San Mateo, CA – Local community projects will receive a boost of federal support as U.S. Rep. Kevin Mullin secured $12,976,031 in Community Project Funding for California’s 15th District as part of the first package of long-awaited, bipartisan 2024 spending bills. This funding responds directly to some of the most pressing needs in the community including transportation improvements, increasing affordable child care spaces, expanding recreational opportunities across the district, and addressing stormwater infrastructure. The House and Senate will consider the bills this week ahead of the March 8 funding deadline before they are sent to the President to be signed into law.
“Delivering for my district is my primary goal as a member of Congress and I am incredibly pleased to announce that this first round of bipartisan government funding bills includes $12,976,031 for 14 community projects across California’s 15th District,” Rep. Mullin said. “These investments will make a real difference in the lives of many residents in our community and will help grow our economy. I am proud to have fought for funding that invests in critical infrastructure, parks, and early childhood learning opportunities that will provide widespread benefits across the entire district.”
Rep. Mullin championed funding for 14 projects that will directly benefit residents in California’s 15th Congressional District. These include:
San Mateo County Transportation Authority: 19th Avenue/Fashion Island Boulevard Complete Streets Bikeway Project – $500,000
This project will increase safety and accessibility by constructing a new 1.3-mile long separated bikeway connecting the Hayward Park Caltrain Station with residences and business centers in eastern San Mateo and Foster City and improve four intersections for pedestrian access along the route.
Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board: Caltrain Grade Crossing Improvements Project – $500,000
This funding will support important safety and accessibility enhancements at Caltrain’s Grade Crossing projects at Main Street and Whipple Avenue in Redwood City.
City of Daly City: Vista Grande Drainage Basin Improvement Project – $959,752
This funding will support a stormwater management project that will manage, treat, and reuse stormwater in the Vista Grande Drainage Basin area, while also providing regional water quality, water supply, and recreational benefits.
San Mateo County: Coyote Point Recreation Area – $1,000,000
This project is to build an all-abilities playground in the Coyote Point Recreation Area that reflects the values and desires of the public, enhances the physical and mental health of all members of the community, and enables the park to serve as a destination and community gathering location.
City of San Mateo: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center Rehabilitation – $850,000
The funding will support the City of San Mateo’s planning and design work for critical renovations to the King Center, which opened in 1969 and serves the critical needs of a particularly underserved neighborhood of North Central San Mateo.
City of East Palo Alto: East Bayshore Road Safety Improvements – $850,000
This funding will provide traffic calming, sidewalks, bike lanes and other essential improvements to ensure that those in our community who are most in need are able to travel safely, efficiently, and sustainably to their schools, jobs, grocery stores, parks, and other places they frequent nearly every day.
City of East Palo Alto: East Palo Alto Athletic Field – $1,600,000
The City of East Palo Alto is partnering with the Ravenswood School District and the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula to construct a new renovated 21st Century state-of-the-art turf field with lights.
Peninsula Family Service: Middlefield Junction Early Learning Center – $1,000,000
Peninsula Family Service will receive funding to construct a brand-new center-based early learning facility in North Fair Oaks, Redwood City that will provide 36 new spaces for infants and toddlers. The Middlefield Junction Early Learning Center (ELC) will be co-located with a new affordable housing development.
City of Burlingame: Old Bayshore Highway Streetscape Project – $500,000
This funding will support streetscape improvements that create safer, more convenient, and more comfortable vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian connections along a major thoroughfare, Old Bayshore Highway, that connects to SFO, the Millbrae intermodal transit station, and the City of Millbrae to the north.
Port of Redwood City: Storm Water and Clean Water Improvement – $700,000
The funding will help the Port overhaul its stormwater infrastructure in order to reduce contaminants from entering the SF Bay; eliminate water inundation during storm events, rising sea levels, and increased king tides; as well as replace concrete systems that have exceeded their respective life expectancy.
YMCA of Silicon Valley: Redwood City YMCA –$1,000,000
This project includes construction of a new 38,000 square foot YMCA facility, situated adjacent and connected by a shared walkway to a new Veterans Memorial Senior Center, and flanked by a fully inclusive Magical Bridge Playground. Once complete, the new Y will impact one in five people in Redwood City and surrounding communities.
City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County: San Mateo County Sustainable Streets Pilot Project – $850,000
Funding will accelerate progress toward regional efforts to enact sustainable streets by helping design five shovel-ready projects across San Mateo County.
City of Daly City: Serramonte Street Resurfacing Project – $1,000,000
This project will resurface streets, install ADA ramps, and implement striping enhancements over a heavily traveled part of Serramonte Boulevard which enables access to Serramonte Mall contains over 1.1 million square feet of retail space, is a major economic driver of the local economy, and attracts customers from all over the city and surrounding area.
City of South San Francisco: Centennial Way Trail Outdoor Learning Center – $1,666,279
This project will improve, enhance, and beautify a portion of the Centennial Way Trail by transforming the underutilized land surrounding it into a community park with recreational features and outdoor educational space.
The federal earmarks represent a bipartisan compromise and Rep. Mullin has continued to advocate for federal funding to be brought home to the district as part of the ongoing budget negotiations. House Democrats were also successful in removing harmful extreme House Republican policies from these bills that attempted to make abortion illegal everywhere, slash efforts to fight climate change, and threaten our national security. Instead, these bipartisan 2024 funding bills will help keep our communities safe, fight inflation, and boost our economy. Taken together, the funding for California’s 15th Congressional District and the funding increases for critical government programs will continue to grow our local economy and support our communities.
Further information about each Congressional District 15 project is available at https://kevinmullin.house.gov/
This legislation is expected to be signed into law by President Biden later this week. A detailed summary of the bill is available here.