Sacramento seeking fed dollars to fund projects
WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — As leaders from California’s capital region look beyond the pandemic, there is one area they say could bring business and growth to that area.
“We would love to be a hub for clean energy,” said Sacramento City Councilor Rick Jennings.
He and Mayor Darrell Steinberg said that’s where federal legislation and dollars are needed to help fund projects like the California Mobility Center.
Steinberg said he wants to “make Sacramento the center of renewable energy and clean energy research and development.”
Civic leaders said investments in the clean energy sector would help all Californians by improving things like air quality and fighting droughts and wildfires, which are getting worse because of climate change.
“When you create new, clean industries you’re creating a much…