Press Releases
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) announced two new U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) grants for airport infrastructure on the central coast of California. The grants will be awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration and are partly funded by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, increasing the Federal cost share to 100 percent.
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 Department of Education.
Earlier this year, Congressman Panetta requested $170 million specifically for the DHSI program in appropriations legislation.
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.
Yesterday, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) joined House Agriculture Subcommittee Chairwoman Stacey E. Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands) and several of his colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, expressing strong concern with recently announced changes to the Farm Service Agency's Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP). The letter also asks for the maximum amount of assistance through the OCCSP.
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. The bipartisan legislation would increase the Federal cost share provided from 75 percent to 90 percent for any federal disaster declaration beginning at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic through the end of 2020. Coauthors of this legislation are Reps. Ami Bera (CA-7), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Gilbert R.
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.
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.
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 devastating wildfires in Monterey County.
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).
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. Department of Transportation. The Buses and Bus Facilities Program grant makes federal resources available to states and direct recipients to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and related equipment and construct bus-related facilities.