""Republicans finally sat down with Democrats to craft these appropriations bills, rather than bulldozing a partisan bill against Dem opposition, as in the past," Liccardo told San José Spotlight. "This reflects the GOP's growing awareness that they're losing the public the longer they tether themselves to (President Donald) Trump's wagons. I will continue to push to expand the fracture between the president and his party with initiatives that have broad appeal to all Americans.""
"The money comes from the congressional Community Project Funding pipeline - an avenue for shaping how federal discretionary dollars are spent locally. Congressmembers submit certain funding requests for projects in their district to the Appropriations Committee, which evaluates the submissions for legal and ethical compliance. The House passed a bipartisan funding bill incorporating these requests Thursday, amounting to $10 million secured for Liccardo's district. That's on top of the $3.2 million he secured earlier this month."
Rep. Sam Liccardo secured nearly $14 million in federal funding for San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, enabling affordable housing, flood protection, fire infrastructure, and homeless service projects in San Jose, Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Campbell. The funds come via the congressional Community Project Funding pipeline and a bipartisan House appropriations bill, totaling $10 million plus $3.2 million previously secured. Allocations include $2 million for a San Jose program providing low-interest financing to make affordable rental housing climate-resilient and seismically retrofitted, and $2 million for Mountain View's Evelyn Avenue affordable housing five-story development.
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