Today, bipartisan legislation to reduce wildfire risks written by Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) was approved by a unanimous vote of the House Natural Resources Committee. The vote comes as firefighters are battling more than 500,000 acres of wildfires in National Forests and communities across California.
Rep. Carbajal’s Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act would reduce procedural… Read more »
Today, New Democrat Coalition Vice Chair Salud Carbajal (CA-24) joined his Coalition colleagues in unveiling the New Dems’ Jobs Action Plan.
The Action Plan examines current barriers to labor growth in America and lays out a roadmap to strengthen our national workforce and our economy.
“The Central Coast deserves a workforce system that works for them, a system that affords everyone the… Read more »
Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24), a member of the bipartisan Wildfire Caucus, is calling on his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to act on legislation to avert a pay cut for federal wildland firefighters on September 30.
“As Californians have been baking this week in an extreme heat wave, our brave federal firefighters choose to put on heavy gear and head into the heat.… Read more »
Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) applauded the new support for forever chemical remediation efforts at San Luis Obispo County Airport (SBP) from the federal grant program he recently helped renew.
Earlier this week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded SBP a $3.57 million grant from the Airport Improvement Program to support innovative demonstration testing of three PFAS… Read more »
Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) announced today another $1,719,611 in federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to prevent roadway deaths and protect pedestrians and cyclists on the Central Coast.
Grants from the Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Program, which was created by Rep. Carbajal through his work on the 2021 infrastructure law, is delivering:
$791,611… Read more »
Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), Congresswoman Julia Brownley (CA-26), and Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) hailed the release of the Biden-Harris Administration's environmental impact study for the proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, the final step that puts the decades-long push for this federal designation on track to be… Read more »
Last week, Congressman Salud Carbajal and California Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis joined Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse, City Administrator Kelly McAdoo, and officials from the City's Fire and Police Departments to discuss how the $963,000 in federal funding Rep. Carbajal secured earlier this year will be used to upgrade Santa Barbara’s radio communications system.
The city’s… Read more »
Congressman Salud Carbajal joined Santa Maria Mayor Alice Patino to highlight the impact of the $959,752 in federal funds he secured earlier this year for storm drainage system upgrades in Santa Maria.
The upgrades, which will include new stormwater piping installations across the City, are critical to addressing flooding and protecting homes, businesses, and neighborhoods as heavy… Read more »
Over the past two weeks, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) has toured projects, agencies, and Central Coast businesses that have benefited from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to mark a milestone $1 billion invested in projects across the three counties that he represents in Congress.
Rep. Carbajal helped write and pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law with the Biden-Harris… Read more »
Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) sat down with Alexander Espinoza, a Santa Maria resident and recent graduate of Allan Hancock College, to discuss the recent breakthrough his team had in unlocking a “life-changing amount” of federal benefits previously withheld by a federal agency.
Mr. Espinoza incorrectly saw his benefits reduced from Social Security. Congressman Carbajal’s team… Read more »
