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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced that SBA disaster loans are still available for homeowners impacted by the sound wall on Highway 29 that was damaged in the August, 2014 Napa earthquake. Even though the deadline to apply for disaster loans has passed, homeowners will simply be asked to enter an explanation of why the application is being submitted after the deadline.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced $176,340 in Affordable Care Act funding for Santa Rosa Community Health Centers (SRCHC) in recognition of their achievements in providing high quality, comprehensive care. The funds, provided though the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), will be used to expand current quality improvement systems and infrastructure, and improve primary care service delivery in the communities served by the health center.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) today announced a $2,438,681 Economic Development Administration (EDA) investment which will support roadway and infrastructure improvements to the Green Island Industrial District (GRID) in American Canyon. The funds will be used to help reconstruct Green Island Road, a goods movement corridor for the GRID. In August, 2014 Thompson urged Northern California's EDA representative to support the City of American Canyon's application for federal funding.
"Social Security is strong and will provide retirement security for Americans for another 80 years."
This was U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson's message during a town hall forum at Vallejo's Florence Douglas Senior Center on Tuesday, marking the program's 80th anniversary.
The St. Helena Democrat planned a similar event in Santa Rosa later in the day, an aide said.
The city of American Canyon will receive more than $2 million from the U.S. government to help it rebuild Green Island Road, federal officials announced Tuesday.
The $2.4 million grant from the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) will go toward the repaving and widening of the heavily-used corridor through the city's industrial region.
Green Island Road has been falling apart for years due to a high volume of traffic, including the frequency of big rigs traveling in and out of warehouses and manufacturing businesses.
Cracked and battered buildings have been repaired. Homes have been cleared of shattered dishes, glasses and heirlooms. But at Monday's remembrance on the first anniversary of the Napa earthquake, perhaps the most vital symbol of recovery was a clean-cut, curly-haired teenage boy in a blue oxford shirt and a bow tie — a boy who was again standing straight.
"My name is Nicholas Dillon, and I'm grateful to be standing here on my own two feet," the 14-year-old Napan told some 400 spectators at Napa Strong 6.0/365, the ceremony marking the quake of Aug. 24, 2014.
After a long flight from Southeast Asia, soldiers wounded in Vietnam are being transported to a military hospital in San Francisco. The bus carries men in litters stacked in three-high bunks. As the vehicle approaches the hospital, it is surrounded by war protesters who begin to rock the bus back and forth.
The historic Napa post office, extensively damaged in the 2014 earthquake, will be offered for sale instead of being demolished, the U.S. Postal Service has announced.
The Art Deco building, commissioned in 1933, will be prepared for auction later this month with the stipulation that the buyer must repair the building before converting it to another use, according to a letter to the city from Rep Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena.
"This is the right decision for the USPS and for Napa," Thompson said. "No one wanted to see it destroyed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-5) and John Garamendi (CA-3) today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved the State of California's request for a Fire Management Assistance Grant declaration for the Rocky Fire burning in Lake, Yolo and Colusa Counties. The Fire Management Assistance Grant Program (FMAGP) allows for the "mitigation, management, and control" of fires burning on publicly or privately owned forest or grasslands which threaten such destruction as would constitute a major disaster.
U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-5) and John Garamendi (CA-3) announced on Thursday morning that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved the State of California's request for a Fire Management Assistance Grant declaration for the Rocky Fire burning in Lake, Yolo and Colusa Counties. The Fire Management Assistance Grant Program (FMAGP) allows for the mitigation, management, and control of fires burning on publicly or privately owned forest or grasslands which threaten such destruction as would constitute a major disaster.