Rep. Sara Jacobs Celebrates 2024 Accomplishments
This year, Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51) delivered for San Diego by bringing home millions of taxpayer dollars and expanding access to child care and housing for military families.
Rep. Sara Jacobs said: “This has been a tough year for our community and our country. Our politics feel more divided than ever, but despite all of the chaos in Washington, I’ve shown that we can still get things done. My team assisted over 1,400 San Diegans who needed help getting answers from federal agencies and returned over $23 million to my constituents. I brought home millions of federal dollars to address the most pressing issues facing San Diego from the Tijuana River Valley crisis to our immigration challenges. And I’m so proud of my work to help live up to the promises that we’ve made to our service members and military families by raising their pay, expanding access to child care and housing, and empowering them to decide for themselves if, when, and how to build their families. Heading into 2025, I will continue working with anyone to deliver for our community and challenging our traditional thinking about how things have always been done because the status quo isn’t working for so many people.”
Rep. Sara Jacobs’ Accomplishments in 2024 Include:
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Her office helped 1,439 San Diegans who needed assistance with federal agencies
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Her office returned over $23 million to San Diegans who were entitled to backpay from the VA, tax refunds, Social Security reimbursements, and more
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She brought home $406 million in federal funds to upgrade and repair the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant to address the Tijuana River Valley crisis – one of the community’s most urgent public health and safety issues
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She secured $82 million in federal funds for San Diego non-profits to prevent street releases and treat migrants and asylum seekers with dignity and respect
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She secured a 14.5% pay raise for junior enlisted service members and a 4.5% pay raise for all other service members
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She eliminated co-pays for birth control for service members and their dependents
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She championed the effort to reimburse active duty service members for the cost of freezing their eggs and sperm
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She helped expand military access to child care and reduce the military child care waitlist in San Diego that’s recently been up to 4,000 spots long by redesigning and modernizing how the Department of Defense staffs and pays their child care workers, eliminating child care fee assistance wait lists by fully funding child care fee assistance programs, and covering 100% of the child care fees for the first child of a child care provider
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She helped expand access to and improve the quality of military housing – especially for junior enlisted service members – by expanding Commanding Officers’ authorization of the Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH)
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She passed the bipartisan Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act – legislation that she co-leads to prevent law enforcement and intelligence agencies from buying American’s personal information without a warrant – through the House
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She passed the bipartisan Return Home to Housing Act – legislation that she co-leads to provide more veterans with safe, transitional housing – through the House
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She secured a direct flight to and from Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) and San Diego, helping San Diego’s military community travel efficiently to the Pentagon and strengthening San Diego’s status as a binational tourist destination. Prior to this change, San Diego was the largest passenger market located outside the perimeter without non-stop service to DCA.
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