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A 28-year-old man accused of stalking an ex-girlfriend and trying to set her property on fire was charged today, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Nearly one hundred guests, including city and county elected officials and other project funders, celebrated the official opening of Mercy Housing California’s newest Bay Area property, 1180 Fourth Street in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood.
Edwin M. Lee, Mayor of San Francisco, Jane Kim, Supervisor for San Francisco’s District 6 and others praised it as a much-needed boost to the City’s low-income housing stock, and called for creation of more.

Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced a new transportation technology advisor fellowship at Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT). Serving in a one-year fellowship, made possible by a grant from the Goldhirsh Foundation, the technology advisor will create a citywide strategy that outlines the future of road safety, road use efficiency, traffic regulation, and traffic enforcement and will create a policy plan for the City to ensure a safe, mobile, sustainable future for the Los Angeles.

Fifty Lowe’s Heroes employee volunteers will join Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles (Habitat LA) to help build affordable housing in Lynwood, CA on May 7 in recognition of National Women Build Week, taking place May 2-10.

Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles) spoke at the ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the opening of the Blue Butterfly Navy Village Housing Program in San Pedro, California. Secretary Robert McDonald of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) also gave remarks at the event

Mayor Eric Garcetti, U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald, Councilmember Joe Buscaino, Rep. Ted Liu, and Rep. Janice Hahn today celebrated the grand opening of Blue Butterfly Village in San Pedro, a historic new facility dedicated specifically to housing women veterans with children

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles (Habitat LA) will celebrate Air Force Veteran, Roxana Gomez’s, latest accomplishment of homeownership. The dedication celebration will take place Friday, May 1 in Long Beach.

Mayor Edwin M. Lee and members of the Board of Supervisors announced a number of important investments in San Francisco’s transportation network including an additional $48.1 million in funding in San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA)’s Fiscal Year 2015-16 proposed budget. The proposed SFMTA budget adds hiring for 244 frontline positions with more than half of the positions are bus and train drivers and the remaining are mechanics, janitors and cleaning crews.

Today Mayor Edwin M. Lee and members of the Board of Supervisors announced a number of important investments in San Francisco’s transportation network including an additional $48.1 million in funding in San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA)’s Fiscal Year 2015-16 proposed budget. The proposed SFMTA budget adds hiring for 244 frontline positions with more than half of the positions are bus and train drivers and the remaining are mechanics, janitors and cleaning crews

"As we in the San Joaquin Valley know first-hand, water is a top priority. This legislation provides funding for drought relief and infrastructure projects, accelerates timelines for vital water storage development projects that have languished for decades, and places limits on how much water the Bureau of Reclamation can divert from cities and farms, all of which protect and enhance California’s access to water supplies during the drought

The Fiscal Year 2016 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill that cleared Congress late Thursday night includes a number of local water projects that Garamendi has spent months and years fighting for.

Earlier today, Congressman Ami Bera, M.D., offered the final amendment to the energy and water funding bill for fiscal year 2016 (H.R. 2028) to bring more emergency drought relief to California families, farmers, and small businesses. The amendment also sought to help communities modernize their water infrastructure to use their water more efficiently and prepare for future droughts. Click here to watch his remarks supporting the amendment on the House floor.

The House of Representatives today adopted an amendment by Congressman Tom McClintock to forbid federal agencies from buying up scarce water during California’s catastrophic drought in order to release it into rivers to meet environmental requirements. The amendment was subsequently adopted today as part of the Fiscal Year 2016 Energy and Water Appropriations Act. The amendment was adopted on a vote of 226 – 9, and final passage of the Appropriations Act on a vote of 230 –7.

The first provision, offered by Rep. David Valadao (R-CA) instructs the Bureau of Reclamation to finish and submit feasibility studies for three dam expansion projects and two dam creation proposals within the State of California. Congress authorized each of the five studies over a decade ago. This specific provision sets in place hard deadlines and forbids the agency from continuing to stall on these critical decisions

Last night, the House passed Rep. Grace F. Napolitano’s (CA-32) amendment to H.R. 2028, the FY2016 Energy & Water Appropriations Act, ensuring more fairness for the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and other donor ports across the country

“In two days, the House moved in quick succession to pass the first two appropriations bills for fiscal year 2016. Today’s Energy and Water appropriations bill provides necessary resources for America’s infrastructure, including our electric grid, nuclear stockpiles, and critical water projects.

Located on a former parking lot in a redeveloping urban area, Celadon at 9th & Broadway includes 250 affordable rental apartments and embraces a multigenerational population with services and ground-floor retail.

The California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA) today announced the Conduit Issuer Program, a new program that helps affordable housing developers access tax-exempt and taxable bond funds to aid in the preservation and development of affordable housing projects throughout California.

Next Wednesday, May 6th, Congressmen Jared Huffman (CA-02), Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), and Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) will hold a public forum on transportation infrastructure. The public forum will be held at Autodesk headquarters in San Rafael and focus on innovation in transportation infrastructure and the impending insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund, which funds transportation projects across the United States

Visual Text Huffman: “This bill provides an opportunity for working families to stay in the region without impacting the existing landscape.” WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 1, ...