Dear neighbor, 

After a long week of right-wing chaos, confusion, and crisis, it was great to finally be sworn in last Saturday as the Representative for California’s 36th Congressional District. Representing coastal Los Angeles County in Congress continues to be the honor of my lifetime.

While the new House majority spent their first week on the job focused on criminalizing women’s health care, cutting Social Security and Medicare, and creating duplicative committees, my colleagues and I remain focused on lowering costs, creating better-paying jobs, and making communities safer For the People.

The American people expect Congress to address issues facing working families. Sadly, House Republicans are doing nothing to make life easier for everyday Americans. Fortunately, I share Leader Jeffries’ commitment to put People Over Politics by working to bring down costs, reduce gun violence, protect reproductive freedoms, defend Social Security and Medicare, fight for our planet, and more.

To discuss our priorities heading into the 118th Congress and respond to the chaos shown by our colleagues across the aisle, Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus Representative Pete Aguilar and I held our weekly Democratic Caucus press conference earlier this week. We were joined by Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal and House Budget Committee Ranking Member Brendan Boyle. Watch the full press conference here.

In Case You Missed It: I am pleased to have secured $22,601,025 in federal funding for community projects across LA County in the annual government funding bill President Biden recently signed into law. This critical funding will go to 15 local projects aimed at providing mental health and housing care for vulnerable people, protecting endangered wildlife, supporting young students, and more. The projects will directly benefit the people of California’s 36th District. They include:

• $1,000,000 for the Boys Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, CA for developing a digital program for student support
• $1,000,000 for the City of Hermosa Beach, CA for mobile mental health crisis response teams
• $3,452,972 for the City of Los Angeles for a Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant Modernization project
• $1,500,000 for the City of Santa Monica, CA for behavioral health and other supportive services
• $2,000,000 for the County of Los Angeles Alternatives to Incarceration Office (CEO), Los Angeles, CA for a youth job training program and supportive services
• $1,000,000 for the Friendship Foundation, Redondo Beach, CA for inclusive programs for students with disabilities
• $1,000,000 for the Manhattan Beach Safe Cycling Project
• $1,150,000 for the Pacific Palisades Pedestrian Trail
• $3,000,000 for the PATH Permanent Supportive Housing Marina Del Rey
• $1,000,000 for the Ready to Succeed, Santa Monica, CA for support for college-going foster youth, including scholarships
• $898,053 for the St. Joseph Center, Venice, CA for job skills training and supportive services to those experiencing homelessness
• $1,000,000 for the Torrance Temporary Housing Program
• $1,600,000 for the UCLA SeaChange: Carbon Sequestration Pilot
• $500,000 for the Venice Family Clinic, Venice, CA for facilities and equipment
• $2,500,000 for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing

For additional information on my work in Congress, please visit my website at lieu.house.gov and follow me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. If you have any questions or concerns, please call our D.C. office at (202) 225-3976 or our Los Angeles district office at (323) 651-1040. 

I look forward to updating you again soon. 

Sincerely, 

Ted W. Lieu 

Member of Congress