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Monterey, CA – U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced nearly $900,000 in Safe Streets for All grants for Santa Cruz County and the City of Monterey.  Safe Streets for All Grants will be used to help these localities develop comprehensive action plans to improve roadway safety, reduce roadway fatalities, and lay the groundwork for safer communities.  Santa Cruz County received a $687,958 grant, while the City of Monterey received $200,000 in funding.

Monterey, CA – Today, U.S. Reps. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19) and Mike Kelly (R-PA-16) along with Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) reintroduced the Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act (BGTTA) — legislation that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to ensure that funding for broadband deployment from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the American Rescue Plan (ARP) will not be considered taxable income.

Santa Cruz, CA – U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and Anna Eshoo (CA-16) wrote Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell to request expeditious approval of backlogged reimbursements for Santa Cruz County disaster claims for damages from the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex Fire (CZU Fire).

Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) released the following statement on President Joe Biden’s second State of the Union Address:

Santa Cruz, CA – U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced that a local small business owner who experienced severe damage to his restaurant due to the recent storms will be his guest at the State of the Union address by President Joe Biden on Tuesday, February 7, 2023.  Santa Cruz resident Chuck Hammers, who owns Pizza My Heart, a restaurant in Capitola, will attend the State of the Union at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. next week. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced the bipartisan Agriculture Export Promotion Act of 2023 alongside Reps. Jim Costa (D-CA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), and Kim Schrier (D-WA).

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Anna G. Eshoo (CA-16), and Ro Khanna (CA-17) announced that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will provide a total of $101,800,897 to support public transit in the San Jose Urbanized Area.

Santa Cruz, CA – U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced $3 million in grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for scientific research taking place the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC).