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Federal regulators announced that they have approved California’s application for funding under a federal program designed to provide equitable access to broadband.
California is to receive $70 million in approved funding from the $1.44 billion State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program in order to implement its digital equity plan.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee, released the following statement after the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded California over $70 million to implement its Digital Equity Plan.
The work Jonathan Porteus does is changing.
“If you said to me 15 years ago, ‘What do you run?’ I would have said, ‘Oh, I run a behavioral health program. I run a federally qualified health center,’” says Porteus, CEO of WellSpace Health in Sacramento. “Now, if you say that, I say, ‘I run an FQHC and a CCBHC.’”
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in the House and Senate are calling for COVID-era flexibilities on telemedicine services to be extended to ensure access to “necessary and life-saving treatments,” and are speaking out against a proposed rule reportedly being advanced by the DEA that would limit telemedicine prescribing.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA-07) and Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA-01) on Fridayled a group of 18 House colleagues in urging the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to extend current flexibilities for telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz briefly swung through Sacramento Tuesday afternoon for a fundraiser hosted by Gov. Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom.
Walz and his daughter Hope deplaned at Sacramento International Airport just after 12:30 p.m.
The Minnesota governor and running mate of Vice President Kamala Harris was greeted on the tarmac by elected officials including Rep. Doris Matsui, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, their spouses, state Treasurer Fiona Ma and Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) released the following statement after California launched the first phase of its federal Home Energy Rebate programs to help lower families’ utility bills. California is implementing the Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates (HEAR) portion of the rebate program—enabling savings on energy efficiency improvements.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the October 7, 2023, terrorist attack by Hamas against Israeli civilians.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee, issued the following statement after the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) approved California’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program Initial Proposal Volume 2. This approval enables California to request access to funding and begin implementation of the BEAD program.
A project to electrify hundreds of homes in Sacramento’s Meadowview neighborhood will get millions of dollars in new federal funding to launch the program.
The $3 million for Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s Neighborhood Electrification Project will electrify as many as 300 homes in Meadowview, the utility company said. Upgrades will include induction stoves and smart thermostats, heat pump space heaters and water heaters along with chargers for electric vehicles, where feasible.