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Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) spoke at the naming ceremony of the new federal courthouse downtown. Davis played a central role in securing construction funding and working with the community on the name for the courthouse. The courthouse will be designated the Judge James M. Carter and Judge Judith N. Keep Federal Courthouse at the Judge John S. Rhoades Federal Judicial Center

California State Parks will be hosting two open house meetings to receive comments from the public regarding the Draft Mount Diablo State Park Roads and Trails Management Plan (RTMP). The open house meetings will take place as follows

State Treasurer John Chiang today announced awarding tax credits and tax-exempt bonds to 16 affordable housing projects in 12 counties that will add approximately 1,815 rental units to the housing market. The affordable housing credits, valued at $319 million, provide a 4 percent tax incentive to potential investors who may help to finance the housing developments. The $295 million of tax-exempt bonds awarded will allow affordable housing construction to be financed at below market interest rates. In order to qualify for the credit and bonds, the housing development must remain affordable for a period of no less than 55 years

Gasoline prices averaged $2.867 a gallon in the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County area in February 2015, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Richard J. Holden noted that area gasoline prices were down 94.5 cents compared to last February when they averaged $3.812 per gallon. Los Angeles area households paid an average of 21.6 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) of electricity in February 2015, similar to the 21.5 cents per kWh in February 2014.

Moving swiftly to help communities cope with California's devastating drought and the ongoing effects of climate change, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed emergency legislation - AB 91 and AB 92 - that fast-tracks more than $1 billion in funding for drought relief and critical water infrastructure projects

At 12:05 AM on the morning of March 26th 2015, Long Beach Fire Department units responded to reports of a structure fire at 1086 Stanley Avenue. At 12:07 AM, while on patrol in the vicinity of the reported location, the Long Beach Police Department’s helicopter “FOX” arrived overhead and via radio, gave a verbal confirmation to incoming fire department units that there was in fact, heavy smoke coming out of the building

The Metro Board today approved Mayor and Metro Chair Eric Garcetti’s motion to launch a multi-million dollar transit-oriented affordable housing and business development fund.

Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA), the Ranking Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, introduced the bipartisan National Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Resilience and Security Act of 2015, H.R. 1678

The California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA) today announced that it will receive more than $450,000 in additional federal dollars to provide free counseling to homeowners struggling to avoid foreclosure

Congresswoman Susan Davis (CA-53) opposed the House Majority’s partisan budget proposal that would hurt middle- and low-income families and put the American Dream further out of reach. The budget proposal approved by the House on a strictly party-line vote contains dramatic cuts in education, infrastructure and medical research.

Mayor Edwin M. Lee with nine sponsoring members of the Board of Supervisors introduced a package of resolutions for financing Phase 1 of the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) partnership with U.S Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the San Francisco Housing Authority (SFHA). The RAD partnership is one of the first-in-the-nation that will allow San Francisco to leverage approximately $180 million in investor equity and other new resources to rehabilitate up to 4,584 public housing units.

Building Certification Institute (GBCI) and the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) formally introduced the WELL Building Standard in China. WELL is a system that focuses on human health and wellbeing in the built environment.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and thirty-five Members of Congress from California, Oregon and Washington wrote to the House Appropriations Committee urging them to fully fund an Earthquake Early Warning system. A limited system developed by Caltech, UC-Berkeley and University of Washington, in conjunction with the United State Geological Survey (USGS), has already been deployed and has proven that the early warning technology is sound.

Mercy Housing California hosted a grand opening / dedication event for Vera Haile Senior Housing on Wednesday, March 18 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 129 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102.

The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®’ (C.A.R.) today issued the following statement on a report titled, “California’s High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences,” released this week by California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office

oday Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of Financial Services Committee, introduced the “Wealth Gap Resolution” to address the nation’s widening wealth disparities and their crippling effects on working class families and communities of color.

In an effort to strengthen America’s economic competitiveness, Congressman Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) has ntroduced bipartisanlegislation which will provide a dedicated revenue source to invest in rebuilding our nation’s crumbling freight infrastructure.

U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced more than $4.3 million in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants to restore river habitat and improve water quality in Napa and Sonoma Counties. The grants are part of the $8.7 million in federal funds awarded to local and state organizations for projects to restore tidal marshes, river habitat, and improve water quality in and around San Francisco Bay

Slowing home price appreciation and improving inventory combined to boost California’s housing market in February as existing home sales and median home prices increased from both the previous month and year, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) said today.

Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced the start of construction for the first two of five phases of the historic HOPESF rebuild of Alice Griffith public housing site in Bayview Hunters Point. Once completed, the re-envisioned Alice Griffith public housing site will be a mixed-income, service-enriched community, developed according to the principles of the Mayor’s HOPESF initiative