July 17, 2023

REP. CORREA ANNOUNCES INCLUSION OF OVER $11 MILLION FOR PROJECTS IN CA-46 IN HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representative Lou Correa (CA-46) announced that over $11 million in federal fax dollars he requested for vital community projects across California’s 46th Congressional District were included in legislation to fund the government in FY’24, which was just passed out of the House Appropriations Committee. All 15 projects submitted by Correa were included in the legislation.

“I am so proud to announce that all 15 community projects across the Cities of Orange, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Stanton, and Fullerton I submitted to receive federal tax dollars have been selected and included in the House appropriations bills,” said Rep. Correa. “From supporting law enforcement, youth development, and tackling housing insecurity, to combatting the climate crisis and supporting transit projects, these are opportunities to make monumental investments in California’s 46th district. These fifteen projects will bring back millions of our taxpayer dollars to uplift and better our community,”

Rep. Correa worked with community leaders to identify priorities for CA-46 constituents that had the highest probability of being funded given new restrictions imposed by the House Republican majority. The appropriations process this year came with new restrictions and criteria on the types of projects that are eligible for community project funding. Some of those new restrictions include prohibition on funding for schools, museums, health care facilities, and entertainment and arts venues.

The decision now lies with Speaker Kevin McCarthy on whether to allow a floor vote on these community project funding requests later this year. Rep. Correa will continue fighting for these projects to ensure they pass out of both the House and Senate, and get signed into law, and will work to shepherd additional federal grant funding to community organizations not originally eligible for consideration by the Appropriations Committee.

The 15 projects submitted by Rep. Correa that were included in this legislation will directly benefit California’s 46th District residents. These include:

  • $963,000 for Nati’s House DBA Neutral Ground, Santa Ana, CA, to bolster its gang intervention efforts across Santa Ana and Anaheim’s most gang-imbued neighborhoods.
  • $1,050,000 for OC River Walk, Anaheim, CA, to allow the City to complete the final design and construction of a new pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the Santa Ana River.
  • $500,000 for Center of Hope Permanent Supportive (PSH) Housing, City of Anaheim, for the development of ~90 additional PSH units for persons experiencing homelessness.
  • $500,000 for Store One, the City of Anaheim’s Food Services Incubator and Job Training Center, to provide space for micro food-related businesses to receive business planning and development services and more.
  • $500,000 for the City of Anaheim’s Revitalization of Beach Boulevard to help the City purchase another nuisance motel to create additional housing units and revitalize the Beach Boulevard corridor.
  • $963,000 for the City of Santa Ana’s Alternative Response Program to expand and support a pilot program that deploys trauma-informed social workers and mental health clinicians to respond to non-emergency 911 calls reducing the burden on the City’s public safety system.
  • $1,000,000 for the City of Stanton’s Public Safety Center upgrades to fund critical structural and utility related upgrades in order to continue providing value as a headquarters for the police department to help facilitate the continued safety of the City of Stanton residents and the police officers that serve the community.
  • $1,000,000 for the City of Fullerton’s Police Station Historic Rehabilitation & Remediation Project for the remediation of hazardous materials and the restoration of the Fullerton Police Station.
  • $959,752 for the City of Fullerton’s Well 7A Construction, to help secure water supplies for the City of Fullerton for the future in light of the effects of prolonged and extreme drought.
  • $850,000 for the City of Orange’s West Orange Park Project, to provide much needed open space, recreational opportunities, and active transportation to one of the City’s most disadvantaged and park-poor areas.
  • $850,000 for the Illumination Foundation, to renovate and restore the 11 units at this property to create the Richard Lehn Intergenerational Campus, a project which will serve families and seniors experiencing homelessness.
  • $850,000 for Community Action Partnership of Orange County (CAP OC) to create a center in CA-46 to serve as a one-stop-shop for CAP OC’s current and future programs such as essential services: utility and rent assistance, family services and youth programs, as well as a hub to incubate new programs and a training center to empower individuals for future jobs.
  • $850,000 for Santa Ana College to renovate existing buildings on campus which are old and not able to support equipment and technology to provide learning environments commensurate with industry standards.
  • $850,000 for Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of Anaheim to expand the Anaheim YMCA Community Complex, which would then be able to host exercise clubs, an open-space area for families, and multi-purpose rooms to be used for senior health prevention, various classes and workshops, and to showcase local resources and partners to community members.
  • $790,000 for the Anaheim Transportation Network to launch a new, after-hours night owl service that will promote equity by connecting workers to employment centers during late night and early morning hours.

The full list of Rep. Correa’s community project funding requests for FY’24 can be found here. You can find Correa’s original announcement of the submission of these requests here. 

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