Community Project Funding Requests

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTS 

Rep. Eric Swalwell has submitted the following funding requests for important community projects in California's Fourteenth District to the House Appropriations Committee. 
  

Under guidelines issued by the Appropriations Committee, each Representative may request funding for up to 15 projects in their community for fiscal year 2025 – 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, Rep. Eric Swalwell has certified that he, his spouse, and his immediate family have no financial interest in any of the projects he has requested. The order in which these projects are listed below does not indicate priority. 

FY2026:

Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 

Aviation and Manufacturing Workforce Igniter
Request Amount: $3,000,000 
Intended Recipient: City of Livermore 
Address: 1052 South Livermore Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550 
Description: The funding for this project will be used to build a training and collaboration space focused on bringing together community college and university students, skilled trades, and deep tech startups commercializing aviation and manufacturing technologies. This space will provide real world training opportunities for students, giving them experience developing skills they need to participate in and lead an innovation economy by exposing them to deep tech startups, founders, investors and ecosystem members. 

Click here for financial disclosure letter.  

Improved Broadband Access in Downtown Castro Valley 
Request Amount: $500,000 
Intended Recipient: Alameda County Community Development Agency 
Address: 224 W. Winton Avenue, Room 110, Hayward, CA 94544 
Description: This project will improve broadband access in downtown Castro Valley to support commercial properties and small businesses. The expansion of broadband will fix significant discrepancies in broadband access along a portion of Castro Valley Boulevard that prevents small businesses from properly utilizing point of sale systems and serving customers. 

Click here for financial disclosure letter.  

Safer Streets with Enhanced Lighting Initiative
Request Amount: $3,000,000 
Intended Recipient: City of Union City 
Address: 34009 Alvarado-Niles Road, Union City, CA 94587 
Description: The funding would be used for upgrading all 4,300 existing light fixtures around the city to energy-efficient LED streetlights. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it would improve lighting quality, enhance public safety, and lower long-term energy costs through reduced power consumption. Numerous studies have shown that enhancing street or environmental lighting can significantly reduce crime, particularly offenses such as theft, vandalism, and assault.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.  

Open Heart Food Bank Expansion 
Request Amount: $226,026 
Intended Recipient: City of Livermore 
Address: 1052 South Livermore Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550 
Description: The Open Heart Food Bank is set to revolutionize nonprofit food distribution in the Tri-Valley by providing essential cooling and freezing equipment to ensure the safe storage of perishable goods in a centralized, 19,000-square-foot warehouse in Livermore dedicated to efficient and effective food distribution operations. This facility will serve as a pivotal hub for local pantries and nonprofits, facilitating the distribution and storage of both perishable and non-perishable food items.

 Click here for financial disclosure letter.  

Sunflower Hill at Grace Pointe 
Request Amount: $5,000,000 
Intended Recipient: City of Dublin 
Address: 100 Civic Plaza, Dublin, CA 94568 
Description: Sunflower Hill at Grace Pointe will provide 60 permanently and deeply affordable homes restricted to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their households.  

 Click here for financial disclosure letter.  

Sunol Downtown Revitalization Plan Implementation 
Request Amount: $500,000 
Intended Recipient: Alameda County Community Development Agency 
Address: 224 W. Winton Avenue, Room 110, Hayward, CA 94544 
Description: This project will provide for the implementation of downtown improvements, including wayfinding signage, sidewalks, lighting, traffic calming, and business improvements. 

Click here for financial disclosure letter.  

West Las Positas Multimodal Improvement Project 
Request Amount: $3,000,000 
Intended Recipient: City of Pleasanton 
Address: 123 Main Street, Pleasanton, CA 94566 
Description:  This project is a combination of a complete roadway reconstruction to repair the sinking roadway on West Las Positas from Owens Drive to Santa Rita Road, and to rebuild protected bike lanes and sidewalks.  

Click here for financial disclosure letter.  

Fire Equipment Enhancements
Request Amount: $1,207,062 
Intended Recipient: City of Union City
Address: 34009 Alvarado-Niles Road, Union City, CA 94587
Description:  This project will purchase a new fire engine as the City’s current one is 11 years past its useful life. This fire engine will serve the entire City of Union City and as it relates to mutual aid, the region, and Alameda County during an emergency. 

 Click here for financial disclosure letter.  

Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 

Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Platform 
Request Amount: $700,000 
Intended Recipient: Alameda County Sheriff’s Office  

Address: 1401 Lakeside Drive, 12th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612
Description: The project will support peer support and mental health training and services to deputies at the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. The funding will provide officers with access to a comprehensive toolkit designed to elevate their mental well-being, deliver high-performance coaching, and incorporate mobile-based exercises.  

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

Castro Valley Unified School Safety Grant 
Request Amount: $400,000 
Intended Recipient: Castro Valley Unified School District 
Address: 4400 Alma Ave., Castro Valley, CA 94546 
Description: The project will support the installation of security cameras and camera system at Castro Valley Unified School District schools to improve student safety and mental health. 

Click here for financial disclosure letter. 

Hayward Police Department Project Wide Net 
Request Amount: $380,927
Intended Recipient: Hayward Police Department 
Address: 300 W Winton Ave, Hayward, CA 94544 
Description:  The project focuses on the installation of 45 automated license plate readers (ALPRs) and 22 Situational Awareness Cameras positioned throughout the City of Hayward. This expansion in the existing camera network will allow the Hayward Police Department (HPD) to greatly increase regional capacity, creating a sustainable increase in public safety throughout the region.   

Click here for financial disclosure letter. 

Magnolia Women’s Recovery Program Equitable Access to Justice and Advocacy Project 
Request Amount: $402,667 
Intended Recipient: Magnolia Women's Recovery Program 
Address: 682 Briergate Way, Hayward, CA 94544 
Description: This project will provide funding for the Magnolia Women’s Recovery Program Equitable Access to Justice and Advocacy Project, which will pair advocates from Partners for Justice (PFJ), a national nonprofit organization, with women navigating the challenges of escaping domestic or dating violence situations.  

Click here for financial disclosure letter. 

Project INVEST: (Initiating New and Vital Enrichment and Engagement for STEM Teachers) 
Request Amount: $329,446
Intended Recipient: Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District 
Address: 685 East Jack London Blvd, Livermore, CA 94551 
Description: The Project INVE2ST professional development program will offer a dynamic and immersive experience for educators, focusing on the integration of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Mathematical Practices from the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Educators will participate in interactive workshops that delve into hands-on science experiments, math problem-solving, and engineering challenges, reflecting classroom applicability.  

Click here for financial disclosure letter. 

Alameda County Public Works for Livermore Sewer Extension Protect Ground Water

Request Amount: $1,000,000 
Intended Recipient: Alameda County
Address: 399 Elmhurst Street Hayward, CA 94544
Description:  Funding for this project will protect water quality and agriculture in the South Livermore Valley by extending the city's sewer services into the agricultural preserve and allow full implementation of the vision of the South Livermore Valley Area Plan. 

Click here for financial disclosure letter. 

Oro Loma Sanitary District Digester Seismic Retrofit Renewable Energy Project 
Request Amount: $10,800,000 
Intended Recipient: Oro Loma Sanitary District 
Address: 2655 Grant Avenue, San Lorenzo, CA 94580 
Description:  This project will provide necessary construction improvements to Oro Loma Sanitary District’s aging biosolids digester facility in order to protect against potential damage from earthquakes, which could result in negative impacts to ecologically sensitive areas of the San Francisco Bay. 

Click here for financial disclosure letter. 

FY2025: 

Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 

Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Platform 
Request Amount: $700,000 
Intended Recipient: Alameda County Sheriff’s Office  

Address: 3 Park Place, 3^rd Floor, Dublin, CA 94568 
Description: The project will support peer support and mental health training and services to deputies at the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. The funding will provide officers with access to a comprehensive toolkit designed to elevate their mental well-being, deliver high-performance coaching, and incorporate mobile-based exercises.  

 Click here for financial disclosure letter.

Castro Valley Unified School Safety Grant 
Request Amount: $400,000 
Intended Recipient: Castro Valley Unified School District 
Address: 4400 Alma Ave., Castro Valley, CA 94546 
Description: The project will support the installation of security cameras and camera system at Castro Valley Unified School District schools to improve student safety and mental health. 

Click here for financial disclosure letter. 

Hayward Police Department Project Wide Net 
Request Amount: $377,966 
Intended Recipient: Hayward Police Department 
Address: 300 W Winton Ave, Hayward, CA 94544 
Description:  The project focuses on the installation of 54 automated license plate readers (ALPRs) and 16 Situational Awareness Cameras positioned throughout the City of Hayward. This expansion in the existing camera network will allow the Hayward Police Department (HPD) to greatly increase regional capacity, creating a sustainable increase in public safety throughout the region.   

Click here for financial disclosure letter. 

Magnolia Women’s Recovery Program Equitable Access to Justice and Advocacy Project 
Request Amount: $402,667 
Intended Recipient: Magnolia Women's Recovery Program 
Address: 682 Briergate Way, Hayward, CA 94544 
Description: This project will provide funding for the Magnolia Women’s Recovery Program Equitable Access to Justice and Advocacy Project, which will pair advocates from Partners for Justice (PFJ), a national nonprofit organization, with women navigating the challenges of escaping domestic or dating violence situations.  

Click here for financial disclosure letter. 

Project INVEST: (Initiating New and Vital Enrichment and Engagement for STEM Teachers) 
Request Amount: $324,391 
Intended Recipient: Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District 
Address: 685 East Jack London Blvd, Livermore, CA 94551 
Description: The Project INVE2ST professional development program will offer a dynamic and immersive experience for educators, focusing on the integration of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Mathematical Practices from the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Educators will participate in interactive workshops that delve into hands-on science experiments, math problem-solving, and engineering challenges, reflecting classroom applicability.  

Click here for financial disclosure letter. 

Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 

Alameda County Water District Groundwater PFAS Treatment Facility Project  
Request Amount: $4,500,000 
Intended Recipient: Alameda County Water District (ACWD) 
Address: 43885 S. Grimmer Boulevard, Fremont, CA 94538 
Description: This project will provide funding for a major new water treatment facility that will remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from groundwater served to Alameda County Water District’s (ACWD) 344,000+ customers in the cities of Fremont, Newark, Union City, and a southern portion of Hayward.  

Click here for financial disclosure letter.  

Livermore Sewer Extension Protect Ground Water Project 
Request Amount: $1,000,000 
Intended Recipient: Alameda County
Address: 399 Elmhurst Street Hayward, CA 94544
Description:  Funding for this project will protect water quality and agriculture in the South Livermore Valley by extending the city's sewer services into the agricultural preserve and allow full implementation of the vision of the South Livermore Valley Area Plan. 

Click here for financial disclosure letter. 

Oro Loma Sanitary District Digester Seismic Retrofit Renewable Energy Project 
Request Amount: $10,800,000 
Intended Recipient: Oro Loma Sanitary District 
Address: 2655 Grant Avenue, San Lorenzo, CA 94580 
Description:  This project will provide necessary construction improvements to Oro Loma Sanitary District’s aging biosolids digester facility in order to protect against potential damage from earthquakes, which could result in negative impacts to ecologically sensitive areas of the San Francisco Bay. 

Click here for financial disclosure letter. 

Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 

ClimateTech Workforce Igniter 
Request Amount: $3,000,000 
Intended Recipient: City of Livermore 
Address: 1052 South Livermore Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550 
Description: The funding for this project will be used to build a training and collaboration space for college students and deep technology entrepreneurs for workforce development to decarbonize aviation. This space will train students and give them early insight into and experience developing skills they need to participate and lead an innovation economy by exposing them to early-stage deep technology startups, founders, investors and ecosystem members. 

Click here for financial disclosure letter.  

Improved Broadband Access in Downtown Castro Valley 
Request Amount: $400,000 
Intended Recipient: Alameda County Community Development Agency 
Address: 224 W. Winton Avenue, Room 110, Hayward, CA 94544 
Description: This project will improve broadband access in downtown Castro Valley to support commercial properties and small businesses. The expansion of broadband will fix significant discrepancies in broadband access along a portion of Castro Valley Boulevard that prevents small businesses from properly utilizing point of sale systems and serving customers. 

Click here for financial disclosure letter. 

Lazuli Landing Affordable Housing Project 
Request Amount: $3,000,000 
Intended Recipient: City of Union City 
Address: 34009 Alvarado-Niles Road, Union City, CA 94587 
Description: Funding for the Lazuli Landing Affordable Housing project will help serve families and residents in Union City located in the Decoto neighborhood by providing affordable housing developments. 

Click here for financial disclosure letter. 

Open Heart Food Bank Expansion 
Request Amount: $1,069,443 
Intended Recipient: City of Livermore 
Address: 1052 South Livermore Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550 
Description: The Open Heart Food Bank is set to revolutionize nonprofit food distribution in the Tri-Valley by providing a centralized, 19,000-square-foot warehouse in Livermore dedicated to efficient and effective food distribution operations. This facility will serve as a pivotal hub for local pantries and nonprofits, facilitating the distribution and storage of both perishable and non-perishable food items.  

Click here for financial disclosure letter.  

Sunflower Hill at Grace Pointe 
Request Amount: $5,000,000 
Intended Recipient: City of Dublin 
Address: 100 Civic Plaza, Dublin, CA 94568 
Description: Sunflower Hill at Grace Pointe will provide 60 permanently and deeply affordable homes restricted to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their households.  

Click here for financial disclosure letter. 

Sunol Downtown Revitalization Plan Implementation 
Request Amount: $500,000 
Intended Recipient: Alameda County Community Development Agency 
Address: 224 W. Winton Avenue, Room 110, Hayward, CA 94544 
Description: This project will provide for the implementation of downtown improvements, including wayfinding signage, sidewalks, lighting, traffic calming, and business improvements. 

Click here for financial disclosure letter. 

West Las Positas Multimodal Improvement Project 
Request Amount: $3,000,000 
Intended Recipient: City of Pleasanton 
Address: 123 Main Street, Pleasanton, CA 94566 
Description:  This project is a combination of a complete roadway reconstruction to repair the sinking roadway on West Las Positas from Owens Drive to Santa Rita Road, and to rebuild protected bike lanes and sidewalks.  

Click here for financial disclosure letter. 

FY2024:

Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

Behavioral Health Program
Request Amount: $200,000
Intended Recipient: Dublin Police Services and Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Address: 100 Civic Plaza, Dublin, CA 94568
Description: The project will support the hiring of an additional clinician for the Dublin Police Services Behavioral Health Unit. The Behavioral Health Unit is a division of Dublin Police Services and is staffed by licensed therapists dedicated to working with youth, children, adults, couples, and families on immediate mental health-related issues and provides additional support for those with disabilities, mental health issues, or who are experiencing homelessness.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

Community and Vehicle Camera Replacement Project
Request Amount: $1,000,000
Intended Recipient: Fremont Police Department
Address: 3300 Capitol Ave., Fremont, CA 94538
Description: The project will replace eight cameras and also aid their new Real Time Information Center (RTC\IC) to prevent and reduce crime, provide efficient and effective police services and enhance citizen and officer safety. The RTC and camera replacements will also be used to search for and locate missing children and elderly, provide life-saving information for severe traffic collisions, and aid in emergency operations.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

Subcommittee on Homeland Security

Wildfire Mitigation, and Safe, Resilient Forests Project
Request Amount: $2,000,000
Intended Recipient: East Bay Regional Park District 
Address: 2950 Peralta Oaks Court, Oakland, CA 94605
Description: This project intends to remove dry vegetation from this urban adjacent environment and guide the conversion of flammable tree cover to a fire-resilient, drought-resistant type, such as the transition from a eucalyptus plantation to native live oak woodland which are widespread, highly biodiverse, yet imperiled keystone ecosystems supporting over 300 species of wildlife.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

Chain of Lakes PFAS Treatment Facility Project
Request Amount: $3,500,000
Intended Recipient: Alameda County Zone 7 Water Agency 
Address: 100 North Canyons Parkway, Livermore, CA 94551
Description: Zone 7's Chain of Lakes PFAS Treatment Facility Project will construct a treatment system of 12 pressure vessel tanks containing ion exchange media to remove PFAS from groundwater passed through the treatment system. This treatment facility will treat water from three groundwater production wells, totaling approximately 10 million gallons per day (MGD) of water.

Click here for financial disclosure letter. 

South Livermore Sewer Expansion Project
Request Amount: $3,000,000
Intended Recipient: Alameda County Board of Supervisors 
Address: 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton, CA 94566
Description: The project would construct an extension of sanitary sewer lines to serve residences and wineries located within the South Livermore Valley in order to address groundwater quality issues and support the agricultural tourism economy. It will protect the health of thousands of East County residents by improving the quality of the ground water and assist Livermore Wine Country’s local economy.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

Zero Emission Bus University Project 
Request Amount: $2,000,000
Intended Recipient: Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District
Address: 1600 Franklin Street, Oakland, CA 94612
Description: The ZEBU project will transform AC Transit's existing Training and Education Center in Hayward into an advanced learning lab featuring multi-purpose maintenance bays where trainees can merge their in-class learning with hands-on practical training. The platforms will allow trainers and students to have rooftop access to core zero-emission bus components, such as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning; hydrogen fuel cell tanks and Lithium-Ion batteries; and energy storage systems.  

Click here for financial disclosure letter. 

Hydrogen Fueling Station Expansion Project
Request Amount: $2,500,000
Intended Recipient: Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority
Address: 1362 Rutan Court, Suite 100, Livermore, CA 94551
Description: The project builds upon an existing capital project and expands it to include a second hydrogen tank, which is necessary for the agency to support fueling its full fleet and will provide the infrastructure needed for expanded service in the future. These funds will be used to augment the existing hydrogen fueling station project, modifying the scope to include the construction and installation of a second underground tank.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

I680-Sunol Interchange Project
Request Amount: $2,000,000
Intended Recipient: City of Pleasanton
Address: 123 Main Street, Pleasanton, CA 94566
Description: The project proposes to upgrade the Interstate 680 (I-680)/Sunol Boulevard Interchange and provide local road intersection improvements within the City of Pleasanton in Alameda County. The project area is a major regional bottleneck in peak period. Projections indicate that demand will continue to increase during peak periods, adversely affecting travel speeds and increasing the level and duration of congestion.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

Multi-Service Community Center at Central Park
Request Amount: $3,000,000
Intended Recipient: City of Fremont
Address: 3300 Capitol Ave., Fremont, CA 94538
Description: The project would construct a new Multi-Service Community Center at Central Park, which would include an additional 295 parking spaces with better internal circulation between the existing teen center parking lot and the Main Library. The proposed community center includes uses of a gym, exercise/dance room, program rooms, and new event center with a kitchen.

Click here for financial disclosure letter. 

BART Cybersecurity Modernization Project
Request Amount: $2,800,000
Intended Recipient: Bay Area Rapid Transit
Address: 2150 Webster Street, 9th floor, Oakland, CA 94612
Description: The project will modernize the cybersecurity defenses for BART critical business systems and its 911 emergency operations center. Recently BART has seen an uptake in cyber-attacks, including a Russian ransomware attack in late 2022 that compromised a portion of BART’s business data. With the help of the FBI and CalOES, BART has developed an action plan to modernize its cybersecurity defenses and prevent loss of service and impacts to the thousands of daily riders that use their system.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

St. Regis Multi-Service Campus Project
Request Amount: $1,930,000
Intended Recipient: City of Hayward
Address: 777 B Street, Hayward, CA 94541
Description: The project will assist Bay Area Community Services (BACS) in rehabilitating the existing facilities at a former assisted living facility, St. Regis, into a supportive housing center. The requested funding will provide the last dollars necessary for this critical and necessary facility to house and help the homeless population.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

Electrifying Food Distribution Project 
Request Amount: $445,000
Intended Recipient: Alameda County Community Food Bank
Address: 7900 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA 94621
Description: This project is to convert the food bank’s current diesel-powered trucks to zero-emission electric vehicles by 2040. Despite the state's funding available for school buses and public transit, there is none set aside for food banks. This funding will help ACFB phase out their diesel trucks and replace them with electric vehicles.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

Smith Street Pedestrian At-Grade Railroad Crossing Safety Improvement Project
Request Amount: $1,000,000
Intended Recipient: Union City
Address: 34009 Alvarado-Niles Road, Union City, CA 94587
Description: The Smith Street At-Grade Railroad Crossing Improvement Project is part of a larger project (BART Pedestrian At-Grade Crossing Project) which will provide direct access to Union City BART Station that cross Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) tracks from its east side. This project serves a large community with many residents walking and biking through the railroad tracks each school day.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

Marylin Avenue STEAM Campus Entry Point- Rehabilitation Project
Request Amount: $2,500,000
Intended Recipient: Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District
Address: 685 East Jack London Blvd., Livermore, CA 94551
Description: The Marylin Avenue STEAM Campus entry point project will rehabilitate the campus student drop-off infrastructure to expand capacity, and enhance safety and accessibility, as the school grows its population and transforms into a new magnet school campus serving additional students. LVJUSD will demolish the existing parking lot and build a new student/parent pedestrian and vehicular drop off, waiting areas, and student entrance.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

Domestic Violence Shelter Rebuild Project
Request Amount: $2,000,000
Intended Recipient: Tri-Valley Haven
Address: 3663 Pacific Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550
Description: Tri-Valley Haven (TVH) runs the only confidential domestic violence shelter in the Tri-Valley area and the only shelter that accepts boys over the age of 11-years as part of families. Over the past several years it has become apparent that Tri-Valley Haven's Domestic Violence Shelter, named Shiloh for peace, is deteriorating. The project demolish the current shelter structures and rebuild a new, larger safety shelter on the current site that will have 50% more capacity.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

FY2023:

Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

The Hayward Evaluation and Response Teams (HEART) Program
Request Amount: $794,000
Intended Recipient: The City of Hayward
Address: 777 B Street, Hayward, CA 94541
Description: The HEART Program will improve crisis response and access to medical, mental health, substance abuse, and other support services and reduce the need for police officers to intervene in calls for service involving people experiencing mental illness, substance-use disorders, and homelessness. The Hayward community needs new first-responder programs serve individuals experiencing behavioral health crises and ensure public safety.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies

Hayward Municipal Critical Facility Resilience
Request Amount: $1,000,000
Intended Recipient: East Bay Community Energy
Address: 1999 Harrison St, Oakland, CA 94612
Description: The Hayward Municipal Critical Facility Resilience project will power key sites designated to serve the community in a time of emergency with resilient, clean power during grid outages to ensure public safety in Hayward and across Alameda County. Three Fire Stations, the Police Department and the Corporation Yard will be outfitted with solar panels and batteries that will provide clean, renewable power to these facilities during a grid outage, as well as operate on a day-to-day basis.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

Enhanced Treatment and Site Upgrade (ETSU) Campus Solar Project
Request Amount: $2,750,000
Intended Recipient: Union Sanitary District
Address: 5072 Benson Road, Union City, CA 94587
Description: ETSU Phase 1 Projects will upgrade and replace Union Sanitary District's existing clean water treatment works and related facilities. Key drivers for the ETSU Phase 1 program include addressing aging infrastructure, improving water quality in the San Francisco Bay through nutrient removal upgrades, and hardening of infrastructure to support resiliency to the effects of climate change, including sea level rise and storm surge events. As improving the quality of treated wastewater will require a substantial ongoing increase in USD's treatment facility's electrical power needs, the Campus Solar Project seeks to offset these anticipated increases by adding additional solar photovoltaic power generation on-site, with the combined features providing both cleaner water and cleaner air for our region.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

Financial Services and General Government

Emerging Business Community Outreach Program
Request Amount: $100,000
Intended Recipient: Dublin Chamber of Commerce
Address: 6300 Village Parkway, Suite 100, Dublin CA 94568
Description: The Dublin Chamber of Commerce will provide priority access to services for Small, Local, and Emerging Business (SLEB) entities, women-owned, minority-owned, and veteran-owned and agricultural businesses. Many of these businesses have historically had limited access to information and capital. The Chamber will act as a single point of contact, providing input during the complex process of opening a business in local communities. They will provide the steps necessary to open and continue operating a small business, including legal structures and requirements, basic business development, development of business plans, advise on permitting and licenses, funding and business development connection, and recruitment and retention.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

PFAS Treatment and Well Rehabilitation Project
Request Amount: $2,000,000
Intended Recipient: City of Pleasanton
Address: 123 Main Street, Pleasanton, CA 94566
Description: This project is to construct a new water well in order to offset the loss in clean water and pumping capability that has been lost due to other wells being decommissioned because of dangerous PFAS chemicals. The project will help ensure clean drinking water for nearly 100,000 Californians in the district and a reduced reliance on state clean water sources while also mitigating increases to water rates. Pleasanton's PFAS Treatment, Well Rehabilitation and Construction Project is in part a response to the existing Drought State of Emergency in Alameda County, which Governor Newsom declared in 2021 and in part due to the found levels of PFAS and PFOS chemicals in the water supply.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

Black Integrated Community Engagement Program
Request Amount: $285,000
Intended Recipient: NAACP - Hayward/South Alameda County
Address: 1218 B Street, Hayward, CA 94541
Description: The purpose of the program is to improve parent participation and student academic performance in mathematics and English Language Arts for African-American families. The requested funding will be used to develop and implement a culturally appropriate program that seeks to increase quality of African-American parent engagement in student academics and will utilize that family engagement model to improve student performance in mathematics and English. The program will include the creation of a sustainable program of distinct Math and English Language development using effective pedagogical skills; a curriculum centered on African-American family involvement and continuous collaboration; in-person and virtual tutoring in math and Language Arts for African-American students; and technology provided to students and a digital literacy program for parents.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

Last Mile Delivery Program
Request Amount: $2,000,000
Intended Recipient: One Nation Dream Makers
Address: 1617 College Avenue Livermore, CA 94550
Description: One Nation Dream Makers is a "last mile" delivery nonprofit organization based in Livermore, California. They recover and bring nutritious food to those in need, primarily but not limited to low-income residents and veterans in Alameda County. The groceries consist of both food boxes and food recovery from food partners like: Costco, Safeway, Smart and Final and Grocery Outlet. The Last Mile Delivery model allows recipients to be able to receive food without the need of transportation.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

Muslim Community Center Rental Assistance Program
Request Amount: $500,000
Intended Recipient: Muslim Community Center East Bay
Address: 5724 W. Las Positas Blvd., Suite 300, Pleasanton, CA 94588
Description: MCC East Bay is a response to the needs of American Muslims in the East Bay area. Their programs are developed by community members and staff to address the unique social and religious demands facing families in the community. The Rental Assistance Program helps families avoid eviction. The housing crisis has affected single mothers, working families and refugees at an alarming rate. The program ensures families stay housed.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

Refugee Mobile Health Clinics
Request Amount: $700,000
Intended Recipient: Bay Area Community Health
Address: 40910 Fremont Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538
Description: Bay Area Community Health will build upon more than 50-years of history of providing access to affordable preventative health services in the community. The proposed program will expand health care services to faith-based organizations within California Congressional District 15.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

East Bay College Agile Network (EBCAN)
Request Amount: $1,000,000
Intended Recipient: Chabot - Las Positas Community College District
Address: 7600 Dublin Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Dublin CA 94568
Description: The East Bay College Agile Network (EBCAN) is a collaborative project focused on greater student transfer agility between Cal State East Bay (CSUEB) and Chabot-Las Positas Community College District (CLPCCD). EBCAN works to increase college completion and transfer rates, decrease time to graduation, and narrow the equity gap at CSUEB and CLPCCD colleges to contribute to economic mobility for all students. EBCAN is increasing targeted support services at "stuck points" in transitions, and aligning communication to students across community college and university systems.

Click here for financial disclosure letter.

Building Construction Pre-Apprenticeship Program
Request Amount: $1,000,000
Intended Recipient: Construction Trades Workforce Initiative
Address: 7750 Pardee Lane Suite 100, Oakland CA 94621
Description: Through partnership with Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District, the Construction Trade Workforce Initiative is seeking funds to develop a Career Technical Education (CTE) Capstone course designed to educate, train and connect Tri-Valley Residents and High school graduates to career opportunities in the unionized construction trades through designing and implementing the union endorsed Multi Craft Core Curriculum Apprenticeship Readiness Program (ARPs).

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Post-Covid Student and Teacher Recovery and Resilience Building Program
Request Amount: $475,000
Intended Recipient: East Bay Agency for Children
Address: 2828 Ford Street, Oakland, CA 94601
Description: This project is a collaboration between Hayward Unified School District (HUSD) and East Bay Agency for Children (EBAC). EBAC will provide technical assistance, training, and facilitation to help HUSD staff develop the skills necessary to directly support and coach teachers and student-serving staff in-person to 1) identify and address the social emotional needs of dysregulated students suffering from grief and trauma including in-classroom observation and coaching and 2) address their own trauma and anxiety to promote wellness.

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Goodness Village Livermore
Request Amount: $1,000,000
Intended Recipient: Goodness Village
Address: 1660 Freisman Road, Livermore, CA 94551
Description: The project will provide permanent, supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals in the Tri-Valley. Modeled after Community First in Austin Texas, a successful program using tiny homes in an intentional community setting serves individuals who have been homeless for 1-17 years and helps them successfully transition in to permanent housing. The staff help with de-escalation and modify behaviors to increase housing retention and avoid use of emergency services.

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Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

Alameda County ALL IN Eats Food Hub, Livermore 
Request Amount: $1,400,000
Intended Recipient: Alameda County, ALL IN Eats
Address: 1221 Oak Street, Basement Room 18, Oakland, CA 94612
Description: ALL IN Eats requests funds to complete the predevelopment work required for the build out of a ground-up food hub construction project at the Crosswinds Church site in Livermore. When complete, the state-of-the art food hub will provide at least six commercial kitchen stations; a minimum of 2,000 square feet of refrigerator and freezer space; ample room to aggregate and process food; and a staging area for a fleet of up to 10 electric, refrigerated vans/box trucks. An additional food hub in Livermore is needed to power a circular food economy that seeks to increase food security, protect the planet, and provide living wage jobs to the formerly incarcerated and other vulnerable populations.

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Sequoia Grove Affordable Housing
Request Amount: $1,000,000
Intended Recipient: Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley
Address: 2619 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612
Description: The project would construct ten townhomes of low-income, affordable-ownership housing in the City of Hayward. The project will provide much needed low-cost housing for ten families and help the city with its Regional Housing Needs Allocation requirements for affordable housing.

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Safe Routes to Schools Mini-grant Program
Request Amount: $1.7 million
Intended Recipient: Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC)
Address: 1111 Broadway Street, Suite 800, Oakland, CA 94607
Description: The Alameda CTC is partnering with local jurisdictions by giving grants to support their efforts to implement bicycle and pedestrian safety and access improvements around school sites across Alameda County. Safe Routes 2 Schools (SR2S is the Alameda County-administered program under DOT s Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS) program. Since 2007, as part of the Alameda CTC s SR2S Program, Alameda CTC has been proactive in working with member jurisdictions in conducting School Site Assessments (SSA). These SSAs identified specific transportation safety improvements around schools in the County to make traveling to school safer and more accessible through biking, walking, transit, and carpooling. In addition, jurisdictions in Alameda County have also funded and conducted site assessments as part of local efforts to advance safety near schools. Federal funding would be used in CA-15 to support bicycle and pedestrian safety improvements around schools identified in these SSAs. These improvements include things such as but not limited to: improved crosswalk striping, signage for school zones and school crossings, pedestrian bulb outs, bike lanes, bike parking, and traffic calming improvements.
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The Stack Center - Hayward Youth and Family Center 
Request Amount: $1.5 million
Intended Recipient: City of Hayward
Address: 777 B Street Hayward, CA 94541
Description: The Stack Center will provide wraparound services to address inequities in the South Hayward community. These services will include health, education, recreational, and career training services. The second floor of the center will house a pediatric clinic, a women's health clinic, a dental clinic, and a behavioral health clinic. This will provide an integrated health and wellness center. The first floor of the center will house education and technology spaces where community partners will offer daily programming for all ages. This programming will include a technology lab, a recording studio, and a literacy lab for English learners. The first floor will also include spaces for art and recreation. The lobby will house a rotating gallery and two performance spaces: an amphitheater with a movie screen and a stage with riser seating. Adjacent to the first floor will be a 12,000 square foot gymnasium that will host daily recreational and sports programming. The requested funding will be used to renovate the existing Matt Jimenez Community Center to create indoor and outdoor spaces for infant and preschool classes. It will also upgrade the commercial kitchen space, create a classroom area for food entrepreneurship activities, and create a separate entrance to the existing gymnasium. Phase I will add an outdoor plaza to be used for weekly farmer's markets and will reconfigure the parking area to allow for easy drop-off and pick up at the childcare center. And finally, across from the main reception, the space will include pop-up storefronts and spaces to be used as an entrepreneurial hub for job training, financial literacy, and other economic and educational activities.
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Crow Canyon Road Iron Horse Trail Bicycle-Pedestrian Overcrossing
Request Amount: $2 million
Intended Recipients: City of San Ramon
Address: 7000 Bollinger Canyon Road, San Ramon, CA 94583
Description: Iron Horse Trail is a popular multi-use, whole-access trail between the cities of Concord and Pleasanton, California. The trail connects residential and commercial areas, business parks, schools, public transportation (BART, County Connection), open space and parks, regional trails, and community facilities. This funding would be used to finalize the blueprint for construction of a pedestrian bridge at a mid-block crossing over Crow Canyon Road, where multiple fatalities have occurred.
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Covenant House California Hayward Village
Request Amount: $750,000
Intended Recipient: Covenant House California
Address: 200 Harrison Street, Oakland, CA 94607
Description: This project is to complete construction of a 30-bed emergency housing facility for youth aged 18 to 24 in Hayward, CA entitled "Covenant House California (CHC) Hayward Village". The completion of Hayward Village is essential to ensuring that youth experiencing homelessness will have increased access to not only safe housing, but also vital services including: standardized assessment, reserved 24-hour bed availability, case management, residential supervision, crisis intervention, security, meals, restrooms/showers, mental healthcare, and education/life skills curriculum.
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Veterans Park in Downtown Livermore
Request Amount: $1 million
Intended Recipient: Eden Housing
Address: 22645 Grand St., Hayward, CA 94541
Description: This program funding would create Veterans Park, a brand-new park with an open-air performance space and children's playground in the heart of Downtown Livermore. Federal funds would be used for design, engineering, entitlements, and construction. The park would be developed at the same time as a 130-apartment affordable housing development, serving residents of the 15th Congressional District earning between 20% and 60% of the area median income, including formerly homeless and homeless veterans. Veterans Park will complete a contiguous network of parks in downtown Livermore and will incorporate artwork and narrative signage that connects visitors to the history and community of Livermore.
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Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

Latinx Support and Access
Request Amount: $382,000
Intended Recipient: Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District (LVUSD)
Address: 685 East Jack London Blvd. Livermore, California 94551
Description: The Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District (LVUSD) will develop a Latinx Support and Access community engagement program to improve parent participation and student performance in mathematics and English Language Arts for Latinx families, including curriculum development, teacher training and acquisition of computers.
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Axis Community Health for Mental Health Urgent Care Services Pilot Program
Request Amount: $450,000
Recipient: City of Dublin, in collaboration with City of Livermore, City of Pleasanton, Axis Community Health
Address: 100 Civic Plaza, Dublin, CA 94568
Description: To provide Tri-Valley residents with a different option other than calling law enforcement to address a mental health crisis, the Cities of Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton, and Alameda County have partnered with Axis Community Health to establish a Mental Health Urgent Care Center. This innovative pilot project aims to address substantial gaps in access to mental health care in our communities by providing an urgent care-like option to provide assessment and timely connection to services that are less costly than an emergency room.
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Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

City of Fremont Emergency Dispatch System
Request Amount: $250,000
Intended Recipient: City of Fremont
Address: 3300 Capitol Ave. Fremont, CA 94538
Description: The City of Fremont's emergency dispatch system needs a critical upgrade to ensure emergency responses are timely and coordinated among Fremont and Union City first responder jurisdictions. A new emergency dispatch system will assist in replacing the computer-aided dispatch (CAD), records management (RMS), ARS (report writing tool), property and evidence and jail systems currently used and allow for enhanced integration with other platforms such as the 9-1-1 phone, iPhones and tablets, map layers, other CAD systems with outside agencies. An upgraded Emergency Dispatch System with modernized technological features will allow for continued multijurisdictional service delivery and enhanced communication with the Union City Police Department.
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Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

East Bay Municipal Utility District - Upper San Leandro Drinking Water Treatment Plant (USL)
Request Amount: $10 million
Intended Recipient: East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD)
Address: 375 11th Street, Oakland, CA 94607
Description: The East Bay Municipal Utility District - Upper San Leandro Drinking Water Treatment Plant (USL) project is a comprehensive update to a water treatment plant located in Oakland that would increase solids management capacity, replace a century-old primary disinfection chlorine contact basin which is critical to maintaining public health protections, and upgrade chemical feed, secondary containment, spill prevention, and monitoring facilities. The USL project will bolster drinking water reliability and climate and emergency resiliency for EBMUD customers, including those in fence-line and disadvantaged communities, as well as for the greater Bay Area, by making improvements to this daily operations drinking water treatment plant. Total cost of the USL project is estimated to be $85 million. The project is part of EBMUD s Capital Improvement Program. In January 2021, USEPA selected EBMUD to apply for WIFIA credit assistance for comprehensive drinking water treatment plant upgrades that include the USL project. EBMUD is still evaluating the WIFIA program and working on finalizing information needed for the application. Up to 49% of the project cost could be financed with the WIFIA loan, and the remainder would be paid for by EBMUD. Total project cost: $85 million WIFIA loan funding: up to $41 million; Local EBMUD share: $34 million or more; Federal funding request: $10 million
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