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Mercy Housing and the Providence Foundation are pleased to announce that one of their properties, Bayview Hill Gardens in San Francisco, Calif., has been named the recipient of the American Institute of Architect’s (AIA) prestigious Housing Award.

Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced $500 million in new bonding authority to accelerate funding and construction for approximately 3,000 affordable housing units in the City’s major redevelopment sites: Mission Bay, Hunters Point Shipyard/Candlestick Point, and Transbay.

Mercy Housing and the Providence Foundation are pleased to announce that one of their properties, Bayview Hill Gardens in San Francisco, Calif., has been named the recipient of the American Institute of Architect’s (AIA) prestigious Housing Award.
Bayview Hill Gardens is the only building dedicated to formerly homeless families in its neighborhood, which has the second highest homelessness rate in San Francisco.

On Friday, Rep. Pete Aguilar (CA-31) took to the House floor to fight for funding to improve California transportation and infrastructure. With only four legislative days left until the Highway and Transit Trust Fund expires, Rep. Aguilar urged House leadership to take action to address funding for transportation projects and crumbling infrastructure throughout California and the nation

Congressman Mike Honda (D-Silicon Valley), a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, secured the full $150 million funding needed for 2016 work on the BART extension to Silicon Valley in the House Transportation, Housing and Urban Development subcommittee’s funding bill for fiscal year 2016.

U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA-5) today applauded the California State Senate for passing SCR 48, which recogizes the importance of geothermal energy to California by marking May 2015 as Geothermal Awareness Month and May 21, 2015 as Geothermal Awareness Day. The resolution is authored by Senators Mike McGuire (D – Healdsburg) and Ben Hueso (D – San Diego)

Last night, Rep. Pete Aguilar (CA-31) took to the House floor to fight for increased quality and integrity protections for California water. He offered an amendment to H.R. 1732, theRegulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015, a bill that would rollback the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to protect waterways from pollution. Rep. Aguilar’s amendment requires that the new rules included in the bill protect the quality and integrity of water used for the public’s drinking supply, drought mitigation, agriculture, and coastal flooding from hurricanes or super storms.

Mayor Eric Garcetti today was joined by Councilmember Tom LaBonge, Board of Airport Commissioners President Sean Burton, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) Executive Director Gina Marie Lindsey and United Airlines representatives to announce a $573 million upgrade of United Terminals 7 and 8, the latest element of the city's $7.3 billion public works project to overhaul the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

Mayor Edwin M. Lee and members of the Board of Supervisors today announced $28.9 million in new funding over the next two years to support the homeless, including the addition of more than 500 units of supportive housing in Single Room Occupancy units around the City.

 U.S. Representative Jeff Denham (R-Turlock) today cast his vote in support of the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act, H.R. 1732, a bill to prevent the EPA and U.S. Corps of Engineers from forcing unnecessary regulation of small ponds, streams and ditches on landowners across the country. Rep. Denham is an original co-sponsor of the legislation.

U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy joined Bay Area agencies to celebrate the Regional Renewable Energy Procurement Project (R-REP), the nation’s largest solar energy government collaboration and the launch of the Federal Aggregated Solar Procurement Project (FASPP), the nation’s first federal partnership to purchase solar power

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy will join San Francisco officials, to announce City Hall becoming the oldest building in the nation to receive LEED Platinum Certification for Existing Buildings.

“There is no question that we must all do our part to address the drought. However, it has been disconcerting to learn that while our local utilities have long taken a lead in water conservation, they may now be punished for these efforts,” said Torres. “As the new regulations begin to go into effect, it is my priority to better understand how the regulations will affect Inland Empire consumers and ensure my constituents are treated fairly.”

U.S. Representative Mimi Walters (CA-45) released the following statement after voting in support of H.R. 1732, the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015. This bipartisan bill would require the Obama Administration to withdraw the proposed Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule – a rule which significantly expands the federal government’s jurisdiction to regulate waters and adjacent lands. Rep. Walters is an original co-sponsor of H.R. 1732.

City and county leaders join Abode Services and MidPen Housing to celebrate the groundbreaking for Laguna Commons, 64 rental apartments with supportive services for families and individuals in Fremont.

Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced the Great Streets Challenge Grant program, which will award a total of up to $200,000 to community groups who find innovative ways to enhance the city's efforts along the initial 15 streets of Mayor Garcetti's Great Streets Initiative

Mayor Edwin M. Lee together with Board President London Breed and Supervisors Julie Christensen, Malia Cohen, Mark Farrell, Katy Tang, and Scott Wiener introduced a $250 million Affordable Housing General Obligation Bond at the Board of Supervisors. If adopted by the Board and approved by voters in November, it would be the largest housing bond in San Francisco history and would strategically invest in public housing and affordable housing for low income and middle income families

“I oppose this bill because it simply does not work. The sponsors of this bill claim it will not kill the ongoing rulemaking, but only tell the Army Corps of Engineers and EPA to do the rulemaking over again. Yet, just two weeks ago, House Republicans voted to prevent the agency from taking any action to change the current rules. So, which is it

On Wednesday, May 13, U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy will join Bay Area agencies to celebrate the nation’s largest local government collaborative for solar power and launch the nation’s first federal solar partnership. Administrator McCarthy, the federal government’s point person for the battle against climate change, will be joined by Bay Area officials and solar industry executives at the West Winton Landfill in Hayward, a centerpiece of a regional solar partnership of 19 local agencies in four Bay Area counties involving 186 solar facilities for a total of 31 megawatts

Recently, Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52) reintroduced legislation to help communities better prepare for disasters. H.R. 2227, the bipartisan “Strengthening the Resiliency of Our Nation on the Ground (STRONG) Act” gives state and local entities access to information needed to prepare, plan for, and recover from extreme weather events such as catastrophic wildfires that have devastated San Diego communities in the past