Los Angeles County Welcomes Secretary Buttigieg Last week United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg visited Los Angeles County. Supervisor Hilda Solis, Supervisor Janice Hahn, Mayor Robert Garcia, Mayor Eric Garcetti, Congresswoman Nanette Barragan, Congressmen Ted Lieu, and Congressman Alan Lowenthal toured the Ports of Los Angeles and [...]
Last night the House passed 228-206 the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. This bill previously passed in the Senate in August. President Biden plans on having a formal signing ceremony soon. While this bill doesn’t address the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund, it provides LA [...]
Resources Available During Storm Seasons No Phase Flow Forecast LA County is experiencing its first major storm of the season. Showers will persist into Monday evening in the mountains. Thunderstorms are not expected. County officials have issued a No Phase Flow Forecast for all communities in the [...]
A lot of No's Congress agreed to pass a 9-week spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. Unfortunately, that is the only thing lawmakers could agree to last week. There will be no bipartisan infrastructure bill, no reconciliation bill, and no suspension of the debt ceiling—for now. Stop-Gap Funding Bill and Debt Ceiling [...]
Legislative Updates Congress has a week to pass a stop-gap funding bill to avert a shut down, suspend the debt ceiling so that the country can continue to meet its financial obligations, pass the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act before the FAST Act expires, and try to [...]
We have a little over a month left until September 30, 2021—when the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act expires. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Yesterday, the House voted 220-212 to begin the process of drafting the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill with the goal [...]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House will come back August 23 in order to pass the $3.5 trillion budget resolution, which will include human infrastructure and address climate change. She also requested that the Rules Committee determine how to advance both the budget resolution and the bipartisan [...]
Today the Senate passed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act by a vote of 69 to 30. While this bill is smaller in scope than the original $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan, it includes $550 billion in new funding for our nations roads, bridges, ports, and other [...]
For the past few weeks lawmakers have been negotiating the details of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework. Now Congress has 63 days to take action before the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act expires. LATEST DEVELOPMENTS Late Wednesday night the Senate voted [...]
The Los Angeles County Flood Control District was established in 1915 after a disastrous regional flood took a heavy toll on lives and property. In addition to flood control, the District’s infrastructure plays a major role in augmenting and protecting local aquifers with storm, [...]
