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Congresswoman Barbara Lee welcomed the Honorable Julian Castro, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to the East Bay to participate in a tour of the Oakland Housing Authority’s Leadership Training Center and learn more about OHA’s unique partnership with the Oakland Unified School District

Environment California Research & Policy Center was joined in front of San Diego International Airport’s 3.3 megawatt (MW) solar installation by Mayor Kevin Faulconer, airport officials, local renewable energy advocates and industry leaders to celebrate San Diego’s impressive solar power achievements. San Diego has more solar panels than most major American cities, ranking 2nd nationwide—for the third year in a row—among dozens of metropolitan areas analyzed in a new report.

Marking a big step toward implementing San Diego’s Climate Action Plan and the goal of 100 percent renewable energy use citywide by 2035, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer joined environmentalists and solar businesses Friday to release a new report that shows San Diego ranks second nationally in solar energy capacity following a 26 percent increase in solar panel installations over the past year.

Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) celebrated the completion of the American River Watershed Common Features Project as authorized in the Water Resources Development Act of 1996. The Project, in conjunction with other regional flood protection efforts that the Congresswoman has advocated for, will significantly reduce the risk from flooding in the region.

With the goal of creating more affordable housing opportunities and helping homeless veterans transition off the street, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer was joined today by Congressman Scott Peters, City Councilmember Todd Gloria, San Diego Housing Commission CEO Richard C. Gentry and other dignitaries for the grand reopening of San Diego Square – a 154-unit affordable housing project for low-income seniors

Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today filed an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization legislation to encourage residential water conservation. The amendment is cosponsored by Senators Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.).

Congressman Brad Sherman, who lives in the Porter Ranch community, site of the largest gas leak in U.S. history, responded to reports that the Los Angeles basin may experience power outages if the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility remains offline

U.S. Rep. Mike Honda (D-Silicon Valley, Calif.) will welcome U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Julián Castro to the Silicon Valley this FRIDAY for a tour of a new affordable housing facility that will help recently homeless Veterans.

As part of President Obama's Climate Action Plan to reduce carbon pollution, create jobs and move our economy toward clean energy, Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Janice Schneider today announced approval of the Soda Mountain Solar Project on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in California

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on a bipartisan bicameral amicus brief of 208 Members and Former Members of...

The California Housing Finance Agency today announced a program change that will help more California households qualify for CalHFA Conventional mortgages.

Monday, CAL FIRE announced it had awarded an additional $3 million in grants throughout the state for a variety of fire prevention projects aimed at reducing the elevated threat of wildfires due to the ongoing drought and significant tree mortality. The announcement comes just two months after CAL FIRE released nearly $2 million for fire prevention projects in the counties hit hardest by tree mortality and bark beetle.

The California Housing Finance Agency today announced a program change that will help more California households qualify for CalHFA Conventional mortgages.

Reps. Huffman and Pallone led 208 current and former members of Congress and Senators in filing a bipartisan “friend of the court” brief in support of the Obama Administration’s final Clean Power Plan in the case West Virginia v United States Environmental Protection Agency. In addition to Huffman and Pallone, the brief was filed by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn, Democratic Caucus Chair Xavier Becerra, Democratic Caucus Vice-Chair Joseph Crowley, and Senators Barbara Boxer, Edward Markey, and Senate Democratic Leadership. Oral arguments in the case will be heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on June 2, 2016.

The California Housing Finance Agency today announced a program change that will help more California households qualify for CalHFA Conventional mortgages. Currently, families who earn up to 120% of their county's median income could be eligible for CalHFA loans, although home prices in many communities throughout California still exceed what the median income household can afford. To address this problem, CalHFA has identified 35 California counties that have the greatest disparity between housing costs and household incomes. The maximum qualifying income in these counties has been raised to 140% of the median

Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra (CA-34) today joined 163 current and former House Members as well as 44 current and former Senators in signing on to an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit defending President Obama’s Clean Power Plan

“Sadly, today the Valley is faced with what we all feared and I cautioned against since rains began in January. Despite the El Nino conditions, above average rainfall and an average snowpack in the mountains, today farmers in the San Joaquin Valley have been told they can expect to receive a five percent water allocation from the federal water project,” said. Rep. Costa. “If state and federal agencies had followed my consistent direction and better managed the water in the system, there would have been a different and more positive announcement made today. Instead, as a direct result of the federal agencies failure to act on my recommendations, more land will go fallow, farm workers will be jobless, and the challenges that San Joaquin Valley drought stricken communities face will continue.