119th Congress
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OAKLAND, CA – Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) released the following statement:
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Ahead of a busy travel season and the summer, I wanted to share some important and relevant U.S. passport information and answers to frequently asked questions.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) joined Congressman Greg Casar (D-TX-35) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in introducing the Home Team Act, which would require owners of professional sports teams to give local communities the chance to buy teams before relocating them. In recent years, Oakland has watched its beloved sports teams leave one after another, leaving a gap in the city’s community identity and economy.
Congresswoman Lateefah Simon has submitted funding requests for important community projects in California’s 12th Congressional District to the House Appropriations Committee.
Under guidelines issued by the Committee, each Representative may request funding for projects in their community for fiscal year 2027 – although only a handful may actually be funded. Projects are restricted to a limited number of federal funding streams, and only state and local governments and eligible non-profit entities are permitted to receive funding.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) announced her new legislation, the Same-Day Paratransit Innovation Act. This legislation would incentivize the use of same-day paratransit technology at public transit agencies to allow for more flexible, on-demand paratransit services for individuals with disabilities and other paratransit users who cannot use fixed-route public transit.
OAKLAND, CA – In case you missed it, on March 13, 2026, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) hosted a roundtable with local and national disability policy leaders at the Center for Independent Living in Berkeley, CA.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (CA-12) joined Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-14), as well as Reps. Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Kevin Mullin (CA-15), and Nanette Barragán (CA-44) and Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff to demand urgent answers from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of State following the deportation of a Hayward mother and her two young children, including her deaf, six-year-old son, Joseph, who was removed from the country without his assistive hearing devices.
Members of California’s congressional delegation on Monday called for an investigation into the recent deportation of a Bay Area mother and her two young children, including a 6-year-old boy who is deaf.
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.