In The News

San Diego Union-Tribune | Kate Morrissey

Constantine y su madre intentaron desesperadamente averiguar dónde estaba Kateryna y qué iba a pasar con ella. Su madre se puso en contacto con su congresista, la demócrata Julia Brownley, y con el San Diego Union-Tribune. Un reportero empezó a enviar preguntas al CBP sobre el caso.

Ventura County Star | Tom Kisken

Congress approved the plan for a new clinic in 2017 in legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Westlake Village, who has long lobbied for the facility. In a written statement Thursday, she noted the new facility is seven times larger than the regional clinic used for VA care when she was elected a decade ago.

Tri County Sentry | Chris Frost

The Harbor got an excellent boost courtesy of Washington D.C., Monday, April 25, as Congresswoman Julia Brownley delivered a $15 million check, a $6 million increase, to assist with harbor dredging and beach replenishment.

Camarillo Acorn | Makena Huey

The scent of sage filled the president’s courtyard April 21 as U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley presented California State University Channel Islands with a $250,000 check to create an Indigenous studies program.

Dredging Today | Zlatan Hrvacevic

Yesterday morning, Congresswoman Julia Brownley presented the County of Ventura and Ventura County Harbor Department Director Michael Tripp with a ceremonial check for $15 million for the bi-annual maintenance dredging of the Channel Islands Harbor.

Ventura Breeze | News and Notes

Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA) announced the inclusion of nine community projects totaling more than $27 million in the Fiscal Year 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2471) that passed the House of Representatives by a 260-171-1 vote.

San Diego Union-Tribune | Kate Morrissey

Constantine and his mother frantically tried to find out where Kateryna was and what would happen to her. His mother reached out to her congresswoman, Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) and to the San Diego Union-Tribune. A reporter began sending inquiries to CBP about the case.

Ventura County Star | Victoria Talbot

U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley came to the Ventura County Government Center Thursday morning with a $950,000 check to help local law enforcement agencies investigate backlogged violent and sexual assault cases using DNA technology.

Ventura County Star | Brian J. Varela

Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Westlake Village, introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday requesting the U.S. Post Office located at 1961 N. C St. in Oxnard be called the John R. Hatcher III Post Office Building.

Ventura County Star | Wes Woods II

A Ventura veterans clinic scheduled to open in summer 2022 will feature a special entrance for female veterans, a first of its kind in the region.

Officials believe the Ventura Veteran Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic has the capacity to serve as many as 9,600 veteran patients.

Ventura County Star | Wes Woods II |

EPA Administrator Michael Regan toured Ventura’s water recycling facility Wednesday afternoon, collecting data under the proposed bipartisan infrastructure deal.

Ventura County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ron Helus, killed in the 2018 Borderline mass shooting, was posthumously presented the Congressional Badge of Bravery on Tuesday.

Reps. Julia Brownley and Salud Carbajal joined Sen. Dianne Feinstein in proposing tighter safety standards for small boats after the Conception dive vessel caught fire, killing 34 people off the Ventura County coast in September.

Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Calif., on Monday introduced the Stop Harassment and Sexual Assault at VA Act, which would create a department-wide policy to stop “this epidemic of rampant” harassment and sexual assault Brownley says “too often occurs” at VA facilities nationwide.

Congresswoman Julia Brownley, D-Calif., introduced legislation Tuesday, hoping to create a “Forever” stamp series honoring 17 women in particular.

On Tuesday, New York became the first state to put into place a ban on some flavored e-cigs and vaping juices. Locally, on Sept. 9, U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Thousand Oaks) introduced HR 4249, the Stop Vaping Ads Act, legislation that would add vaping devices to an existing ban on advertisements for traditional cigarettes.

The work of the task force will focus on culture, healthcare, economic opportunity and benefits access for women veterans, Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Calif., chairwoman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee’s subpanel on health, said at a Thursday press conference. 

The United States has nearly 2 million women veterans today, but but Rep. Julia Brownley thinks many Americans never really see them.