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Celebrating Essential Workers Labor day is a day to celebrate the achievements of our work force. Your efforts as essential workers in healthcare, emergency services, government, transportation, energy, waste and water management, and food and agriculture workers are what continue to keep LA County running [...]

We have a little over a month left until September 30, 2021—when the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act expires. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Yesterday, the House voted 220-212 to begin the process of drafting the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill with the goal [...]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House will come back August 23 in order to pass the $3.5 trillion budget resolution, which will include human infrastructure and address climate change. She also requested that the Rules Committee determine how to advance both the budget resolution and the bipartisan [...]

Today the Senate passed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act by a vote of 69 to 30. While this bill is smaller in scope than the original $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan, it includes $550 billion in new funding for our nations roads, bridges, ports, and other [...]

Lawmakers have reached a tentative agreement on the type of infrastructure to fund through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework. However, one enormous question still remains—how are we going to pay for all of this? We Can't Depend on the Highway Trust [...]

THE COUNTDOWN There are less than 100 days left until September 30, 2021---when the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act expires. Congress must act soon to continue funding federal highway and public transportation programs, transportation research, intercity passenger rail, and other programs. LATEST DEVELOPMENTS [...]

Survey Results Thank you for taking the time to let us know your thoughts about infrastructure last week. Of the 15 infrastructure options provided, roads and bridges, drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, and transit were the top 3 selections. Additionally, corporate taxes were selected as the top option to [...]

Over the last two months, thousands of people have taken the time to learn how the American Jobs Plan provides LA County with the best resources to upgrade our infrastructure into the 21st century through our educational campaign #InfrastructureMatters. Thank you for helping spread awareness. This week we will [...]

Good Connections Are Essential Whether you’re a business, a family with school-aged children, a physician and patient discussing a health report, an academician conducting research, or simply staying in touch with friends and loved ones, access to broadband directly impacts your quality of life. The pandemic [...]

We Need Climate Resilient Infrastructure Remember those hot days last Labor Day weekend? Who could forget! Those hot, hot days led to electricity service disruptions across the state right when we were relying on electricity to keep us cool. That meant inconvenience for some people and [...]