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Legislation was introduced this week by Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, that would incentivize the expansion and deployment of microgrids, which can mitigate the impacts of outages.
Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) visited San Benito County on April 8 as part of his "district work period to get out wherever I can." During his tour of the county he stopped to visit the Community Food Bank of San Benito County, the high-tech company Nanotronics, and then the San Benito Health Foundation, where he was met in the parking lot by CEO and director Rosa Vivian Fernandez and others prior to going inside and touring the facility.
Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) held a virtual meeting with Central Coast Asian American and Pacific Islander community members to address the rise of anti-Asian hate crimes locally and nationally.
AAPI leaders and community members shared their own stories and experiences with the issue. Congressman Panetta discussed his efforts at the federal level to curb race-based hate crimes.
Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, was part of a fact-finding trip to look at conditions at a southern border facility where unaccompanied younger males seeking asylum in the U.S. are being housed and processed.
"The purpose of a trip like this is to get boots on the ground to see what is happening for your own eyes," said Panetta.
U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) teamed up with Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) to reintroduce two pieces of legislation that could help recover the Western monarch butterfly migration.
The western population of the iconic butterfly declined by 99% over the past 30 years. Numbers continue to dive. Official counts recorded less than 2,000 monarchs overwintering in California this year, compared to tens of thousands the past few years and millions in the 1990s.
Congressional leaders, led by local U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta, sought "broad denouncement and swift condemnation" from the Biden Administration regarding reported political violence, intimidation and corruption in El Salvador ahead of its midterm legislative elections Sunday.
There are plenty of reasons to buy an e-bike. They offer all the benefits of a normal human-powered bike, but with considerably less sweating and much more utility. Plus, for certain people, they can replace car trips, cutting down on congestion and curbing harmful emissions.
But one major hurdle to widespread e-bike adoption remains: cost.
Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, is calling for the Fish and Wildlife Service to make "substantial investments in monarch conservation efforts" to protect the western monarch butterfly from extinction.
In a letter co-signed by Rep. Salud Carbajal and Senator Jeff Merkley and addressed to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Principal Deputy Director Martha Williams, officials made their concern for the Central Coast's beloved butterflies clear.
U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20) has reintroduced a bill that would grant bus manufacturers a tax credit for battery electric or hydrogen fuel-cell buses.
The Green Bus Tax Credit Act (H.R.583) would allow manufacturers to claim a 10 percent credit for zero-emission buses that:
Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) reintroduced the California Central Coast Conversation Act. The bill establishes a moratorium on all new gas and oil leasing on federal public land on the Central Coast.
Rep. Panetta introduced the legislation for the first time in December 2019 in response to the Trump Administration's move to allow for new oil and gas leasing and development on over 720,000 acres of public land. The decision directly impacted land in Fresno, Monterey, and San Benito counties.