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February 23, 2018

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. - It's the latest in recycling technology and it's making a debut in Monterey County.

A new materials recovery facility is ready to go online at the Monterey Regional Waste Management District.

The new recycling facility is said to help the state reach its 75 percent recycling goal by 2020. It's cutting edge technology with big implications for the future of recycling on the Central Coast.

The 24 million dollar building once called the future of recycling on the Central Coast is now here in the present.


February 22, 2018

SALINAS, CA – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20) today welcomed co-founder and co-chair of his Agriculture Research Caucus, Congressman Rodney Davis (R-IL-13) to the central coast of California. The Congressmen met with specialty crop producers and entrepreneurs, discussed organic production, and toured research and production operations in California's 20th congressional district.

Issues: Agriculture

February 22, 2018

Washington D.C. >> Congressman Jimmy Panetta has formally introduced the Immigrant Witness and Victim Protection Act aimed at keeping people in the country illegally from being detained or deported if they are cooperating with law enforcement.

With his co-author Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (Dem-Wa.), Panetta (Dem-Carmel Valley.) introduced the bill on Tuesday and touted it as a way to ensure witnesses and victims trust law enforcement enough to report and help prosecute crimes.

Issues: Immigration

February 22, 2018

SALINAS, CA – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20) today welcomed co-founder and co-chair of his Agriculture Research Caucus, Congressman Rodney Davis (R-IL-13) to the central coast of California. The Congressmen met with specialty crop producers and entrepreneurs, discussed organic production, and toured research and production operations in California's 20th congressional district.

Issues: Agriculture

February 20, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) today announced that they introduced the Immigrant Witness and Victim Protection Act (H.R. 5058).

Issues: Immigration

February 9, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) released the following statement after his vote against the budget deal that will add over $300 billion to the federal deficit:

Issues: Immigration

February 6, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) participated today in a bipartisan House Agriculture Committee hearing with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue to discuss the state of our country's rural economy.

Congressman Panetta spoke with Secretary Perdue about agriculture's labor shortage, calling it the most important issue faced by producers on the central coast of California. He also asked Secretary Perdue about interagency efforts to improve the current H-2A visa process.


January 31, 2018

SANTA CRUZ — When organizers began to plan Santa Cruz's first Martin Luther King Jr. march, it was unclear how many people would come.

But hundreds had gathered an hour before the event began Monday, and by its 10 a.m. start, thousands packed the streets of the downtown area as marchers went from Cathcart Street, down Pacific Avenue and ended at Front Street.

Santa Cruz NAACP President Brenda Griffin said planning began when Santa Cruz Police Chief Andrew Mills called her to suggest it.


January 31, 2018

WASHINGTON –The co-chairs of the Democratic Caucus' National Security Task Force—Reps. Stephanie Murphy of Florida, Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, and Jimmy Panetta of California—issued the following statement in response to the President's State of the Union address:


January 30, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address:

"Tonight, President Trump delivered his first State of the Union address. Although he spoke of unity and compromise, his actions have yet to show this commitment. He has maintained his scare tactics about immigration, politicized our national security, and spoke of his so-called "America-first" trade agenda that would put California agriculture last.