Fiscal Year 2025 Community Project Funding Selections
FY2025 Community Project Funding
Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove requested a total of $40.7 million for 15 community projects across California’s 37th Congressional District during the FY25 appropriations process.
Under guidelines issued by the Appropriations Committee, each Representative may request funding for up to 15 projects in their community for Fiscal Year 2024 – although only a handful may actually be funded. Projects are restricted to a limited number of federal funding streams, and only state and local governments and eligible non-profit entities are permitted to receive funding.
In compliance with House Rules and Committee requirements, Congresswoman Kamlager-Dove has certified that she, her spouse, and her immediate family have no financial interest in any of the projects she has requested.
Projects Requested and Funded
Congresswoman Kamlager-Dove Sumbitted Community Project Funding Requests for the following projects:
Total requested funding: $40,729,786
Project Sponsor: Urban Recovery Los Angeles
Project Name: The Safety Zone
Project Location: 112 W. 52nd Street Los Angeles 90037
Requested Amount: $500,000
Project Description: The Safety Zone project is a comprehensive approach to improving the criminal justice system by addressing the traumas that stem from some of the factors that contribute to crime, such as generational poverty, sexual assault, and environmental violence. It will institute programming using evidence-based and trauma-informed techniques to support law enforcement by, providing a safe space in a structured environment for high-risk populations in the 37th district. The project will facilitate opportunities for at-risk youth in south Los Angeles through counseling, peer-to-peer group sessions, soft skills training, conflict de-escalation, job training and readiness, and overall, life skills. The program will help to keep youth off the streets and provide resources to keep them out of the criminal justice system.
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Project Sponsor: County of Los Angeles - Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Project Name: Los Angeles County Veteran Wellness Program
Project Location: 1816 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Requested Amount: $400,000
Project Description: The Veteran Wellness Program will meet a local need within the community by enhancing veterans' well-being and overall health by providing them with access to a dedicated space for exercising. Recognizing the unique challenges veterans face and those transitioning to civilian life, the program creates a supportive and inclusive environment where veterans can engage in physical activity, improve overall well-being, and foster social connections with fellow veterans.
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Project Sponsor: The City of Los Angeles
Project Name: Project imPACT (Community Reentry)
Project Location: 200 N Main Street, Suite 1500 Los Angeles, CA 90012
Requested Amount: $2,500,000
Project Description: This funding would help the Mayor’s Office of Community Safety (MOCS) continue to build out direct reentry service programming that decreases post-conviction poverty and prevents recidivism, with a particular focus on support for housing. MOCS Project imPACT reentry providers provide direct services in 4 key categories: Behavioral Health Therapy, Housing Navigation, Employment Navigation and Case Management, and Legal Aid Support. These comprehensive direct services will help law enforcement efforts by ensuring that previously incarcerated individuals remain out of the criminal justice system and are not committing further crimes.
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Project Sponsor: ECM CDC
Project Name: Community Healing Collaborative: Bringing Peace to South Los Angeles
Project Location: 326 E. 47th Place, Los Angeles, CA 90011 and 5840 South Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90003
Requested Amount: $500,000
Project Description: This project will assist law enforcement efforts in addressing gang and community violence by training faith leaders and former gang members in violence interruption, transforming neighborhood churches into safety and service hubs for communities in the 37th District, and hosting healing sessions for those who survived violence, both as victims and as perpetrators. This program will follow evidence-based and evidence-informed practices that emphasize empowering community members to interrupt the violence in their neighborhoods.
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Project Sponsor: The City of Los Angeles
Project Name: Crisis and Incident Response through Community-led Engagement (CIRCLE)
Project Location: City of Los Angeles 200 N Main Street, Suite 1500 Los Angeles, CA 90012
Requested Amount: $10,00,000
Project Description: CIRCLE is a 24/7 unarmed response program that deploys trained teams to address non-urgent (Los Angeles Police Department) LAPD calls related to unhoused individuals. The program has four components that help law enforcement efforts: 1) a call center with trained operators ready to receive and manage diverted calls from 9-1-1, 2) a 24/7 Response Team to respond to diverted incidents, 3) a Support Team to build rapport and create positive outcomes through referrals for unhoused individuals, and 4) a CIRCLE Facility where teams can deploy from and bring unhoused persons who need a respite from the street. This funding would help to expand the CIRCLE program to South Los Angeles. CIRCLE is a 24/7 unarmed response program that deploys trained teams to address non-urgent LAPD calls related to unhoused individuals.
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Project Sponsor: California Greenworks Inc.
Project Name: Blackwelder Community Greenbelt Planning Project
Project Location: The Blackwelder tract, where La Cienega Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue merge
Requested Amount: $500,000
Project Description: The Blackwelder Community Greenbelt Project is a proposed green space development where La Cienega Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue merge adjacent to Ballona Creek in the 37th Congressional District of California. The project will create much-needed green space and habitat connectivity to Baldwin Hills Park and Overlook. It will also create community-wide access to multi-use healthy green spaces for disadvantaged communities with zero to limited open space while providing numerous other environmental, social, and economic benefits to low-income communities, Black communities, and Communities of color.
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Project Sponsor: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)
Project Name: Los Angeles Metro Regional Bus Stop Enhancement Program
Project Location: One Gateway Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90012
Requested Amount: $1,000,000
Project Description: This Program will fund upgrades to bus stop facilities with better bus stop design (reflecting community needs, benches, shade, accessibility, and technology). Of the nearly 13,000 bus stops Metro serves, only 46 percent have seating, and only 24 percent have bus shelters. Well-lit and well-maintained bus stops contribute to safety and security, improving the overall perception of safety for public transit riders. According to Metro’s 2022 Customer Experience Plan, adding bus shelters, improving seating, and reducing the lack of shade at bus stops were top priorities among riders and will greatly benefit the community.
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Project Sponsor: The City of Culver City
Project Name: Metro Bike Share Westside Connectivity Project
Project Location: The City of Culver City
Requested Amount: $1,050,586
Project Description: The Metro Bike Share (MBS) system provides bicycles for the public to rent and ride between designated bike share stations. This project will allow Culver City to partner with LA Metro to close a gap in the MBS network in California’s 37th Congressional District and the Westside region of Los Angeles County. Station locations would be focused along the City’s existing network of bicycle and transit infrastructure, with an emphasis on connections to regional transit, access to economic opportunity, and safer mobility and connectivity. Amenities such as shading, lighting, and wayfinding signage would be provided at select locations to increase public safety.
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Project Sponsor: The City of Culver City
Project Name: MOVE Culver City Eastern Segment
Project Location: Culver City Arts District
Requested Amount: $800,000
Project Description: The Culver City Eastern Segment Project will support the construction of the next phase of the MOVE Culver City Program on Washington Blvd and Adams Blvd. The Project will advance decarbonization, community resiliency, and equity and enhance transit service and active mobility to the Westside and broader Los Angeles region by implementing bus and bike lanes improvements on Washington Blvd and Adams Blvd. The Project will expand MOVE Culver City east to Fairfax Ave to support multimodal mobility and decarbonization through improved zero-emission transportation connections within the 37th Congressional District of California. The Project also integrates with existing bike lanes on Adams Blvd in the City of Los Angeles, which, combined with the Project, will create a continuous network of bike infrastructure from Adams Blvd / Crenshaw Blvd in West Adams to Culver Blvd / Duquesne Ave in Downtown Culver City, equitably supporting future growth and reducing greenhouse gas and criteria pollutant emissions in one of the most congested areas in the nation.
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Project Sponsor: The City of Culver City
Project Name: Culver City Hydrogen Bus Project
Project Location: Culver City Bus Service Area
Requested Amount: $4,579,200
Project Description: Culver City’s Hydrogen Bus Project (Project) will operationalize hydrogen fuel cell buses (FCEBs) for further conversion to a zero-emission fleet to serve CA-37, the Culver City Bus service area, and the broader region LA, and to comply with the California Air Resources Board's mandate requiring all transit fleets in California to be zero-emission by 2040. These buses will help to alleviate congestion within the region and will carry multiple passengers to employment, education, healthcare, and recreational locations.
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Project Sponsor: Brothers Against Banging Youth (B.A.B.Y. LA)
Project Name: Taking Back Our Future by Giving Our Youth Theirs.
Project Location: 4112 S. Main St. Los Angeles Ca. 90037
Requested Amount: $3,000,000
Project Description: To reduce community violence, increase employment outcomes and economic independence, opportunities for higher-poverty/high-crime communities throughout District 37 of Los Angeles areas. Education and workforce development along with gang intervention and Life Skills Training. safe passage to increase employability outcomes.
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Project Sponsor: The City of Los Angeles
Project Name: GRYD Ambassador and Summer Night Lights Programs
Project Location: City of Los Angeles 200 N Main Street, Suite 1500 Los Angeles, CA 90012
Requested Amount: $5,000,000
Project Description: The requested amount will support violence intervention workers and programming in communities in Los Angeles with high rates of gun violence, serious crime, and recidivism. Gang Reduction & Youth Development’s (GRYD) Ambassador Program increases the City’s capacity to respond to surges of violence and serious crime in targeted neighborhoods. Ambassadors work under the supervision of certified community intervention workers to provide various intervention services, such as proactive peacekeeping, incident response, and community engagement efforts.
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Project Sponsor: The City of Los Angeles
Project Name: Urban Awnings
Project Location: 5881 Crocker Street, Los Angeles
Requested Amount: $7,300,000
Project Description: This rehabilitation project in South LA on City-owned property would support an 18-unit project, including 17 affordable units intended for low-income families with 60% area median income (AMI). The project is modular construction intended to demonstrate that housing can be built quickly and replicated on public-owned lands to address the dire housing and homelessness crisis facing South Los Angeles.
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Project Sponsor: L.A. Promise Fund
Project Name: Black Student STEM Success Academy
Project Location: 3620 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90089;
Requested Amount: $1,200,000
Project Description: This project will allow for the facilitation of positive post-secondary outcomes and catalyze interest and success in STEM; The Black College Success, Black Student STEM Academy is designed to address gaps in college readiness, persistence and completion among Black students in the 37th District empowering Black and African- American identifying students from South Los Angeles public high schools to attend and graduate from 4-year colleges and universities.
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Project Sponsor: The City of Los Angeles
Project Name: Urban Cooling with Cool Pavement and Shade Structures
Project Location: 200 N Main Street, Suite 1500 Los Angeles, CA 90012
Requested Amount: $2,400,000
Project Description: This project will provide for the implementation of cool pavement on street segments with accompanying street trees for shade within the 37th District. This project will also include the fabrication and installation of shade structures designed to fit over bus benches at bus stop locations within the hottest areas of South LA to help combat the impacts of climate change through city services, including new bus shelters to protect Angelenos from the sweltering heat, planting more trees, and using new techniques like cool pavement to lower the overall street temperature and make Los Angeles cooler.
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