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BERKELEY, CA – Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) recently secured $850,000 in Community Project Funding (CPF) for the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). This funding will be used to install LED lighting in nine BART Stations throughout the district including: Coliseum, Downtown Berkeley, Fruitvale, Lake Merritt, MacArthur, Rockridge, San Leandro, North Berkeley and West Oakland.

OAKLAND, CA – Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) recently secured $250,000 in Community Project Funding (CPF) for the Peralta Community College District, specifically the Manufacturing and Fabrication Pathway Lab (FabLab) facilities at Laney College and the College of Alameda. The FabLabs serve as essential experiential learning spaces where students, local entrepreneurs, and makers utilize advanced technologies—such as 3D printers, CNC routers, laser cutters, and robotics tools—to bring their designs to life.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, in a letter to the Department of Labor (DOL) Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) demanded answers regarding the DOL’s continued failure to carry out enforcement responsibilities, including ensuring protections for workers with disabilities. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon’s (D-CA-12) fifth bill, the “Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Evaluation Act,” passed the House of Representatives unanimously. This bipartisan legislation is co-led by Congressman Rob Bresnahan (R-PA-08) and directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to assess the cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities facing small businesses and identify existing federal initiatives and capital resources available to help them prepare for, mitigate, and defend against these risks.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) introduced the Safeguarding American Families and Expanding Social Security (SAFE Social Security) Act, legislation to expand Social Security for seniors and families in California and across the country. 

OAKLAND, CA – Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) has brought over $176 million in federal funding home to the East Bay since the start of 2026. In the month of May alone, she announced over $34 million for organizations and projects across CA-12. The latest round of funding secures by the Congresswoman will go towards biomedical research, healthcare, public safety initiatives, and the arts. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, June 11, 38 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) led by DWC Caregiving Task Force Co-Chairs Lateefah Simon (CA-12), Debbie Dingell (MI-06), and Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), and DWC Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), and DWC member Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08) sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) was recently appointed by House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Robert Garcia (D-CA) as the top Democrat of the newly established so-called “Oversight Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses.”