May 21, 2024

Rep. Sara Jacobs Selects 15 San Diego Projects Totaling $27.5 Million For FY25 Community Project Funding Submissions

Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51) announced the selection of 15 local San Diego projects requesting a total of $27.5 million in federal funds for her office’s FY 2025 Community Project Funding submissions. The Congresswoman’s office prioritized projects that would improve local infrastructure following January’s severe storms and flooding, benefit children and families, expand access to housing, and promote equity. These projects were initially submitted for consideration by local governments and non-profits across California’s 51st district, from Lemon Grove to Rolando Park to La Mesa to El Cajon. 

These projects are now subject to the lengthy appropriations process and are not guaranteed to be funded.

Rep. Sara Jacobs said: “This year, I’m fighting for $27.5 million in federal funding for San Diego to address some of our community’s most pressing concerns like improving infrastructure following January’s severe storms and flooding, expanding access to child care, and addressing our housing and homelessness crisis. These projects are already doing so much good in San Diego and I’m so proud to help them expand their reach to improve even more lives. Securing this funding won’t be easy in the current political climate, but I will keep pushing to bring home this much-needed support for these worthy local projects.”

Rep. Sara Jacobs’ FY25 Community Project Funding Submissions:

  • $1,000,000 for San Diego State University’s AI-Enabled Robotics for Social Good to create an inclusive artificial intelligence (AI) programming training center to democratize the use of AI models for social good. 
  • $2,000,000 for Youth Empowerment’s Finest’s I.M.A.G.I.N.E. Afterschool Program to serve at-risk and justice-impacted youth in grades 6-12 through daily group mentoring and weekly individual sessions, using evidence-based curricula focused on social-emotional health. 
  • $927,490 for the University of San Diego’s JusticeForward: Empowering Justice-Impacted Students to Drive Change Initiative to prepare justice-impacted students to move on to careers within the justice system, and to increase the willingness of key stakeholders within the justice system to fully integrate justice-impacted individuals into their organizations and agencies.  
  • $5,500,000 for El Cerrito & Rolando Park Storm Drain and Green Infrastructure Project to create more storm-resistant infrastructure by replacing deteriorating Corrugated Metal Pipe (CMP) storm drains at the College Avenue and University Avenue intersection and an adjacent residential area with Reinforced Concrete Pipe (RCP), following January’s severe storms and flooding.
  • $1,500,000 for the City of La Mesa’s Boulevard Drive Storm Drain Improvement Project to build a 200-foot-long storm drain box culvert and include community enhancements by constructing a parklet, following January’s severe storms and flooding.
  • $885,993 for the Cajon Valley Union School District’s Cajon Valley Community Medical Assistant Program to remodel existing school facilities, creating a specialized training center for the health care sector for students within East County San Diego, addressing disparities in health care career access. 
  • $5,000,000 for East County Bus Charging Infrastructure to redevelop MTS’ East County bus division to accommodate and maintain a fully zero-emission bus (ZEB) fleet.
  • $2,000,000 for expanding the City of San Diego’s affordable child care facilities at up to three locations for up to 150 child care spots.
  • $1,000,000 for flood mitigation and repair work in the City of Lemon Grove, including storm drain infrastructure due to severe sinkholes, following January’s severe storms and flooding.
  • $1,500,000 for the Linda Vista Innovation Center Support to replace windows on the building and redesign classrooms to include interactive components highlighting San Diego priority sector jobs. 
  • $215,000 for the San Diego Unified School District to transform decommissioned school buses into mobile washer and dryer units to address the hygiene needs of San Diego’s unhoused population. 
  • $1,500,000 to expand Safe Sleeping Pilot Program Sites throughout the City of San Diego. 
  • $1,500,000 for the City of Lemon Grove to improve infrastructure and support the safety and convenience of students walking and biking to the San Miguel Elementary and to local institutions in the area.
  • $1,075,000 for the San Miguel Consolidated Fire Protection District to buy one type 1 fire engine that will replace an outdated fire apparatus.
  • $1,860,577 for the University of California, San Diego to fortify and expand the UC Health Milk Bank to improve the collection, storage, and distribution of donor milk. Additionally, funding will be used to acquire additional space and renovate it to accommodate Milk Bank operations.

For more information on these 15 projects and the Community Project Funding submissions process, click here.

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