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“The care that is present in our prison systems is really focused on men and not women,” said Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., “and the goal is to re-center the kind of care and reforms that we can offer and develop in a way that also recognizes gender plays a role.”

When it comes to finding an affordable apartment, you may have more in common with your local congressional representative than you think.

“The rent really continues to be too damn high,” said Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., a freshman lawmaker who represents Los Angeles. “I'm a renter, and many of the freshman class are renting and we're struggling to find places that we could afford right here in Washington, D.C., so that we have a place to stay and lay our head and then get up and go to work. 

Like Sherman and others, Rep. Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles) appreciated the nudge she got from Bass — whom she replaced in Congress and called after they both took office to talk about earmarks and homelessness.

The mayor asked Kamlager to put in a request for about $1.8 million that would be used on renovations of a building in her district that houses formerly homeless people. She put in another request for $2.6 million to help a synagogue in her district build 55 units of subsidized apartments for seniors.

“She called and said, ‘I need your help,’ ” Kamlager said.