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RTA awarded $6.2 million Department of Transportation Grant https://pasoroblesdailynews.com/rta-awarded-6-2-million-department-transportation-grant/87091/ By: News Staff | 9/26/2018 The San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority (RTA) is receiving a $6.285 million grant to help fund the construction of a new administration and bus maintenance facility. The grant comes as a… Read more »

20k boxes later: Congressman recognizes local marine vet for troop care package operation  https://ksby.com/news/2018/08/21/20k-boxes-later-congressman-recognizes-local-marine-vet-for-troop-care-package-operation By: Staff | 8/21/2018  Local marine veteran and founder of TroopCarePacks.org Si Tenenberg was recognized by Congressman Salud Carbajal Tuesday… Read more »

Rep. Salud Carbajal Hosts Wildfire- and Drought-Mitigation Town Hall Meeting https://www.noozhawk.com/article/congressman_salud_carbajal_santa_barbara_county_wildfire_and_drought_mitiga By: Brooke Holland | 7/30/2018 Congressman Salud Carbajal headed to the Central Coast on Monday night for a public town hall meeting with Santa Barbara County wildfire and drought mitigation… Read more »

Congressmember Carbajal Tours Detention Center in Texas https://www.independent.com/news/2018/jun/28/congress-carbajal-tours-detention-center-texas/ By: Blanca Garcia | 6/28/2018 Congressmember Salud Carbajal visited the Tornillo detention facility about 30 miles southeast of El Paso, Texas, on June 5 with Congressmember Jacky Rosen from Nevada. The tent city was opened to transfer… Read more »

Congressman Salud Carbajal visits border detention facility  http://www.keyt.com/news/politics/congressman-salud-carbajal-visits-border-detention-facility/758719593 By: Claire Flores | 6/25/2018 SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - Local congressman Salud Carbajal traveled to the US-Mexico border to see first-hand what is happening there. Carbajal walked across the bridge dividing El… Read more »

It’s been a long road for a man who grew up as the son of a farmworker in Ventura County to become a Santa Barbara County Supervisor, and now, a member of Congress. Making the jump from local to national politics is always a big one, but there’s no question it’s been a particularly different one for Democrat Salud Carbajal. The 24th District Congressman took office in… Read more »

After reports emerged that former FBI Director James Comey said President Trump had asked him to shut down an FBI investigation into ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, KQED collected statements made by California’s members of Congress reacting to the news. We gathered comments made via social media, as well as from press releases sent out… Read more »

Valle Verde Retirement Community in Santa Barbara was the site recently of an interactive town hall with Rep. Salud Carbajal,  who provided an overview of the current state of affairs in Washington. His talk was followed by questions from some 90 residents and Valle Verde team members. “I am pleased to join with the residents at Valle Verde to discuss the issues most… Read more »

Students concerned with the costs of higher education are encouraged to join Congressman Salud Carbajal at Cal Poly on Wednesday for a roundtable discussion on college affordability. The free discussion will be held in conference room 212A from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. and is open to the public. The event comes after Carbajal co-authored the Middle-Class CHANCE Act, which would increase the… Read more »

After the House voted Thursday to narrowly approve a Republican-drafted bill that would eliminate many of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, KQED collected statements made by California’s members of Congress explaining why they voted the way they did. We gathered comments made via social media and on the floor of the House, as well as from press… Read more »