Local Issues
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he secured over $1 million in federal funding for local housing and homelessness projects across Los Angeles County. The Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bill was signed into law by President Biden on Saturday, March 9, 2024. These important projects will expand community access to affordable housing and supportive services to help reduce homelessness in LA County.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he secured nearly $2.5 million in federal funding for landslide and flood mitigation projects throughout Los Angeles County. The Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bill was signed into law by President Biden on Saturday, March 9, 2024. Following historic storms and record rainfall throughout Southern California, several communities in coastal Los Angeles County suffered catastrophic flooding and landslide activity.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he secured nearly $1 million in federal funding for the City of Beverly Hills Water Resiliency Project. The Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bill was signed into law by President Biden on Saturday, March 9, 2024. The project, requested by the City of Beverly Hills, aims to strengthen local water resilience and secure clean drinking water for residents.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he secured nearly $1 million for a University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) project to create a Quantum Information Science Hub. The Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bill was signed into law by President Biden on Saturday, March 9, 2024. The new lab will develop and refine qubits, which are the quantum bits that power quantum computers. The creation of the lab will further research in the area to understand which qubit is the best choice for building a quantum computer.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu announced that he secured nearly $2 million in federal funding for three community projects in Santa Monica. The Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bills were signed into law by President Biden on Saturday, March 9, 2024. The funding will increase access to affordable housing in Santa Monica and enhance safety along Lincoln Boulevard.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he secured nearly $6 million in federal funding for various community projects in the South Bay. The Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bills were signed into law by President Biden on Saturday, March 9, 2024. These federal resources will support projects to mitigate the risk of landslides, make infrastructure improvements, support individuals with disabilities and more.
This release was updated on March 25, 2024 to include Community Project Funding from the second group of appropriations bills that were signed into law on March 23, 2024.
LOS ANGELES, CA — Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) announced the Housing for All Act, a comprehensive approach to address the homelessness and affordable housing crises in California and across the nation.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) introduced the Healthcare Enhancement and Learning Through Harnessing Artificial Intelligence (HEALTH AI) Act, which would award grants to explore how generative AI can improve patient care.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32) called for the Department of Housing and Urban Development to change its policy on counting service-connected disability benefits as income so that homeless disabled veterans can access housing.