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SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) announced that the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) will receive a federal grant totaling $136,647 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The funds will be used to produce forecasts of ocean conditions along the entirety of the West Coast of the United States, delivering predictions up to a year in advance. The University will use this capability for marine animal management, and to advise fisheries on what areas are likely to yield the best catch of targeted species.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) announced that the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) will receive a federal grant totaling $414,885 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The funds will be used to quantify the impact of three regional Integrated Ocean Observing Systems (IOOS), namely the Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS), the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) and Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS).
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded two research grants to help California strawberry farms manage soil disease.
One grant for US$4.5 million supports a national team of experts led by the University of California (UC) Davis to identify strawberry plants naturally resistant to certain diseases.
The other grant for US$2.5 million supports another national team of experts led by UC Santa Cruz to continue research on bio-fumigation (a natural process that suppresses soil disease).
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's memorandum ordering the Pentagon to ban transgender Americans from enlisting or commissioning in the military. The memorandum also halts some medically necessary transition-related health care for transgender service members.
PRESIDENT DONALD Trump's new plan for the 16- year war in Afghanistan was met with doubt this week by Congressman Jimmy Panetta, who criticized the president — like other Democrats have — for offering little detail about the strategy.
On Monday, Trump announced his new Afghanistan policy, which includes deploying more troops, keeping them there until real progress has been made, pressuring Pakistan to stop offering sanctuary for the Taliban, and maximizing financial sanctions against terror networks.
SALINAS, CA – This week, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) welcomed Congressman Sanford Bishop (GA-02), ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, to the central coast of California to tour agriculture facilities, meet with producers and farmworkers, and learn more about the over 100 specialty crops grown in California's 20th congressional district.
Congressman received warmly at his first town hall in Hollister, where he answered residents' concerns ranging from climate change to jail penalties
Homelessness, the armed forces and drug policy were some of the items discussed at a town hall meeting Tuesday with Jimmy Panetta, the Democratic representative for the 20th congressional district.
Panetta was introduced to the packed room at the county administration building by Jaime De La Cruz, chairman of the San Benito County Board of Supervisors.
SALINAS – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), a veteran of the Global War on Terror and a Member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's speech on Afghanistan:
HE WOULD get questions about healthcare, immigration and other important issues at a town hall meeting at Cal State Monterey Bay Monday, but Congressman Jimmy Panetta opened the night with a stinging rebuke of President Donald Trump, including the commander in chief's "weak" response to the killing of a woman in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 12 by a man said to be a Nazi sympathizer.