PROGRAMMATIC OR REPORT LANGUAGE REQUESTS:
Please note that the deadline for ALL programmatic or language requests submitted to the Office of Congressman Jimmy Gomez has passed. The following information is for reference only.
The House Committee on Appropriations is currently soliciting feedback from Members of Congress on funding levels and report language for Fiscal Year 2024. Congressman Gomez welcomes constituents and advocacy groups to submit for consideration any programmatic or report language that may benefit California’s 34th Congressional District or our nation.
Due to the limited timeline for Members to submit requests to the Appropriations Committee, the deadline for programmatic and language requests to be submitted for consideration by Congressman Gomez is 5:00 PM PT ON THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2023.
COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTS:
Please note that the deadline for ALL Community Project Funding requests submitted to the Office of Congressman Jimmy Gomez has passed. The following information is for reference only.
Congressman Gomez is committed to securing federal funding to help empower and support important causes and work by organizations in CA-34. Community Project Funding continues to allow Congress to fund the projects that will make a real difference in the lives of Angelenos.
In FY 2024, the Committee on Appropriations will limit Community Project Funding to no more than 0.5 percent of discretionary spending, and the Committee will accept a maximum of 15 community project requests from each member, though not all may be funded.
Congressman Gomez welcomes eligible entities to submit for consideration any Community Project Funding that may benefit California’s 34th Congressional District. Before submitting your project request, you must meet all of the following requirements:
- Projects must have a “federal nexus” and proposals must specifically point to a federal authorization law.
- You must be a not-for-profit entity, or state/local/tribal government.
- Your project must be located in California’s 34th Congressional District.
- Your project must have demonstrated community support.
- Due to new committee guidance: memorials, museums, or commemorative projects are not eligible.
For a full summary and fact sheet about Community Project Funding in FY 2024, please click here.
For a full list of eligible accounts for FY 2024 Community Funding Project please click here.
If you have specific questions regarding this process, please reach out at CA34.Appropriations@mail.house.gov.
Due to the limited timeline for Members to submit requests to the Appropriations Committee, the deadline for programmatic and language requests to be submitted for consideration by Congressman Gomez is 5:00 PM PT ON THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2023.
Note: unlike previous years, the following projects are not eligible for EDI: Museums, commemoratives, memorials; Swimming pools, water parks, golf courses; Healthcare facilities; Venues strictly for entertainment purposes – e.g., theaters and performing arts venues.
Unlike previous years, in FY2024, the Appropriations Committee has announced that Community Funding Project proposals will NOT be accepted for the following bills:
- Labor, HHS, Education;
- Financial Services and General Government;
- Defense.
FY24 COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTS
Congressman Gomez has submitted funding requests for important community projects in the 34th Congressional District to the House Appropriations Committee for Fiscal Year 2024.
Under guidelines issued by the Appropriations Committee, each Member may request funding for up to 15 projects in their community for Fiscal Year 2024 – although only a handful may actually be funded. Projects are restricted to a limited number of federal funding streams, and only state and local governments and eligible non-profit entities are permitted to receive funding.
For a full summary and fact sheet about Community Project Funding in FY 2024, please click here.
For a full list of eligible accounts for FY 2024 Community Funding Project please click here.
In compliance with House Rules and Committee requirements, Congressman Gomez has certified that he, his spouse, and his immediate family have no financial interest in any of the projects he has requested.
Project Name: Alma's Girls Today Women Tomorrow Youth Center Renovation
Recipient: Alma Family Services
Address: 1927 E 2nd St, Los Angeles 90033
Requested Amount: $250,000
Description: The funding would be used for renovating The Girls Today Women Tomorrow Youth Center, which offers critical leadership mentoring to low-income girls ages 10- 21. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because a youth center provides a safe and supportive environment for young people to gather and participate in constructive activities.
The project has a Federal nexus because the funding provided is for purposes authorized by 42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(4). Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Project Name: Barrio Action Revitalization Project
Recipient: Barrio Action Youth & Family Center
Address: 4927 Huntington Drive, North, Los Angeles, 90032
Requested Amount: $750,000
Description: The funding would be used for the reconfiguring and modernizing of the current facilities serving residents that face many systemic and individual barriers to achieving healthy and prosperous lives. Once renovated, it will become a local internet hub increasing the service capacity for children and their families. It will include upgrades to areas that will be used for training, workshops, large community events, and a safe and comfortable location where families can find pathways out of poverty. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it will allow the Barrio Action Youth & Family Center to expand services and effectively meet the needs of persistent-poor children and their families. It will help provide crucial resources and free and accessible programs to historically underserved Latinos who have been disproportionately impacted by poverty.
The project has a Federal nexus because the funding provided is for purposes authorized by 42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(4). Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Project Name: 411 N. Vermont Site Preparation for Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Development
Recipient: City of Los Angeles
Address: 200 N. Spring St, Room 303, Los Angeles 90012
Requested Amount: $10,000,000
Description: The funding would be used to prepare the City-owned property at 411 N. Vermont Avenue for construction of a mixed-use project containing 100% affordable housing. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because by getting people off the street and out of shelters into permanent supportive housing units, this project will create a safer environment and allow people in need to receive services so that they do not end up homeless again. The demolition of the existing structure will allow for the project to move forward.
The project has a Federal nexus because the funding provided is for purposes authorized by 42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(2). Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Project Name: Highland Park Youth Arts Center
Recipient: Los Angeles Parks Foundation
Address: 2650 N. Commonwealth Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Requested Amount: $5,000,000
Description: The funding would be used for the building of a new City Youth Arts Center, the first regional arts center to serve the communities of Highland Park and Northeast Los Angeles. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because there is a demonstrated need and desire from the community to support the arts in Northeast Los Angeles. Investing in this Arts Center will provide thousands of children and youth in the 34th District the opportunity to develop their creativity and connect with their community in a safe, accessible place. The Highland Park Youth Arts Center will provide access to affordable or free-of-charge youth arts classes and cultural programs.
The project has a Federal nexus because the funding provided is for purposes authorized by 42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(2). Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Project Name: Belvedere Community Regional Park Soccer Complex
Recipient: County of Los Angeles
Address: 1000 S. Fremont Avenue, Alhambra 91803
Requested Amount: $1,500,000
Description: The funding would be used for a multi-phased project, upgrading the soccer fields at Belvedere Park, a popular and highly utilized recreational feature to the community which has outlived its useful life and are in dire need of replacement. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because the Project will support youth and adult competitive soccer in a severely disadvantaged community and aims to create greater opportunities for youth and their families to engage in the outdoors and participate in healthy activities that will increase their quality of life.
The project has a Federal nexus because the funding provided is for purposes authorized by 42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(2). Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Project Name: Nueva Maravilla Public Housing-Community Green Space, Smart Irrigation and Senior Garden Plots
Recipient: County of Los Angeles
Address: 700 West Main Street, Alhambra 91801
Requested Amount: $1,500,000
Description: The funding would be used for establishing a park like space at the Nueva Maravilla Housing Development by upgrading and replacing the irrigation system to a weather-based smart irrigation system, with signal-based controllers for weather patterns as well as a smart system with leak detection for irrigation lines. The improvements will not only benefit residents, but the surrounding community as well. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it benefits the Los Angeles County Development Authority who owns and operates the site as well as taxpayers, by upgrading irrigation system which converts to cost savings in utility bills (water). The community engagement and training program will also assist residents in becoming self-sufficient and graduating from public assistance.
The project has a Federal nexus because the funding provided is for purposes authorized by 42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(2). Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Project Name: FeedHOPE Commissary Training Complex
Recipient: Homeboy Industries
Address: 130 W. Bruno Street, Los Angeles, 90012. 2928 N. Main Street, Los Angeles
Requested Amount: $1,500,000
Description: The complex will create 50-100 jobs annually and job training opportunities while also delivering social services. The complex will serve as an emergency meal factory and will provide on the job training, workforce development, and wrap-around social services to gang impacted, formerly incarcerated, low-income clients (i.e. Trainees) that reside within the City of Los Angeles. Over 70% of the populations served are also homeless and/or housing insecure, and 95% are low-income. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because the improved facilities in the complex will house direct nutrition/services and provide employment and workforce development for individuals often deemed unemployable because of past record and a lack of skills (both emotional and professional).
The project has a Federal nexus because the funding provided is for purposes authorized by 42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(4). Signed Disclosure: Click Here
Project Name: Preserving Pico Gardens and Las Casitas as Affordable Housing with New Cool Roofs
Recipient: Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
Address: 2600 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, 90057
Requested Amount: $2,520,000
Description: The funding would be used for the removal of the existing roofs of 72 buildings at the Pico Gardens and Las Casitas public housing site with proper disposal of the hazardous materials and the installation of new cool roofs that will have the ability to help keep the residents cool during the hot summer months in Los Angeles. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because preserving the 296 public housing units of Pico Gardens and Las Casitas by installing new cool roofs will result in bolstering residents’ 1) housing security, 2) economic resiliency as they will not have to devote an ever growing proportion of their income for housing, and 3) health resiliency by improving community aesthetics to lower stress and improve community satisfaction.
The project has a Federal nexus because the funding provided is for purposes authorized by 42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(2). Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Project Name: Rose Hill Courts Phase IIB
Recipient: Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
Address: 2600 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, 90057
Requested Amount: $1,500,000
Description: The funding would be used for the third phase of the Rose Hill Courts redevelopment and includes 48 units ranging in size from one-bedroom through four-bedroom, a community center and central park. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it is a crucial component of a redevelopment project that will add much needed housing stock to the City of Los Angeles which is experiencing an affordable housing crisis. The project also supports low-income communities by providing social services to Rose Hill Courts residents and providing economic opportunities from construction/post construction activities.
The project has a Federal nexus because the funding provided is for purposes authorized by 42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(2). Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Project Name: Los Angeles Boys & Girls Club Northeast LA Community Center Renovation
Recipient: Los Angeles Boys & Girls Club
Address: 2635 Pasadena Avenue, Los Angeles 90031
Requested Amount: $350,000
Description: The funding would be used to renovate and maximize use of nearly 5,500 square feet of existing underutilized space for its growing food distribution program and to develop the Northeast LA (NELA) Community Center. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because the Project will provide a cost-effective space that includes a community pantry, kitchen and community space in a trusted location. The Northeast LA (NELA) Center will expand youth services and provide additional social services to reduce community violence.
The project has a Federal nexus because the funding provided is for purposes authorized by 42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(4). Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Project Name: La Kretz Innovation Campus
Recipient: Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)
Address: 525 S. Hewitt Street, Los Angeles, 90013
Requested Amount: $1,000,000
Description: This funding will be used to upgrade outdated physical building systems instrumental for use in workforce development. The funding will be used for upgrading outdated physical building systems to maintain a world-class state-of-the-art facility, microgrid development and new EV infrastructure. Upon completion, participants will gain the skills to be competitive in the future of work landscape. The La Kretz Innovation Campus will serve as an economic driver and community-building example of a working economic ecosystem. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because project would empower LACI with facilities capable of providing additional programming for education and workforce development with cutting edge microgrid technology, EV infrastructure development, high tech building maintenance, OSHA training.
The project has a Federal nexus because the funding provided is for purposes authorized by 42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(4). Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Project Name: Ranger Protection Services: Elephant Hill
Recipient: Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority (MRCA)
Address: 570 W Avenue 26, Los Angeles, CA 90065
Requested Amount: $557,700
Description: The funding would be used for MRCA to deter/curb illegal uses, access to the site, and enforce its no recreational OHV usage by assigning park ranger patrols to protect the parks’ natural resources. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because this is a community led and requested effort, to provide robust patrol presence to enforce laws in order to provide natural resource protection.
The project has a Federal nexus because the funding provided is for purposes authorized in section 501 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. § 10152). Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Project Name: Highland Park Housing for Transition-Age Foster Youth
Recipient: Optimist Youth Homes and Family Services
Address: 6957 N. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles 90042
Requested Amount: $1,500,000
Description: The funding would be used to fund renovations of several vacant buildings on Optimist Youth Homes and Family Services’ Highland Park campus to create 80 units of affordable housing, within a live-work community, for transition-age youth exiting foster care. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because these units would become part of Los Angeles’ continuum of transitional housing and their operations would be sustained through California’s THP-Plus, and similar, public funding streams.
The project has a Federal nexus because the funding provided is for purposes authorized by 42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(4). Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Project Name: PUENTE Learning Center Facility renovation
Recipient: PUENTE Learning Center
Address: 501 South Boyle Avenue, Los Angeles, 90033
Requested Amount: $2,000,000
Description: The funding would be used for renovating PUENTE Learning Center’s main facility at 501 S. Boyle Ave in Boyle Heights, which has served as a source of pride and a community center welcoming a multi-generational and ethnically diverse mix of children, youth, and adults. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it would provide annual benefits to the city and community, including housing high-quality PreK to elementary school programs serving over 300 students resulting in the one of the highest reclassification rates for English Learner students, college access and success services for over 500 youth, and over 1,000 adults accessing ESL, citizenship, high school completion, and career skills classes.
The project has a Federal nexus because the funding provided is for purposes authorized by 42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(4). Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Project Name: Paseo del Río at Taylor Yard
Recipient: Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
Address: 570 W. Avenue 26 #100, Los Angeles, CA 90065
Requested Amount: $5,000,000
Description: The funding would be used for the Paseo del Río at Taylor Yard project, the first joint effort of the 100 Acre Partnership (City of LA, California State Parks and the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority). The project will include a one-mile public use greenway, an entry plaza and a water quality improvement wetland that supports natural habitat. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because Paseo del Río at Taylor Yard is a true multi-benefit project that will provide water quality improvements, contamination cleanup, access to nature, and restored habitats to Northeast Los Angeles communities that have been environmentally burdened and underserved. This Federal contribution will help to complete a large public investment that has been otherwise funded by State and local sources and provide benefits to constituents throughout the surrounding area.
Federal nexus: The project has a Federal nexus because the funding provided is for purposes authorized by Title VI of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C 1381 et seq.
Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
FY23 COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTS
Congressman Gomez has submitted funding requests for important community projects in the 34th Congressional District to the House Appropriations Committee for Fiscal Year 2023.
Under guidelines issued by the Appropriations Committee, each Member may request funding for up to 15 projects in their community for Fiscal Year 2023 – although only a handful may actually be funded. Projects are restricted to a limited number of federal funding streams, and only state and local governments and eligible non-profit entities are permitted to receive funding. Additional information on the reforms governing Community Project Funding is available here.
In compliance with House Rules and Committee requirements, Congressman Gomez has certified that he, his spouse, and his immediate family have no financial interest in any of the projects he has requested.
Project Name: Homeboy Industries Commissary Kitchen Job Creation and Training Program
Recipient: Homeboy Industries
Address: 130 W. Bruno Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Requested Amount: $1,959,450.51
Description: These funds would be used to hire formerly incarcerated individuals and enroll participants into culinary and hospitality career pathways. The project would achieve this by providing wages, full time staff support, training and non-punitive, problem-solving services to address the most likely to be involved in gang related incidents, transitioning participants into full-time employment. The project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would help increase the local labor force, reduce the rate of recidivism, and provide a path to meaningful employment for vulnerable individuals who may otherwise have few good options to make a living.
Project Name: Community Empowerment Learning Pods
Recipient: YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles
Address: Weingart East Los Angeles YMCA, 2900 Whittier Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90023
Ketchum-Downtown YMCA, 401 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
Anderson-Munger Family YMCA, 4301 West Third Street, Los Angeles, CA 90020
Requested Amount: $1,500,000.00
Description: Funding will support the YMCA's Empowerment Learning Pods, which focus on learning recovery and bring structured tutoring and academic support to thousands of lower-income elementary, middle and high school students. In addition, the Y will loan out digital devices, including hotspots, to high-need students identified through its existing, active partnerships with dozens of LAUSD district and charter schools. The project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because the Y will increase equitable access to LAUSD online schooling and to online and in-person tutoring supports for lower-income youth, in total reaching at least 10,000 students in learning recovery.
Project Name: El Sereno Home Purchase
Recipient: City of Los Angeles Mayor’s Office
Address: 200 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA
Requested Amount: $ 4,000,000.00
Description: The project proposes to purchase and rehabilitate Caltrans-owned vacant residential properties in El Sereno, along the now-defunct 710 freeway corridor expansion. Acquisition is estimated to result in a total of 169 additional affordable housing units, including housing types such as Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), junior ADUs, triplexes, townhomes, and apartments with a 55-year affordability covenant. The project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it adds to the much-needed affordable housing supply in Los Angeles and will provide affordable housing equity for a historically Hispanic neighborhood to avoid their displacement.
Project Name: Korean American National Museum
Recipient: The Campaign to Build the Korean American National Museum
Address: 605 S. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90005
Requested Amount: $7,000,000.00
Description: The Korean American Museum will be the first museum in the nation dedicated to honoring over 100 years of Korean American history and culture. This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will provide a cultural center for events, performances, and exhibitions in a densely populated but underserved neighborhood.
Project Name: Clinica Romero Community Center Revitalization Project
Recipient: Clinica Msr. Oscar A. Romero
Address: 318 S. Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90057
Requested Amount: $1,000,000.00
Description: These funds will be used to reconfigure and modernize the existing structure of a building that will house the Clinica Romero Community Center. Once renovated, the Community Center will provide mental health, substance abuse prevention and treatment services, community outreach, health education, and other social services to the local community. This project is a good investment of taxpayer funds because it will revitalize an unused building, beautify the local neighborhood, and provide crucial services to low-income residents.
Project Name: Dignity by Design Emergency and Transitional Housing Renovation
Recipient: Los Angeles Mission
Address: 303 East 5th Street, Los Angeles CA, 90013
Requested Amount: $1,000,000.00
Description: LA Mission provides safe, dignified living spaces for people experiencing homelessness as a crucial first step in their recovery process. The Dignity by Design Renovation Project will upgrade and remodel existing dormitories to increase intake and housing capability, improve cleanliness and privacy, and develop communal space for positive interaction and social integration. The renovation of LA Mission’s transitional housing is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will increase the capability and quality of shelter for individuals experiencing homelessness.
Project Name: Self Help Graphics & Art Renovation
Recipient: Self-Help Graphics and Art
Address: 1300 E. 1st Street, Los Angeles CA, 90033
Requested Amount: $1,500,000.00
Description: Self Help Graphics & Art is an arts nonprofit organization that fosters the creation and advancement of new art works by Chicana/o and Latinx artists through experimental and innovative printmaking techniques and other visual art forms. Self Help Graphics & Art is requesting funds to repair and retrofit its 112-year-old building and property for its current use as a cultural center, to meet the community’s needs more safely and fully activate its outdoor spaces for community programs. This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will help provide crucial resources and free and accessible programs to historically underserved Latinos.
Project Name: Predevelopment Costs or First Street North Apartments
Recipient: Little Tokyo Service Center Community Development Corporation
Address: 150 Judge John Aiso Street, Los Angeles CA 90012
Requested Amount: 1,500,000.00
Description: This funding request is for predevelopment costs to build the “First Street North Apartments” project located in the historic neighborhood of Little Tokyo in downtown Los Angeles. This project will provide 228 units of affordable and permanent supportive housing, including homes for unhoused veterans. This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will support the development of affordable housing and commercial space that will create jobs and support legacy small businesses in one of three remaining Japantowns in the U.S.
Project Name: Rose Hill Court Community Center
Recipient: Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
Address: 3521 North Mckenzie Avenue, Los Angeles 90032
Requested Amount: $1,500,000.00
Description: Rose Hill Courts is an existing 100-unit public housing project located in the Rose Hill neighborhood. HACLA selected Related as their development partner and with significant community outreach, prepared a redevelopment plan that includes a total of 185 new high quality multi-family units, 174 parking spaces, central green space, and a 6,000 sqft Community Building. The Community Building will house the property management, the social services offices, and an interpretive display that showcases the history of Rose Hill Courts. The Rose Hill Courts project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds as it addresses the affordable housing crisis in an underserved area.
Project Name: Preserving Estrada Courts as Affordable Housing
Recipient: Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
Address: 3232 Estrada Street, Los Angeles, CA 90023
Requested Amount: $999,500.00
Description: Estrada Courts is an 80-year-old, 20-acre public housing site home to 1,100 residents. In recent decades, HACLA used its limited capital improvement funds for critical maintenance repairs but has minimal funds for other needed improvements. The project is to paint Estrada Courts’ 67 building exteriors and is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will help preserve scarce affordable housing, reducing housing insecurity, and improve the emotional and mental health of low-income residents.
Project Name: Technology for the Program for All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
Recipient: AltaMed Health Services
Address: Grand Plaza PACE - 701 W. Cesar Chavez Ave, Ste. 201, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Requested Amount: $255,000.00
Description: AltaMed’s Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) cares for over 3,700 participants at eleven PACE centers, including the Grand Plaza location in California’s 34th Congressional District. The project will provide health screening equipment for the PACE program: an echocardiogram (ECHO) machine to help diagnose heart conditions and spirometry equipment to help detect obstructive airway diseases and monitor known restrictive lung diseases. This project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds as this technology will allow AltaMed to detect and diagnose both heart and lung conditions comprehensively and to ensure patients, who are largely Spanish-speaking Latino immigrants, receive the right care at the right time.
Recipient: Skid Row Housing Trust
Address: 1205 E. 6th Street, LA, CA 90021 and 1201 E. 7th Street, LA, CA 90021
Requested Amount: $750,000.00
Description: The funds will rehabilitate the permanent supportive housing community “Southeast 1,” Las Americas Hotel and Olympia Hotel, providing desperately needed ADA upgrades and security for homes. The project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will address the homelessness crisis by providing some of the county’s highest-need individuals—many of whom have one or more disabling conditions including chronic health conditions, mental health disorders, physical disabilities, and substance use disorders—with permanent supporting housing.
Project Name: Downtown Women’s Center Campus Renovation and Expansion
Recipient: Downtown Women’s Center
Address: 442 S. San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Requested Amount: $1,514,120.00
Description: The Downtown Women's Center is expanding its current headquarters into an integrated campus with the addition of a second building, increasing both service capacity and the number of permanent supportive housing units designated for some of the district’s most vulnerable residents: women with histories of homelessness and survivors of domestic violence. Their current building requires renovation in preparation for this expansion, including modifications to the second-floor patio to accommodate the addition of an elevated walkway, reconfiguration of underutilized meeting rooms and service areas, interior and exterior painting and repairs, and additional greenery and shade to outdoor spaces. The project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds as it will allow the Downtown Women Center to expand services and effectively meet the needs of women with histories of homelessness and survivors of domestic violence, most of whom are Black and Brown and have been disproportionately impacted by the housing affordability crisis in Los Angeles.
Project Name: T.R.A.N.S. LA (Training and Resources to Advance Needed Services in Los Angeles) Program
Recipient: TransLatin@ Coalition
Address: 3055 Wilshire Blvd. #350, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Requested Amount: $750,000.00
Description: These funds would help provide transgender, gender nonconforming and intersexed (TGI) individuals in Los Angeles County the services they need to enter, participate in, and complete broader workforce development programs. The proposed project will provide case management for professional development, English as a Second Language (ESL) classes, legal services, and the provision of employment-specific transportation and clothing. TLC will also continue its practice of referring TGI individuals to the workforce centers throughout the City and County of Los Angeles. This project would be a good use of taxpayer dollars because it would address the employment gap in the TGI community by creating supportive services and programs that are specifically designed by TGI people for TGI people, while addressing other social determinants and training needs that impede TGI people to be able to obtain employment.
Project Name: Health Center Expansion Project
Recipient: White Memorial Health Center
Address: 1701 E. Cesar E. Chavez Ave., Suite 456, Los Angeles, CA 90033
Requested Amount: $1,500,000.00
Description: These funds will expand an expansion of White Memorial to a fourth health center delivery site, to be located in Medical Office Building 1 on Adventist Health White Memorial’s (AHWM) hospital campus, will fill a major unmet community need by providing greater access to comprehensive primary and preventive care services for vulnerable low-income and underserved patients in our service area. This project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because WMCHC serves nearly 19,000 patients annually from predominantly Hispanic/Latino backgrounds, with the majority of individuals and families living at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines. This request will serve as bridge funding to establish a self-sustaining clinic which will improve health outcomes for local residents, while reducing costs associated with poorly managed chronic conditions.
FY22 COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTS
Congressman Gomez submitted the funding requests for important community projects in the 34th Congressional District to the House Appropriations Committee for Fiscal Year 2022.
Under guidelines issued by the Appropriations Committee, each Member was allowed to request funding for up to 10 projects in their community for Fiscal Year 2022 –with no guarantee that all 10 would be funded.
In compliance with House Rules and Committee requirements, Congressman Gomez has certified that he, his spouse, and his immediate family have no financial interest in any of the projects he has requested.
Project Name: L.A. River Ecosystem Restoration P3 Pilot Project
Recipient: City of Los Angeles
Address: 200 N. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA, 90012
Amount Received: $2,000,000.00
Description: The L.A. River (River) is an essential ecological and cultural resource. The project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would transform the River and its banks to provide open space, connect people with nature, and support endangered and threatened wildfire species through restoration of riparian and freshwater march habitat, daylight historic streams, building of access trails, and creating connections between existing ecological areas. The project would bring numerous benefits to both the L.A. River ecosystem and to the health and well-being of residents of the 34th Congressional District.
Project Name: Highland Park Youth Arts Center Renovations
Recipient: City of Los Angeles
Address: 200 N Spring St. Los Angeles, CA 90012
Amount Received: $1,000,000.00
Description: Funding will be used to refurbish and retrofit a city facility and convert it into a youth arts center. There is a demonstrated need for greater support for the arts in the Northeast LA community, and this project would add an additional arts center in the area. The project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because the arts centers will attract social, cultural, and economic activity, which is especially important as Los Angeles recovers from the pandemic.
Project Name: Labor Training and Mutual Aid Center
Recipient: Miguel Contreras Foundation
Address: 2130 James M. Wood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90006
Amount Received: $750,000.00
Description: Funding will be used to acquire and redevelop a blighted building in Pico Union into a Labor Training and Mutual Aid Center that will provide critical, community-focused services and amenities for an underserved community. The project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because the Center will provide dislocated workers with mutual aid, such as food and financial assistance, along with training and placement assistance.
Project Name: Ramona Gardens Natural Park
Address: 1350 San Pablo St., Los Angeles, CA, 90033
Amount Received: $1,500,000.00
Description: The Ramona Gardens Public Housing Development and surrounding community is in the top 1% of the most polluted communities in California and is designated as severely disadvantaged by the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA). The Ramona Gardens Natural Park project will transform four acres of underused land between the residences at Ramona Gardens and a 15-lane freeway and transit corridor‚ one of the busiest in the United States‚ into a beautiful, green, “Nature in the City‚” open space park that is designed as an Anti-Pollution Green Buffer. The project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will help address air and noise pollution, provide natural shade and cooling, and help increase local resiliency to climate change.
Project Name: Community Cooling Boyle Heights
Recipient: City of Los Angeles
Address: 200 N Spring St. Los Angeles, CA 90012
Amount Received: $1,000,000.00
Description: Los Angeles is one of the only regions to experience heat related deaths in winter and, due to climate change, parts of Los Angeles are projected to experience 100 days or more of extreme heat by 2050, further placing our most vulnerable residents at risk. This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will install cooling elements to local streets in the Boyle Heights community, providing the opportunity for urban cooling, urban greening, pedestrian, and public health improvements.
Project Name: Affordable Housing in Chinatown
Recipient: County of Los Angeles
Address: 500 W. Temple St., Suite 750, Los Angeles, CA, 90012
Amount Received: $1,500,000.00
Description: The County of Los Angeles has identified an opportunity to develop 100 units of affordable housing in the Chinatown area of downtown Los Angeles. A County-owned parking lot of approximately 2-acres is in proximity to local transportation hubs, local markets, and various support services. This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will help provide affordable housing for low-income persons, families, and seniors. Funds will be used for planning and pre-development activities.
Project Name: Youth Workforce Services
Recipient: Para Los Niños
Address: 5000 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90027
Amount Received: $350,000.00
Description: For 17 years, PLN has prepared thousands of young adults (ages 14-24) for success in education and the workforce through their robust YWS. This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it focuses on supporting economically disadvantaged youth (ages 14-24) in the 34th Congressional District with academic, career, and workforce training services necessary to be successful and competitive in the workplace.
Project Name: Adventist Health White Memorial (AHWM) Catheterization Laboratory Expansion
Recipient: Adventist Health White Memorial
Address: 1720 East Cesar E. Chavez Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90333
Amount Received: $1,216,000.00
Description: Expansion of Catheterization Laboratory at White Memorial Medical Center to perform a range of diagnostic and lifesaving procedures. This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it expands critical health care access to immigrants, communities of color, low-income communities, and other vulnerable populations, suffering from long-term COVID-19 effects and chronic illnesses.
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Project Name: Project SOAR
Recipient: Southern California College Access Network
Address: 1000 N. Alameda Street, Suite 240, Los Angeles, CA, 90012
Amount Received: $650,000.00
Description: Project SOAR is a cross-sector public-private partnership with the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) that provides college and career advising support services to residents in public housing. In addition to working with 9-12th graders, SOAR provides one-on-one advising for returning adult learners, community college and transfers students, and adult residents interested in vocational training or certificate programs. Project SOAR is a good use of taxpayer dollars because it creates opportunities for economic mobility. Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
