119th Congress
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:
OAKLAND, CA – On January 30, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) announced her new legislation, H.R. 6069, the Rapid Intervention and Deterrence for Enhanced Rider Safety Act, or the RIDER Safety Act. This legislation would support transit ambassador, or transit support specialist, programs at public transit agencies across the country.
OAKLAND, CA – Last week, on January 29, 2026, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) joined Mayor of Oakland Barbara Lee as she signed two Executive Orders directing City departments to protect Oakland residents and resources in response to the Trump administration's threats to deploy National Guard troops and surge immigration enforcement operations in the city.
Washington, D.C. –Following the killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) released the following statement:
"ICE is killing American citizens. Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem have enabled a system of abuse of government power, militarism, and unchecked state violence where communities are treated as disposable.
OAKLAND, CA –Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) is excited to announce that she has successfully secured over $4 million in federal funding for 4 community projects in California’s 12thCongressional District through the Fiscal Year 2026 Community Project Funding Grant process.