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Legislators demand answers on Honduran boy’s detention

March 22, 2017

Karen de Sa

California legislators who say they are disturbed by the 11-month incarceration in Yolo County of a young boy who fled Honduras and crossed the U.S. border alone want officials to explain his lengthy detention and reveal any other cases like it.

Issues: Social Justice

Honduran refugee, 14, released into foster care

March 15, 2017

In The News

Karen de Sa

San Francisco Chronicle

A 14-year-old Honduran refugee jailed for almost a year in a Northern California juvenile hall because he had no family to be released to was freed from the facility Monday and headed to a foster home.

Issues: Social Justice

Lawmakers urge appropriators to reject Coast Guard cuts

March 15, 2017

In The News

Rebecca Kheel

The Hill

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is urging appropriators to reject a reported proposal from President Trump to slash the Coast Guard's budget.

Issues: Military and Veterans

Garamendi Asks President Trump to Declare “Major Disaster” Following California Floods to Unlock Needed Recovery Resources

March 10, 2017

Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Yuba City, Fairfield, Davis, CA) and other Members of the California Congressional delegation sent a bipartisan letter to President Donald Trump asking him to “rapidly declare a Presidential Declaration of Major Disaster for the State of California as a result of an atmospheric river storm system that affected the State of California from January 18 through January 23, 2017.” This declaration would immediately unlock federal resources for 16 counties that were not included in Governor Brown’s February 10^th

Issues: Transportation and Infrastructure

Congressman Garamendi Thanks Mike Inamine, Executive Director of Sutter Butte Flood Control Agency, during Congressional Hearing

March 9, 2017

Press Release

Mr. Inamine has supervised the reinforcement of lifesaving levees along thirty miles of the Feather River, protecting local communities

Issues: Ending Gun Violence

Republicans split over plan to repeal, replace ‘Obamacare'

March 8, 2017

In The News

Staff

KTVU Fox

A group of hardline conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus openly rejected the Congressional Republican leadership's American Health Care Plan Tuesday.

Issues: Healthcare

Sites bill introduced

March 6, 2017

In The News

Staff Report

Marysville Appeal-Democrat

North State congressmen Doug LaMalfa and John Garamendi have introduced a bill to accelerate the federal review of Sites Reservoir and better position the project for funding under Proposition 1, the voter-approved California water bond designed to make the state's water systems more resilient.

Issues: Ending Gun Violence

Very Wet Winter Causes Trouble for Some Local Farmers

March 6, 2017

In The News

Doug Johnson

Fox 40 News

SACRAMENTO -- The wet winter has made it difficult for many valley farmers to harvest all their crops. Flooded fields have cause many fruits, nuts and vegetables to rot under water, while mud has made it difficult to reach those crops that have survived.

Issues: Ending Gun Violence

Garamendi Meets with Levee Stakeholders, Local Farmers, and Tours Emergency Levee Repairs

March 3, 2017

Press Release

Over the course of five meetings on March 3rd, Congressman John Garamendi met with a number of local leaders and farmers focused on the Oroville Dam spillway crisis, its impact on farmers, job training programs, and affordable housing.

Issues: Ending Gun Violence

Garamendi’s WIN Women’s Advisory Committee Convenes for Conversation on Health Care, Education, Economic Opportunity & the New Administration

March 3, 2017

Press Release

MARYSVILLE, CA – Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Yuba City, Fairfield, Davis ,CA) reconvened his Women’s Initiative Network (WIN), the 3^rd District’s Women’s Advisory Committee. Approximately 70 women participated in a wide-ranging roundtable discussion focused on health care access, mentorships, job opportunities, education, and more.

He started the meeting by noting that he had just come back from reading to two classrooms in Marysville for Read Across America Day.

Issues: Women's Equality

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