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When the Trump administration announced $1.9 billion in mental health and social service cuts on late Tuesday night — sending out termination notices to some 2,000 organizations — more than 100 Congressional Democrats demanded answers.
Last week, Rep. Lateefah Simon called a conference inside Oakland’s 19th Street BART station to introduce a federal bill that could have big implications for transit safety.
There, Simon, who represents Berkeley and other East Bay cities in Congress, announced that she had introduced the Rapid Intervention and Deterrence for Enhanced Rider Safety Act, or the RIDER Safety Act, which would allow transit agencies across the country to tap federal crime prevention funds to pay for “transit support specialists” rather than exclusively law enforcement officers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon’s (D-CA-12) fourth bill, the “Information Quality Assurance Act” (IQAA), passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 362 to 1. Congresswoman Simon and Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain’s (R-MI-09) bipartisan bill would require that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) update guidance to improve the quality of information and evidence that federal agencies use to promulgate federal regulations.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) released the following statement after the President’s State of the Union. She did not attend, and instead, highlighted the work of her guest, Nola Brantley, co-founder of MISSSEY (Motivating, Inspiring, Supporting, and Serving Sexually Exploited Youth) in Oakland. MISSSEY is a survivor-led organization that is confronting human trafficking in Oakland, in Alameda County, and throughout California.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Recently, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (CA-12) co-led 77 of her colleagues, including every Democratic Representative of the California, Colorado, Illinois, and Minnesota delegations in demanding the Trump Administration to immediately restore public health grant funding to those states. This comes after the Administration terminated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grants that support core public health infrastructure and disease prevention.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Caregiving Task Force Co-Chair Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (CA-12) joined fellow Caregiving Task Force Co-Chairs Debbie Dingell (MI-06), and Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), alongside DWC member Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), to lead 23 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus in demanding Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reverse a proposed rule that would make child care less affordable and accessible.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Last week, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Caregiving Task Force Co-Chair Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (CA-12) joined fellow Caregiving Task Force Co-Chairs Debbie Dingell (MI-06), and Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), alongside DWC member Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), to lead 23 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus in demanding Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reverse a proposed rule that would make child care less affordable and accessible.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (CA-12) and Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (CA-51) introduced the Connecting Communities Through Transit Planning Act. This bill would make permanent and expand the Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Planning to support housing projects near new or existing transit corridors. It would also strengthen the TOD planning program by ensuring critical predevelopment work and meaningful community input are incorporated into grant eligibility and planning decisions
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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) released the following statement after voting against legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security Funding: