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January 14, 2022

KCAL 9: California Will Get $4.2 Billion From Infrastructure Law Funds To Repair, Upgrade Bridges

By CBSLA Staff Earthquake-prone California is getting billions of dollars to help renovate and upgrade its bridges. The White House on Friday earmarked $26.5 billion from last year’s infrastructure bill to fix the nation’s 15,000 crumbling bridges to help move...

January 7, 2022

KYMA: Senators announce over $382 million to help California families with heating costs

By Marcos Icahuate and Jenny Day U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) announced nearly $400,000,000 to go towards the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Friday. “As we face the highly transmissible COVID-19 Omicron variant, it is...

December 15, 2021

The Desert Review: Padilla urges support of Judge Montenegro’s nomination to the Southern District of California

By Staff US Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) delivered remarks before the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of the nomination of Judge Ruth Montenegro for the US District Court for the Southern District of California highlighting her extensive experience and reputation as...

Press Releases

January 25, 2022

Padilla Urges Treasury to Provide Additional Federal Rent Relief to Keep Most Vulnerable Americans Housed

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As our country continues to face the impacts of the latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) led a group of Senators in calling on the Treasury Department to reallocate federal rent relief funding to communities most...

January 21, 2022

Padilla Joins VP Harris, Secretary Vilsack to Highlight Billions in Infrastructure Funds for Wildfire Recovery and Risk Reduction

SAN BERNARDINO, CA — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined Vice President Kamala Harris, Governor Gavin Newsom, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Representative Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), and several federal, state, and local leaders on a tour of the San Bernardino National Forest to highlight...

January 20, 2022

ICYMI: Padilla Speaks on Senate Floor to Support Confirmations of Justice Gabriel Sanchez and Judge Holly Thomas to the Ninth Circuit

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke on the Senate floor this month in support of the confirmations of Judge Holly Thomas and Justice Gabriel Sanchez, both nominated to serve on the...