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Congressman Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, announced that over $22 million in federal funding will go toward projects that benefit residents all along the Central Coast after passing through both chambers of Congress earlier this week, he said Dec. 23. Carbajal has been working to obtain these funds since April 2022. Ultimately, he ensured their inclusion Read More →
The Small Passenger Vessel Liability Fairness Act was signed into law by President Joe Biden on Dec. 23. The measure, championed by Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Ventura, was crafted in response to the 2019 Conception boat fire off the Central Coast. The law is meant to reform Read More →
The former owner of Houweling’s Tomatoes in Camarillo is being sued by the California Agricultural Network, which claims Casey Houweling and his company left the insurance network “holding the bag” for more than $3 million in workers’ compensation claims. In a suit filed Oct. 19 in Ventura County Superior Court, the California Agricultural Network accused Read More →
The Uplift Coalition, an economic development coalition of six counties along the Central Coast, has received a $5 million grant through California’s Community Economic Resilience Fund. The grant, announced Oct. 20, will fund a two-year planning process that will allow the counties of Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura Read More →
In a little more than six weeks, more than 40 companies will bid on the first-ever offshore wind lease sale on the West Coast, competing for the right to build floating offshore wind farms off the coast of Morro Bay and elsewhere. The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Oct. 18 that the Bureau of Read More →
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