Press Releases

September 2, 2020 Press Release

SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) announced $2.4 million in grant funding for local Hispanic Serving Institutions.  Monterey Peninsula College, Hartnell College, California State University, Monterey Bay, and the University of California, Santa Cruz each received $600,000 in Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (DHSI) grants from the Departmen

August 31, 2020 Press Release

SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a total of $893,734 in funding to five community health center networks, which will be used to support community health in Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito Counties.

August 28, 2020 Press Release

Yesterday, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) joined House Agriculture Subcommittee Chairwoman Stacey E.

August 25, 2020 Press Release

MONTEREY, CA - U.S. Reps. Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Mike Thompson (CA-5), and Doug LaMalfa (CA-1) announced today that they and 15 Members have introduced the Increase Federal Disaster Cost Share Act of 2020.

August 25, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20) and Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-01) led their California colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to Vice President Mike Pence, as head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, requesting immediate assistance in securing N-95 masks for farmers and farmworkers impacted by extreme heat and wildfire smoke.

August 21, 2020 Press Release

MONTEREY, CA - Rep. Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Mike Thompson (CA-05), Rep. Anna Eshoo (CA-18), Rep. John Garamendi (CA-03), Rep. Jared Huffman (CA-02), Rep.

August 21, 2020 Press Release

MONTEREY, CA - Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D- Carmel Valley), Senator Bill Monning (D- Carmel), Senator Anna Caballero (D- Salinas), Assemblymember Mark Stone (D- Scotts Valley), Assemblymember Robert Rivas (D- Hollister), Supervisor Chris Lopez (Greenfield), and Supervisor Mary Adams (D- Pebble Beach) today issued the following statement regarding the

August 14, 2020 Press Release

SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) announced $7,157,290.00 in federal grant funding through the Student Support Services (SSS) Program for California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB), Hartnell College, and Monterey Peninsula College (MPC).

August 10, 2020 Press Release

SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) announced that Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) received a federal grant totaling $2,521,984 from the U.S.

August 10, 2020 Press Release

SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) announced that Monterey County received a grant totaling $1,760,000 in COVID-19 Recovery and Resiliency Project funding to help Monterey County and its small businesses respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).  The funding for this grant is from the recently passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Securit

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