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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.
A bill that would require the Trump administration to detail the cost and reasoning for National Guard deployments in U.S. cities, authored by Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-San Jose, has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Responding to recent moves by the White House to deploy National Guard troops in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., U.S. Rep. Sam Liccardo is leading an effort in Congress to require the president to submit a detailed report whenever such deployments occur.
Following the first meeting of Congressman Sam Liccardo’s regional Wildfire Resilience Partnership, leaders from Los Gatos and Saratoga who were in attendance Aug. 29 at the Los Altos Community Center said that although there wasn’t much consensus, the stakeholders discussed their priorities to start narrowing down how the federal government can help.
“The purpose was to look for ways to work together with federal engagement to have a more coordinated approach to wildfire preparation, risk, mitigation and resiliency,” said Los Gatos Mayor Matthew Hudes in an interview.
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.