Local Issues
LOS ANGELES – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after visiting the Vandenberg Space Force Base with Vice President Kamala Harris and other elected and military leaders on Monday.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that a number of his priorities to help veterans in Los Angeles and around the country were included in the 2022 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which was signed into law by President Biden last week.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) introduced legislation to allow the West LA VA to collect $25 million from the Purple Line easement on campus. The money, which is lease revenue generated from the Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016, is not presently directed to go directly to the West LA VA.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the House passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, or MORE Act. If enacted, this bipartisan bill will decriminalize cannabis at the federal level, while enabling states to set their own regulatory policies without threat of federal intervention.
Los Angeles-area projects will receive nearly $9.5 million in federal appropriations during fiscal 2022, officials announced on Wednesday, March 16.
The funding was included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, that President Joe Biden signed on Tuesday to fund the rest of the fiscal year.
On Tuesday, President Biden signed a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package that includes $2 million to support the City's project to build a mixed-use affordable housing project on the current site of Parking Structure 3.
WASHINGTON —
After a decadelong prohibition, congressional earmarks make their return this week, sending more than $760 million in transportation, military, healthcare and other projects to California.
SANTA MONICA, CA — President Joe Biden Tuesday signed a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package that includes $2 million to support the city of Santa Monica's project to build a mixed-use affordable housing project on the current site of Parking Structure 3, city officials announced.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he secured nearly $2.5 million for two community funding projects in the City of Los Angeles in the Fiscal Year 2022 government spending package signed into law by President Biden.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he secured nearly $750,000 for a community funding project at the West Los Angeles VA in the Fiscal Year 2022 government spending package signed into law by President Biden.