California items from October 28 include federal rail funding in Siskiyou County, a bill on power shutoff reporting and a letter on deportation plans involving ships.
- Gallagher Announces More Than $60 Million in Federal Funding for Yreka Western Railroad: On Oct. 28, Rep. James Gallagher (R-CA) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation selected the Yreka Western Railroad Rehabilitation Project in Siskiyou County for more than $60.2 million through the CRISI Program. The money will fund rehabilitation of approximately 8.5 miles of track connecting Yreka and Montague.
- Rep. Whitesides Introduces Bill to Bring Transparency and Accountability to Public Safety Power Shutoffs After County-Wide Outage: On Oct. 28, Rep. George Whitesides (D-CA) introduced the Public Safety Power Shutoff Data Transparency Act. It would direct the U.S. Department of Energy to set up a standardized federal reporting program for Public Safety Power Shutoff events.
- “Hands off the Golden Bear”: Garamendi, Carbajal Demand DHS Not Consider Deportations on Ships: On Oct. 28, Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) and Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA) urged DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin to discard any plans to use ships for deportation. They cite operational, safety and legal challenges and say sea deportations would take days and cost taxpayers millions of dollars.
