Mitigating sea level rise and flooding requires prudent planning and innovative solutions to protect our vital interests. The [coalition] brings together various stakeholders, including entrepreneurs, military leadership, state and local groups, and elected officials, to assess risk and protect our communities. I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, and all invested partners, to accomplish tangible results.
Jimmy Panetta is a Congressman from the state of California. His district is located in the upper Central Coast region and includes Monterey, Santa Cruz, and Salinas. He previously served as a Deputy District Attorney in Monterey County. He was also a prosecutor for the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, worked on missile and chemical weapons nonproliferation issues for the U.S. Department of State, and at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
Panetta served as an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve and on active duty with a Special Operations task force deployed to Afghanistan, for which he was awarded the Bronze Star.
Panetta is a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, the House Committee on Budget, and the House Committee on Agriculture. He was previously appointed to the California Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, served as a board member of the Veterans Transition Center, chair of the Monterey Peninsula College Citizens Bond Oversight Committee, as a Trustee on the Foundation for the University of California at Santa Cruz, and served on the Board of Directors of the Community Foundation for Monterey County and the National Steinbeck Center.
Panetta is an associate member of the Monterey and Santa Cruz County Farm Bureaus, served aboard a research ship for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, and on the Advisory Council for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. He was named 2015 Monterey County Veteran of the Year.
Panetta received his B.A. in International Relations from University of California at Davis and obtained his J.D. from Santa Clara University.
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