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WASHINGTON, D.C. — On June 18, 2026, the Trump Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) issued an opinion memo undermining key protections established by the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Olmstead v. L.C. which prohibits the unnecessary institutionalization of people with disabilities and ensures Americans with disabilities can live full, independent lives.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, Congressmembers Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12), Al Green (D-TX-09), and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-11), sent a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner, raising serious concerns about recent actions that threaten the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) and the local fair housing organizations that serve communities across the nation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the House Oversight Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses held a hearing on “Protecting American Citizenship: Confronting Birth Tourism.” As the top Democrat on the Task Force, Congresswoman Simon highlighted how birth tourism is already illegal and pointed out Republicans’ more sinister goal to conflate visa fraud and birthright citizensh
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) voted against H.R. 6500, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027 and released the following statement:
“Today I voted against H.R. 6500, the continuing resolution which would continue to fund President Trump and Congressional Republicans’ deeply harmful and authoritarian agenda.
BERKELEY, CA – Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) recently secured $850,000 in federal Community Project Funding (CPF) for the City of Berkeley to design new public open spaces along Adeline Street, including a new main plaza adjacent to the future transit-oriented development on the west parking lot of the Ashby Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station.
ALAMEDA, CA – Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) recently secured $850,000 in federal Community Project Funding (CPF) for the Lincoln Avenue / Marshall Way / Pacific Avenue Corridor Improvement Project. This federal funding will support the creation of bike lanes, a roundabout, modernized traffic and pedestrian and bicycle signals, lighting and signage improvements, and more. These updates will improve safety and efficiency, across a major, three-mile stretch between Alameda Point and the East End of Alameda.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), and Reps. John Garamendi (D-CA-08) and Ro Khanna (D-CA-17) to call on the Government Accountability Office to investigate the Trump Administration’s use of emergency national defense authorities and taxpayer funds to subsidize commercial coal infrastructure, including the proposed coal export terminal in West Oakland.
As the first congenitally blind member of Congress and a former president of the Bay area Rapid Transit (BART) Board, I know that the ability to move – to get to work, to school, to the doctor – is a freedom our nation’s civil rights laws have long promised to protect. Last month, the Trump administration derailed that promise.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) voted against H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027, and she released the following statement afterwards:
“I voted HELL NO on the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act. Our national security depends on more than military strength. It depends on whether families can afford housing, access healthcare, send their children to good schools, and live with dignity and opportunity.