Public Safety
WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) released the following statement after the House China Select Committee issued a congressional subpoena to the City of Reedley, Calif., to turn over documents and records related to the illegal medical lab.
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The local legal community laid out its case on Friday to add more federal court judges in the Central Valley.
Cases ranging from drug offenses to bankruptcy are heard inside the federal courthouse in downtown Fresno.
The US Court for the Eastern District of California covers 34 counties from Bakersfield to Redding.
Rep. Jim Costa (D–Fresno) is proposing a bill to increase the number of federal judges in the Eastern District of California to help meet the high demand currently bogging down the judicial system.
Costa has secured bipartisan support for the bill, which is called the CASE LOAD Act of 2023.
Rep. Jim Costa (D-Fresno) met with members of the media Friday to discuss The Case Load Act of 2023.
The legislation is in response to the severe lack of judgeships for the federal Eastern District of California, which currently has only one judge for every 1,362,552 residents — by far the highest in the state, Costa said.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) voted to fund $24 million in Community Project Funding for 15 local projects in the San Joaquin Valley, through the Fiscal Year 2023 government funding bill.
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Recent events have focused attention again on the safety of our elected officials in the face of increasing violence against them. Three members of Congress spoke to ABC7 News about their thoughts and their fears on the state of our democracy.