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A new park aimed at residents of East Oakland situated just past the industrial warehouses that abut the tidal canal toward San Leandro Bay will become a reality thanks to millions in federal funding.
Oakland Rep. Lateefah Simon, who helped secure $11.2 million in federal funding that will partially pay for the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline park project, toured the location Friday for what proponents hope will be a new green space for the community.
OAKLAND, CA – Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) recently secured a $1,092,000 Community Project Funding (CPF) Grant for the East Bay Regional Park District to improve the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline. This federal funding will help enhance water quality in the San Leandro and San Francisco Bays and improve community access to the shoreline. Last Friday, she toured the project site and discussed the planned improvements.
OAKLAND, CA – Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) is excited to announce that she has successfully secured $11.2 million for 15 different community projects in California’s 12th Congressional District through the Fiscal Year 2026 Community Project Funding (CPF) Grant process.
OAKLAND, CA. – Since being sworn-in in January 2025, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) has secured over $344 million in federal funding for California’s 12th Congressional District. These federal grants have supported scientific research, arts, education, community health care programs, housing programs, infrastructure modernization, small businesses, and more across the East Bay.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12), Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA-02), and Congressman Jim Costa (D-CA-21), led 182 Democratic members in sending a letter to House Agriculture Committee Chairman Thompson and Ranking Member Craig opposing H.R. 4673, a bill that would undermine California’s Prop 12, in the next Farm Bill or any other legislation.
OAKLAND, CA – Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) joined Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, Chair of the California Democratic Delegation, Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18), and 26 other Democratic California lawmakers in