Salud Ortiz Carbajal: “In all these years, this is the first time this critical bill has received a hearing.”

The San Pedro Basin has long been the site of an underwater toxic waste dump. This toxic waste – which includes the pesticide DDT – has been very harmful to the health of local marine life and poses a risk to people who live and work near…

Today, I was at Casitas Pass Road in Carpinteria where ICE was conducting a raid using disproportionate displays of force against local farm workers and our agricultural community.

Many medium-sized cities on the Central Coast and across the country have strong transit systems that people depend on to get to work, school, and to stay connected with their communities. But the current federal transit funding framework…

They are also a gross misuse of limited resources and a betrayal of the values that define us as Americans.