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Federal, state offices brief Carlsbad subcommittee on coastal protection, airport engagement and school meal EBT proposal
Summary
Representatives from U.S. Rep. Mike Levin, State Sen. Catherine Blake Spear and the state assemblymember’s office updated the Carlsbad City Council legislative subcommittee on funding and policy items including Tijuana River Valley cleanup funding, a proposed ban on offshore drilling, a summer EBT expansion and a possible FAA virtual town hall about Palomar Airport.
Representatives from U.S. Rep. Mike Levin, State Sen. Catherine Blakespear and the state assemblymember’s office updated the Carlsbad City Council legislative subcommittee on funding and policy items affecting the North County region.
Salome Tash, representing Rep. Mike Levin’s office, told the subcommittee the congressman recently pressed the EPA to preserve funding for South Bay water‑treatment upgrades and to hold Mexico accountable for cross‑border pollution cleanup. She said the congressman joined an EPA visit to the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant and “urged no cuts to funding dedicated to clean up efforts in the region.”
Tash also reported the congressman reintroduced the Southern California Coast and Ocean Protection Act, a federal bill intended to bar new offshore oil and natural gas leasing along Southern California’s coast, and reintroduced HR 3217, the Stop Child Hunger Act, which would provide families with EBT cards to cover school meal benefits during school breaks longer than five days. Tash said the congressman’s office is working on a virtual community engagement with the FAA about Palomar Airport if the county directs the scheduling and logistics.
Matt Ruble, district representative for State Sen. Catherine Blake Spear, briefed the subcommittee on state activity including a ribbon cutting for a new organics transfer station and the senator’s sponsorship of bills moving through the Sacramento committee process. Ruble said 18 of 19 Senate committee bills sponsored by the senator had advanced; he highlighted SB 710 (a solar property tax exclusion) as pending before the revenue and taxation committee.
Anna Mladnovik, a district representative from Assemblymember Tasha Burner’s office, reported most of the assemblymember’s bills had cleared policy committees; AB 1286 had passed the Assembly and been referred to the Senate, she said. Mladnovik also promoted two constituent events: a webinar on microplastic harms (May 29) and a small‑business and public‑service resource fair at MiraCosta College (June 6).
Why it matters: the updates range from federal funding for transborder pollution cleanup to state bills that could affect housing and energy policy in Carlsbad. Council members pressed for follow‑up details on FEMA funding and FAA town‑hall logistics and noted the local economic importance of federal and state grant programs.
What the subcommittee directed or requested: Council and staff asked the congressional and legislative offices to follow up with written details on FEMA funding questions and to share scheduling information about the FAA virtual engagement for Palomar Airport. No formal legislative positions or votes were recorded during these briefings.
Public comment: None.
Next steps: Staff said the offices will follow up by email with the city on FEMA questions, the FAA virtual engagement process and schedule details for opportunities to engage with the state legislators on bills affecting Carlsbad.
