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• U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal joined a bipartisan U.S. House of Representatives majority to pass measures supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russia, to hold Russia accountable, and to cut off funding sources for Russia’s war effort, according to a March 9 statement. Carbajal voted to approve $13.6 billion in emergency humanitarian, economic, and security […]

• The Santa Barbara County Democratic Party announced it was endorsing Santa Barbara Unified School District Trustee Laura Capps for Santa Barbara County 2nd District Supervisor, according to a March 3 statement from party chair Darcél Elliott. “We are proud to endorse Laura Capps’ campaign for 2nd District county supervisor. During her service on the […]

• U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara), U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-California), and U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles) announced a bicameral affordable housing bill—the Housing for All Act—that will invest in new affordable housing options and help Californians experiencing homelessness, according to a Feb. 25 press release. The bill includes Carbajal’s bipartisan Naomi Schwartz […]

• State Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham (R-San Luis Obispo) announced a bipartisan bill to increase access to financial literacy courses in high school, according to a Feb. 15 statement. California received an “F” in financial literacy instruction in a 2017 report commissioned by the Center for Financial Literacy at Champlain College in Vermont. “Many California kids […]

• Gov. Gavin Newsom announced  $311.7 million in funding for 126 beautification projects along the state highway system, according to a Feb. 11 statement. As part of his $1.1 billion Clean California initiative, this project will benefit historically underserved or excluded communities. Over three years, Clean California will remove an additional 1.2 million cubic yards—or […]

• U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) announced on Feb. 2 the first round of investments to repair California bridges under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act he helped pass. Carbajal voted to deliver $4.25 billion to fix bridges this year, as part of a total $27.5 billion investment in bridge repair over the next […]

• Gov. Gavin Newsom, First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, and the California Department of Human Resources announced the signing of the California Equal Pay Pledge, an initiative launched to close the gender pay gap, according to a Jan. 27 statement. Gov. Newsom also announced the creation of a new chief equity officer position to lead […]

• Gov. Gavin Newsom joined Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on a visit to San Bernardino National Forest to highlight new federal funding for wildlife recovery and mitigation efforts as well as discuss state-federal collaboration to tackle the wildfire crisis, according to a Jan. 21 statement. Vice President Harris announced […]