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The Sacramento region hosted four census offices the last time the decennial Census was conducted. For the 2020 Census, which will be conducted a little less than a year from now, it will have just one.
The Census Bureau will continue to operate a local field office in Sacramento, but does not plan to have a physical presence in Placerville, Elk Grove or Fairfield, as it did a decade ago.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) announced that he is an original cosponsor to bipartisan legislation repealing an unnecessary tax hike on Gold Star families.
The 2017 tax law reclassified how Gold Star children's assets are taxed, increasing the tax rate on their survivor benefits from 12 to 15 percent up to 37 percent.
The Gold Star Family Tax Relief Act, H.R. 2481, introduced by Congresswoman Elaine Luria (D-VA), would reclassify such benefits as earned income, significantly reducing the tax burden.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), and 18 Committee Democrats sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert E.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act.
Retailers and restaurants are stepping up their push for Congress to fix a provision in President Trump's tax law that they say is hurting their businesses.
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives adopted an amendment by Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) to H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act.
Rep. Jimmy Panetta speaks on the role of California in national environmental protocol, legislation and the future
Sitting in a patio chair overlooking the lush Carmel Valley, Congressman Jimmy Panetta smiles, admiring the environment he grew up in. The valley is green and forested, Garland Ranch Regional Park sprawled across the hill opposite.
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Reps. Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18), Jackie Speier (CA-14), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) released a further updated version of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) response to recommendations made by the San Francisco Airport/Community Roundtable and the Select Committee on South Bay Arrivals.
The San Benito Health Foundation in Hollister has received $2.5 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to allow it to continue providing a wide range of primary health care services.
Congressman Jimmy Panetta vowed he would push federal officials to speed up the process of reopening the long-closed San Justo Reservoir and Clear Creek Recreation Area, both in San Benito County.
Panetta made his statements at a town hall Saturday when asked about San Justo Reservoir by Hollister Mayor Ignacio Velazquez.
Panetta responded how the San Justo Reservoir, closed since 2008 due to a zebra mussel infestation, is going through bureaucratic steps. But he referenced ways he can "light a fire under the butts" of the feds to get it done.