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WASHINGTON - Congressman Jim Costa joined over 50 democratic members in a letter to AmerisourceBergen CEO Steven Collis urging him to provide the full list of states and jurisdictions where he intends to not distribute medication abortion pills to certified pharmacies.
In their letter, the lawmakers made clear that, “AmerisourceBergen’s actions could be the determining factor in whether a patient has access to a safe, effective medication needed for an abortion through a certified pharmacy.”
Seven months ago, 77-year-old María Sánchez injured her left shoulder and left hand when she slipped on a discarded banana peel on the street while walking home from a shopping trip to the store.
The longtime Calwa resident believes that a sidewalk would have prevented her accident.
“When it rains, I don’t even go to the store because everything is too wet,” said Sánchez, who walks for her errands two to three times weekly.
CALWA, Calif. (KMJ/FOX26) — Fresno County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sal Quintero and Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) held a news conference on Monday to announce $4 million has been allocated to Calwa for street and sidewalk improvements.
The federal funds are part of the Highway Infrastructure Program approved by Congress in March.
Calwa is a small community in Fresno County, just a few miles southeast of downtown Fresno.
The Calwa Complete Streets project will repair roads and sidewalks throughout the unincorporated portion of Calwa.
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Buckling sidewalks and rocky roads -- have been the "norm" for the residents of Calwa... but not for much longer.
Unincorporated areas are receiving federal and county funds for street and sidewalk improvements.
"Some of these areas don't have sidewalks," Milena Alvarez said. "They have kids walking to school on the closest side of the street, closest to the houses, because there are no sidewalks."
Alvarez is a community organizer with Friends of Calwa.
Fresno County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sal Quintero and Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) held a news conference on Monday to announce $4 million has been allocated to Calwa for street and sidewalk improvements.
The federal funds are part of the Highway Infrastructure Program approved by Congress in March.
Calwa is a small community in Fresno County, just a few miles southeast of downtown Fresno.
The Calwa Complete Streets project will repair roads and sidewalks throughout the unincorporated portion of Calwa.
FRESNO, Calif. (KGPE) – Congressman Jim Costa has awarded Senior Deputy District Attorney Miiko Anderson the Suzanne McDaniel Memorial Award for Public Awareness.
It is an award from the Crime Survivors and Justice Caucus.
Anderson grew up in Oakland. Her mother battled substance abuse, and in her young adult years Anderson overcame a number of obstacles including homelessness and surviving as a single parent.
Anderson poured her energy into her education, graduated law school, and passed the bar.
A combination of federal, state, and local Measure C transportation tax funds totaling $7 million will improve streets and sidewalks in Calwa beginning in summer 2025.
Rep. Jim Costa (D-Fresno) secured $4 million in the 2023 federal budget after learning that a county-led survey indicated the top priorities of Calwa residents were road repairs, street lighting, and sidewalks.
“The Calwa Complete Streets project will make a tremendous difference in the community,” Costa wrote in a letter to Fresno County officials.
Millions in federal funding is coming to the community of Calwa for street and sidewalk improvements.
The County of Fresno is announcing that $4 million has been allocated to the unincorporated portion of Calwa for street and sidewalk improvements through the Highway Infrastructure Program, part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act passed by Congress on March 21.
Dubbed the Calwa Complete Streets Project, repairs will be made to roads and sidewalks throughout the community just south of Fresno.
WASHINGTON - Congressman Jim Costa and a bipartisan group of members sent a letter urging U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to work with their Japanese counterparts to ensure equal market access for U.S. farmers by eliminating Japan’s damaging frozen blueberry tariffs.