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Seaside >> At a gathering of community leaders, local business owners, engaged citizens, and government officials, an in-house poll showed that affordable housing, and health care were the most pressing topics in Monterey County.
About 300 were in attendance to listen to a panel of local, state and federal elected officials at the Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Annual Leadership Luncheon on Wednesday at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Monterey Bay in Seaside.
At a meeting to discuss the impact of climate change on tourism, Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo, co-chair of the bipartisan House Climate Solutions Caucus, weighed in on Hurricane Irma, which decimated the Florida Keys that he represents.
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.
A WEEK after the Trump administration announced it would phase out the executive order shielding illegal immigrant children brought into the United States by their parents from deportation, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution to support them.
On Tuesday, the elected officials voted to adopt a resolution "supporting Dreamers and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program," which the Obama administration established in 2012.
President Donald Trump's decision last week to eliminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program sparked fear and fury across the nation, but Hollister institutions stood united.
Reps. Jimmy Panetta, Collin Peterson and Jim Costa of the House Agriculture Committee hold session in Salinas to hear concerns from the ag industry to incorporate into the 2018 Farm Bill
On the heels of President Trump's move to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, better known as DACA, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to pass a resolution that declares the county a "Dreamers County" on Tuesday.
Supervisor Luis Alejo, who represents District 1 that includes the city of Salinas, proposed the resolution, which also urges Congress to move forward on legislation that codifies DACA into law.
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.
Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel, sharply criticized President Donald Trump's North Korea comments at an agriculture event Thursday, saying the president must stop trying to play the "bully" in the tense situation.
Panetta and Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, both had critical remarks for the president as they spoke at a Farm Bill Forum in Salinas.