Archives

City of Alhambra - October 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- With the second day of the Federal shutdown in effect, local governments are bracing for the worst. The Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles (HACoLA) operates affordable housing programs, such as the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8), which rely on the Federal government for their funding. Section 8 provides housing to over 23,000 households in Los Angeles County, including seniors, disabled, homeless, mentally ill and the working poor. Because the earlier sequester required public housing authorities to draw down reserves from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) earlier in the year, HACoLA funding is nearly exhausted.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today Rep. Henry A. Waxman spoke with National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Acting Chairman Deborah A. P. Hersman regarding the tragic crash at the Santa Monica Airport. In their conversation, Rep. Waxman asked that the NTSB expand the scope of its investigation beyond the immediate cause of the crash to examine the overall safety of the airport layout. He also raised concerns about whether the Republican led-government shutdown would significantly delay the agency's investigation

San Francisco, CA - October 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Edwin M. Lee announced San Francisco will triple the amount of funding to prevent illegal Ellis Act evictions and that the City will release $700,000 in funding for other eviction prevention services from the Housing Trust Fund

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52) announced the introduction of HR 3182, legislation to improve the support infrastructure at our country’s international border crossings including San Ysidro & Otay Mesa. Inefficiency at the land ports of entry cost the cross-border economies $7.2 billion in lost gross output annually, and more than 62,000 jobs, according to the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG). The announcement came at the beginning of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce’s annual trip to Washington

Torrance, CA - September 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Partner Engineering and Science Inc. (Partner), a national engineering, environmental and energy consulting firm headquartered in Torrance, Calif., has purchased a 9,353-square-foot building for the company’s new office at 1761 East Garry Ave. in Santa Ana, Calif., for $1.5 million. This office will replace company offices in Irvine, which no longer accommodate the rapidly expanding firm.

WASHINGTON - September 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-46) and Congressman Tony Cárdenas (San Fernando Valley) will lead a Latino Leaders Summit on empowering Latinos in the housing market at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute 2013 Public Policy Conference at 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, October 1, 2013, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 150A, 801 Mt. Vernon Pl., NW, Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In planning for emergencies, it is important for every household and each individual to consider what they will need and assemble their Emergency Supply Kits.

OAKLAND, CA - September 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA), the Ranking Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, yesterday afternoon held a Maritime Transportation Roundtable meeting at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission building in Oakland. Attendees included local, state, and federal maritime transportation officials, representatives from the Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers, along with prominent business leaders, labor leaders, and transportation stakeholders.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA) today is happy to announce that the Yuba County Airport Industrial Park will receive a $1,790,232 grant from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to upgrade their wastewater collection system to increase its capacity and support expansion of the Yuba County airport industrial park. This project will help grow Yuba County’s manufacturing capacity, including the establishment of the only nitrite, non-latex glove manufacturing facility in the country. The EDA grant is expected to leverage $50 million in private investment and create 150 jobs

Santa Barbara - September 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Rep. Lois Capps (CA-24) encouraged residents and business owners to take time to review plans for their families, homes, and businesses as part of National Preparedness Month, which is recognized each September.

REDDING, CA - September 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The California Department of Insurance (CDI) is currently tracking evacuations due to wildfires in the state, including the recovery efforts after the Clover Firenear Redding that left 68 residences destroyed, five damaged and the death of 56-year-old Brian Stanley Henry that remains under investigation. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is reminding wildfire evacuees that they may be eligible for reimbursement for additional living expenses due to mandatory evacuations.

WALNUT GROVE, CA - September 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA), a Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today congratulated UC Davis’s Institute of Transportation Studies on being selected in a national competition to lead a new two-year, $11.2 million research consortium for the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). The newly created National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) will receive funding through a $5.6 million grant from the U.S. DOT and $5.6 million in matching funds from state, regional, and local agencies. The NCST will use the money to assert national leadership in reducing carbon emissions from transportation systems while supporting climate adaptation activities and continued mitigation of air pollution and other environmental impacts.

SAN JOSE, CA - September 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose, Calif.) announced today that two San Jose based community development organizations will receive federal grant funding totaling nearly $2.7 million for small business development and affordable housing. The two grants, each valued at $1.347 million, are being awarded by the U.S. Treasury Department's Community Development Financial Institution's (CDFI) fund to the Opportunity Fund and the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Veterans transitioning from homelessness back to the community now have a new resource in the Veterans Home of California, West Los Angeles with 84 transitional beds opening through a partnership with the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VA-GLA).

Woodland, CA - September 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- On Monday, September 23 at 11:00 a.m., Yolo County will dedicate its new community garden, located adjacent to the Herbert Bauer Health and Alcohol, Drug & Mental Health Building at 137 N. Cottonwood Avenue in Woodland. The garden is a quarter-acre plot of land that will have multiple garden areas including one for children, a demonstration garden and a community garden and orchard.

LOS ANGELES, CA - September 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The San Diego Center for Civic Engagement’s Opening the Outdoors initiative and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) U.S.-Mexico Border 2020 Program this month awarded $45,000 to the nonprofit group 4Walls International for the construction of a bi-national park space that will use trash pulled from the Tijuana River Valley and tributary canyons as building materials.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today Rep. Henry A. Waxman joined CalVet Secretary Peter J. Gravett, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Director Donna Beiter, LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, and CalVet and VA senior staff at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Facility as they announced the Veterans Transitional Housing Program, which will open up new beds for Los Angeles homeless veterans on the West LA VA campus

IRVINE, CA - September 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Award-winning national firm KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture + Planning, is pleased to announce that KTGY Principal Keith Labus, AIA and LEED AP has been invited to be a speaker at the San Diego Housing Federation’s Annual Affordable Housing and Community Development Conference on October 3. It is the largest affordable housing gathering in the region, attracting over 300 attendees every year

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Edwin M. Lee with District 7 Supervisor Norman Yee, the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center, Mercy Housing California and other City and community leaders broke ground on the new 1100 Ocean Avenue Apartments, which include 71 affordable units for low income families and transitional-age youth (TAY) who are young adults that have recently aged out of the foster care system. Following the housing construction, a new public open space plaza will be built to complement the growing neighborhood and allow for community events such as fairs, farmer’s markets and other activities accessible to the public

Los Angeles - September 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC), Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County (NHS) and a coalition of local non-profits, lenders and housing partners are joining forces to launch Take Root Los Angeles, a new campaign to stabilize Los Angeles County neighborhoods by connecting Los Angeles County residents to foreclosure prevention assistance and homeownership opportunities.