{"id":2420,"date":"2025-10-13T22:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T22:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/2420\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T22:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T22:12:08","slug":"50-million-in-community-benefits-funding-actually-moving-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/2420\/","title":{"rendered":"$50 Million in Community Benefits Funding Actually Moving Ahead &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.randomlengthsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/port-of-los-angeles-748238-1024-e1750096587847.avif\" data-caption=\"POLA, Creative Commons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"411\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image cwvlazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.randomlengthsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/port-of-los-angeles-748238-1024-696x411.avif\"  data- alt=\"Port Of Los Angeles 748238 1024\" title=\"port-of-los-angeles-748238-1024\"\/><\/a>POLA, Creative Commons <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Almost one year ago, on Oct 29, 2024, the Port of LA announced it had been awarded a $412 million grant from US.EPA for zero-emission transformation. Significantly, it said, \u201cThe grant will set a new standard for environmental stewardship in the maritime industry by directly funding an innovative, community-led $50 million ZE grant program in partnership with the Harbor Community Benefit Foundation, prioritizing investments that benefit frontline, disadvantaged areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, after long delays, things appear to be moving forward. \u201cThe sub-agreement was signed with the ort earlier this month (Sept 9), so barring some change issued from EPA or the Trump Administration, the program is in effect and underway,\u201d HCBF Board Chair Ed Avol told Random Lengths in late September. .<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHCBF had requested up-front funds from the Port in order to provide an operating fund as the Clean Ports Program launched, staff were hired, and critical elements of the overall program (community engagement, a zero-emissions grants program, and workforce development) were rolled out,\u201d Avol explained. \u201cPOLA refused to do so, but offered two \u2018work-arounds,\u2019 The first is an effort to \u201cquickly\u201d reimburse submitted invoices,\u201d which it has verbally promised to do much faster than their traditionally 45 days or more. \u201cRegardless, we will begin submitting invoices shortly and will see how it all works,\u201d Avol said.<\/p>\n<p>The second work-around is for funds in excess of $50,000, which could be requested in advance. \u201cWe will also have to test this as we get into the details of the community-directed zero-emissions grants program, because most community partners or small organizations cannot easily \u2018float\u2019 large expenditures,\u201d Avol said.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of these problems, \u201cWe are excited to begin the program and have hired a Clean Ports Program Coordinator to lead the effort as we gear up,\u201d Avol said.<\/p>\n<p>After their September board meeting, Avol added that the October board meeting would include a discussion round of community benefits funding\u2014a clear sign that things really are moving forward, after all.<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"POLA, Creative Commons \u00a0 Almost one year ago, on Oct 29, 2024, the Port of LA announced it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[3279,3280,3281,131,133,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-2420","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-cleanportsprogram","9":"tag-communityfunding","10":"tag-portofla","11":"tag-long-beach","12":"tag-long-beach-headlines","13":"tag-long-beach-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}