Swalwell Funds $11 Million in Local Projects with Passage of Government Funding Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) announced that $11,525,000 is on its way to the East Bay and will be dedicated to nine local projects in California's 15th Congressional District. The Community Project Funding was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 government funding package which passed the House of Representatives and Senate earlier this week.
"I am incredibly pleased that the government funding bill included $11,525,000 in Community Project Funding that will help CA-15 residents, from providing a new community center and veterans park, to improving bicycle and pedestrian safety in the East Bay," said Rep. Swalwell. "I am proud to have fought for this funding that will make our community healthier, safer, and more resilient."
Rep. Swalwell championed the funding for the nine projects earlier this Congress. The projects include:
$3.5 million for the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) project to update the Upper San Leandro Drinking Water Treatment Plant. The project update aims to 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.
$2 million for the Crow Canyon Road Iron Horse Trail Bicycle-Pedestrian Overcrossing. This funding will 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.
$1.7 million for the Alameda County Transportation Commission's Safe Routes to Schools Mini-grant Program. The Commission is partnering with local jurisdictions by providing grants to support efforts to implement bicycle, pedestrian safety, and access improvements around school sites across Alameda County.
$1.5 million for Hayward's Stack Center. This youth and family center at Tennyson and Ruus roads in South Hayward will provide wraparound services to address inequities in the South Hayward community, including health, education, recreational, and career training services.
$1 million for a new Veterans Park in Downtown Livermore, featuring an open-air performance space and children's playground. Federal funds would be used for design, engineering, entitlements, and construction.
$750,000 for Covenant House to complete construction of a 30-bed emergency housing facility for youths aged 18 to 24 near the Hayward Unified School District's Student Information and Assessment Center on Tyrrell Avenue.
$450,000 for a Mental Health Urgent Care Services Pilot Program. Dublin is collaborating with Livermore, Pleasanton, and Axis Community Health to establish a Mental Health Urgent Care Center, providing Tri-Valley residents with a different option other than calling law enforcement to address a mental health crisis.
$375,000 for the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District to develop a Latinx Support and Access community engagement program. The program would aim 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.
$250,000 for a critical upgrade to Fremont's emergency dispatch system, so that emergency responses are timely and coordinated among Fremont and Union City first responder jurisdictions.
In addition, the twelve-bill omnibus government funding package will help middle-class families with their cost of living, create American jobs, strengthen the social safety net, and help small businesses and restaurants that are key to our economic future. The funding in this bill reverses decades of disinvestment in historically underserved communities across the country and will ensure a more prosperous future for all Americans.
The legislation also provides emergency aid to Ukraine as Russia wages a brutal, unprovoked war against the Ukrainian people. The package includes:
- $13.6 billion in emergency funding for security and humanitarian needs for Ukraine;
- $32,869,000 for the Federal Maritime Commission to address supply chain issues;
- Funding for key domestic priorities, including a $400 increase to the maximum Pell Grant and establishing President Biden's cancer research initiative;
- Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which creates prevention and prosecution programs to help victims of sexual abuse; and
- New cybersecurity protections to fight against vicious cyber-attacks on our critical infrastructure by Russia and other bad actors.
The Fiscal Year 2022 government funding package is expected to be signed into law by President Biden later this week. A detailed summary of the bill is available here.
The full text of the bill can be viewed here.
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