Martinez hooks money to repair ailing fishing pier; county youth diversion program funded

U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, and John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, appeared in Martinez this week to announce they helped secure more than $3.54 million for two projects in Contra Costa County, including more than $2.5 million to help renovate the Martinez Municipal Fishing Pier.

The other $1 million is for the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office’s Transitional Aged Youth Diversion Program. The program helps shift the office’s focus away from punitive measures and seeks to focus on healing, restoration, and accountability as well as a means to address recidivism rates.