WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Adam Schiff issued the following press release:
Today, Senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla (both D-Calif.) announced that they secured $54 million in federal funding for the Pajaro River Flood Risk Project in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties. The new federal investment will increase flood protection for Watsonville and Pajaro residents by reconstructing failing flood control levees along the Pajaro River and its tributaries. This funding is part of the $254,457,366 in total Congressionally Directed Spending funding that Schiff delivered for California for the 2026 fiscal year, with the passage of recent funding bills.
The funding announcement comes as last year, President Trump directly targeted California an...