Santa Barbara – Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) introduced the Central Coast Heritage Protection Act, which would designate nearly 250,000 acres of public land in the Los Padres National Forest and Carrizo Plain National Monument as wilderness. The legislation also establishes a 400-mile long Condor National Recreation trail, stretching from Los… Read more »
Santa Barbara – On Saturday, October 14th Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) will host an immigration forum with immigration experts, including representatives from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
“There is an increased sense of uncertainty in our communities, particularly when it comes to our immigration laws,” said Rep. Carbajal. “The immigrant community has… Read more »
Santa Barbara, CA – Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to repeal the Obama-era Clean Power Plan:
“As wildfires and hurricanes wreak havoc across our nation, it is clear that our nation is already experiencing the effects of climate… Read more »
San Luis Obispo – Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) announced that Cal Poly’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will receive $500,000 in funding from the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Assistance programs (EDAP) to help fund the Central Coast Innovation Lab and Accelerator Development Project in San Luis Obispo County.
The Coast Innovation Lab & Accelerator… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) joined by Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) and Rep. Raul Ruiz (CA-36), introduced the bipartisan Veterans’ Record Reconstruction Act of 2017, a bill that eases process for veterans to prove their eligibility for certain benefits or decorations.
The Veterans’ Record Reconstruction Act requires the Department of Defense to develop… Read more »
Washington, DC — Representative Salud Carbajal (CA-24) led 26 Members of Congress in a letter to President Trump demanding he publicly release his formal report asking President Trump to reduce protections on a number of 27 national monuments under review as part of Executive Order 13795, including the Carrizo Plain National Monument on the Central Coast.
In a report sent to… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) announced the passage of his amendment to the FY18 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill, requiring updated automatic shutoff valves and leak detection standards for oil and gas pipelines.
The Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 includes instruction that the Department of… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) released the following statement today as the Trump Administration announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program with a six-month delay:
“DACA has given nearly 800,000 young people a shot at the American Dream, allowing them to come forward, live, work, and learn in the United States legally and… Read more »
Standing Up for Science in the Age of Trump
https://www.independent.com/news/2017/sep/04/standing-science-age-trump/
By: Congressmember Salud Carbajal | 9/4/2017
Budgets are reflections of our values.
President Trump proposed his 2018 budget for the federal government to members of Congress earlier this year. In it, there are deep cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) wrote to Ed Halpin, the Senior Vice President, Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), to express his support for a community advisory panel during the decommissioning of two nuclear reactors at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) in San Luis Obispo.
In accordance with Nuclear Regulatory… Read more »
