Liccardo called the funds a \u201cmodest indication\u201d of a larger shift underway in the governing halls of D.C.<\/p>\n
\u201cRepublicans finally sat down with Democrats to craft these appropriations bills, rather than bulldozing a partisan bill against Dem opposition, as in the past,\u201d Liccardo told San Jos\u00e9 Spotlight. \u201cThis reflects the GOP\u2019s growing awareness that they\u2019re losing the public the longer they tether themselves to (President Donald) Trump\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
The money comes from the congressional Community Project Funding pipeline \u2014 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\u2019s district. That\u2019s on top of the $3.2 million he secured earlier this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n That includes $2 million for a San Jose program that secures low-interest financing to make affordable rental housing climate-resilient, through work that includes seismic retrofits. Another $2 million will go toward Mountain View\u2019s Evelyn Avenue affordable housing project<\/a>, a five-story development with 143 permanent affordable apartments for low-income households.<\/p>\n Another $1.1 million will go to Mountain View\u2019s efforts to improve flood protection and environmental management of a sensitive coastal waterway, the Charleston Slough tide gates, and flood risk for Mountain View and neighboring Palo Alto.<\/p>\n Palo Alto will receive $850,000 to construct a modern fire station. Campbell will get $250,000 for a project aimed at improving walkability, bicycle and transit access, and street conditions in downtown and its surrounding neighborhoods.<\/p>\n \u201cProject funding for this important improvement will greatly improve pedestrian, bicycle and vehicle safety at a heavily used intersection in downtown Campbell,\u201d Campbell City Manager Brian Loventhal said in a statement on Liccardo\u2019s funding announcement.<\/p>\n Los Gatos will also get $200,000 for a van to deliver mobile navigation services to people experiencing homelessness throughout the West Valley<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cMeeting the needs of our most vulnerable neighbors with dignity, care and creativity is how communities like Los Gatos make real progress on homelessness,\u201d Los Gatos Mayor Rob Moore said in a statement.\u00a0\u201cThe crisis of homelessness is one of the defining challenges of our time. The West Valley mobile navigation van provides a solution that brings critical services directly to people where they are.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Keep](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769027829_854_interactive-184632509590.png\")
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