Energy & Environment
WASHINGTON – Representative Jim Costa (CA-16) announced that California will receive $20,649,415 in federal funds to bring down heating and cooling costs for working families. These investments, secured through last month's government funding legislation, will be used to lower Californians' energy bills, provide crisis assistance, and help weatherize homes.
WASHINGTON – Rep. Jim Costa voted to fund $11,004,664 in Community Project Funding for 10 local projects that he previously secured for CA-16.
WASHINGTON – This week, Reps. Jim Costa (CA-16), Mike Thompson (CA-05), and Joe Neguse (CO-02) led a letter alongside 11 House colleagues from impacted districts to President Joe Biden calling for a more robust strategy to identifying and responding to wildfires.
TERRA BELLA – Local and Federal water officials and lawmakers celebrated the groundbreaking of a massive project on the Friant-Kern Canal on Tuesday, marking the start of the canal's restoration.
Coming in at $187 million, the first portion of the massive effort will restore capacity within the canal in a 10-mile portion that has been affected by subsidence: the sinking of the canal's bottom from groundwater removal.
