsonville, California facility, eliminating over 400 jobs:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's decision to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, otherwise known as DACA:
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) announced that the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) received a federal grant totaling $377,776 per year for five years from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to study T cell signaling.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) announced that the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) received a federal grant totaling $819,502 from the National Human Genome Research Institute. The funds will be used for a project called "Dockstore," a platform for sharing tools & workflows on the Cloud Commons.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) announced that the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) will receive a federal grant totaling $566,827 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The funds will be used to develop the framework to identify climate-resilient management strategies and evaluate the impacts of climate change on marine species and fishing communities off of the West Coast of the United States.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) announced that the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) will receive a federal grant totaling $136,647 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The funds will be used to produce forecasts of ocean conditions along the entirety of the West Coast of the United States, delivering predictions up to a year in advance. The University will use this capability for marine animal management, and to advise fisheries on what areas are likely to yield the best catch of targeted species.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) announced that the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) will receive a federal grant totaling $414,885 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The funds will be used to quantify the impact of three regional Integrated Ocean Observing Systems (IOOS), namely the Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS), the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) and Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS).