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Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-21), a Member of the House Appropriations Committee, offered an amendment during Full Committee Markup, aimed at increasing water infrastructure throughout California.

In celebration of the 45th anniversary of Earth Day, Mayor Edwin M. Lee today launched the new “Zero-50-100-Roots” campaign aimed towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions and reinforcing the City’s leadership in addressing climate change. The “Zero-50-100-Roots” campaign demonstrates San Francisco’s commitment to send zero waste to the landfill, reach 50 percent sustainable travel, use 100 percent renewable energy and pull carbon dioxide out of the air

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) joined with Rep. Brenda Lawrence (MI-14) and major goods movement leaders from both the public and private sector in calling for immediate action by Congress to pass a surface transportation reauthorization bill that specifically includes dedicated funding for rebuilding and upgrading our nation’s crumbling freight infrastructure

Previously, Verlengia was the accounting manager at Coachella Valley Housing Coalition in Indio, California, for 17 years. She also worked in office administration at the American Heart Association for 10 years. She earned a B.A. degree in Business Administration at California State University at San Bernardino. A San Luis Obispo resident, she enjoys hiking and gardening

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 20, 2015 - (RealEstateRama) -- Doug Bello, of Pasadena, Calif., has been awarded aNational Title Professional (NTP) designation from the American Land Title Association (ALTA), the national trade association of the land title insurance industry. Bello joins 46 other industry leaders from around the country who has earned the professional designation.

The Community Development Commission of the County of Los Angeles (CDC) joined representatives of Los Angeles County Mayor Michael D. Antonovich, the Mayor and Councilmembers of the City of Pasadena, and the Developer, National Community Renaissance, to celebrate the groundbreaking of Mar Vista Union Apartments, a new affordable housing development for First 5 LA participants and homeless families. The CDC provided a total of $2.15 million in construction and permanent financing, comprised of $950,000 in Affordable Housing Trust Funds, and $1.2 million in First 5 LA Capital Funds.

A Lancaster man was arraigned today for charges of crashing into a Lancaster home killing a 71-year-old woman who was in her bedroom, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Today, Rep. Norma J. Torres (D-Pomona) and Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services (NPHS) proudly announced the awarding of $293,000 to advance sustainable homeownership and financial education throughout the Inland Empire. The much-needed funding was provided by NeighborWorks® America to NPHS, a congressionally chartered non-profit community development organization dedicated to revitalizing local neighborhoods through homeownership and wealth building.

Today, Rep. Pete Aguilar (CA-31) hosted a roundtable discussion with veterans to discuss critical issues facing our veterans today, including health care, the VA backlog, housing, and unemployment. Local veterans, representatives from veterans’ organizations, and health care professionals participated in the roundtable held at the San Bernardino Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 8737

Keep Your Home California announced today changes to help more low and moderate income homeowners, who are struggling with their monthly mortgage payments, remain in their homes as part of the free mortgage-assistance program

Mayor Eric Garcetti today launched a major, citywide water conservation outreach campaign – 'Save the Drop.' With the Mayor's executive directive on water conservation creating strong tools to reduce water use and address the drought, including a $3.75 per square foot rebate for lawn replacement, Mayor Garcetti is now taking the necessary next step to connect Angelenos with those tools through an unprecedented outreach effort

Sets targets and details actions in 14 categories  to improve city's environment, economy and equity in anticipation of 500,000 more Angelenos by 2035; achieves progress by 2017 on issues like water conservation, clean energy, waste, green jobs, transportation, and air quality

Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA), the former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, hosted a press conference in Davis to urge the implementation of stronger safety standards for hazardous material transported by rail, especially Bakken crude oil. Sensitive infrastructure and 16 million Americans are near these railroad shipment lines

Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) released the following statement after the Department of Transportation announced that March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, CA has been awarded a $2.5 million grant for infrastructure improvements

Unire Real Estate Group is proud to announce its management of the rehabilitation of a 228,000-square-foot industrial building in Torrance, Calif. on the highly visible intersection of South Vermont Avenue and Knox Street, near the 110 and 405-freeways. Under Unire Group’s management, contractor Norm Wilson and Sons will remove approximately 25,000 square feet of usable space off the rear of the building, creating an additional 12 dock doors from 20-32.

“The current drought in California is devastating. Today’s order from the governor should not only alarm Californians, but the entire nation should take notice that the most productive agriculture state in the country has entered uncharted territory. We have experienced extreme drought conditions in years past but thanks to the most sophisticated water system in the country that captured and stored water during the wet years for use during the dry years, our communities and farmers survived

Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation (“Intercontinental”), a national real estate investment, development, and management firm headquartered in Boston, MA, and MG Properties Group (“MG”), a private San Diego-based real estate investor and operator, have announced their acquisition of the Madison Park Apartments in Anaheim, California. At 768 units, this is the largest single property by number of units to be purchased in Southern California since 2013. The price was not disclosed

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.

Five California cities—Los Angeles, San Diego, San José, San Francisco and Sacramento—have  more solar panels than most major cities nationwide, according to a new report by Environment California Research & Policy Center. The solar stature of these cities is owed largely to the clear solar commitment of the city’s leaders as well as streamlined and predictable permitting fees

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks today on the House floor in opposition to House Republicans’ “Work Harder for Less” budget proposals. Below is a transcript of the Leader’s remarks