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By Brandon Pho
The U.S. Department of War may close Santa Clara County’s only place for military service members and their families to buy food and household items at reduced prices.
By Holly Rusch
New legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-San Jose, would establish a federally-funded grant program to assist local communities in turning vacant commercial buildings into housing.
The bill — named the Revitalizing Empty Structures Into Desirable Environments, or RESIDE, Act, also introduced by a bipartisan group of Liccardo’s colleagues — would establish a pilot program for repurposing unused, large-scale buildings into affordable housing, serving households making less than the median income.
It’s been a busy nine months for Democratic Congressman Sam Liccardo — Silicon Valley’s newest lawmaker in the House of Representatives.
Potential federal funding cuts being discussed in Washington could result in significant local ramifications on health and social services in Santa Clara County, Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-San Jose, said Monday.
Standing in front of the nonprofit Community Services Agency (CSA) in Mountain View, Liccardo laid out how recent and proposed funding cuts in the most recent continuing resolution that passed in the U.S. House of Representatives but stalled in the Senate last week, will increase health insurance costs and hurt local organizations like CSA.
Rep. Sam Liccardo (CA-16) released the following statement:
It’s not often that Mountain View gets the chance to shape housing legislation that could have an impact far beyond its borders. But the city recently inspired the introduction of a bipartisan bill that could make it easier for municipalities to use federal funds for affordable housing.