The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors today will consider a list of proposals from county departments regarding their needs and wants, then decide what to request from the local congressional delegation for the next fiscal year.
New appropriations rules limit members of Congress to submit up to 10 community project proposals for their district, with no guarantees of success and no funding beyond the initial year.
The House Committee on Appropriations released guidelines for community project funding earlier this month. Members must submit requests by mid-April, depending on which bill requests would be attached, meaning the county had to submit its wish list as early as this Friday.
After soliciting input from department heads, county staff is asking the board to consider a mix of possibilities, from helping fund the Contra Costa Crisis Services Hub to a new control tower at Concord’s Buchanan Field Airport.
The final list goes to Reps. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Walnut Creek, Mike Thompson, D-Napa, Jerry McNerney, D-Stockton, and Eric Swalwell, D-Dublin.
The county hasn’t officially received solicitation documents from California’s two senators, Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla.
Contra Costa County will likely send three requests to all four members of its House delegation: $2.81 million for Contra Costa Services Hub, $1.06 million for expansion of the county’s mobile crisis response team, $900,000 for collaborative care implementation, and $600,000 for improvements for veterans memorial buildings.
The longest wish list will go to DeSaulnier, including $1 million for Bay Point library improvements, $4 million in bridge replacement funds for Morgan Territory and Marsh Creek roads; $19 million for Buchanan Field’s control tower, terminal and administration buildings, and $5.8 million for Byron Airport’s utility program.
The county will also ask Thompson for $2.5 million for a trail at Carquinez Middle School.
The report says priority will be given to projects that already have funding from other sources and those that can be completed with the requested amount. Thompson also told the county several programs going before the appropriations committee will require matching funds from state and local sources. Matching money doesn’t have to be in-hand at the time of the request — local officials just have to have a plan to get those funds.
“Community engagement and support for those projects is crucial in determining which projects will ultimately be selected for Federal funding,” the report says.
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors meets virtually at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Meetings can be accessed at https://www.contracosta.ca.gov.
wow i thought those tools were bungling idiots out of touch with the communities and focused on their own bank accounts while they collect payment from us
….while spiraling our economy and outlook for a better and growing city with a building and thriving economy
it is apparent they are losers
and stealing from us the people
we have been locked down with hypocrisy by the ruling regime
as they told us what to do while they did what ever they wanted
taking loans for their businesses while we fought to keep ours afloat
living their lives normally with pay and no grim reality of despair
now they have a chance to help and secure our futures
and yet throw out lame dem projects that help nothing
where are the great moves to get us back up to speed
$2.81 million for Contra Costa Services Hub, $1.06 million for expansion of the county’s mobile crisis response team, $900,000 for collaborative care implementation, and $600,000 for improvements for veterans memorial buildings.
collaborative care and more money for crisis response
this helps families and businesses and the economy how ???
seems the lame dictators are back to normal ..pushing more money to their social systems voting propaganda services
as we suffer still and for the long haul since their outlook for us is back to sucking our money and leaving us to fend for ourselves
at least we got to support newscums businesses with millions of dollars that we ( well your children )will have to pay for
as we lost jobs and businesses and our families went without basics or a future
this is what you voted for a dem system that takes and gives nothing in return
your children and the future families at least will know who to blame
Here is my wish list.
Stop overtaxing the legal citizens who work hard for a living and follow all the laws especially in California.
Allow free speech both ways-not just what ‘Hey, man” Biden and his leftists, socialist, entitlement crowd and leftist media puts out there and suppresses
any that is a little conservative in thinking.
Stop allowing everyone into the country. We cannot continue to support everyone on earth.
Allow 65 and older individuals to get the same type of concern and privileges for vaccine that are allowed to every whining group that gets the media’s ear.
Stop overtaxing Californian’s with un-trackable additional gas taxes that no one in the legislature is willing to look into but still collects while laughing as they continue to overspend.
Stop voting in people who lie through their teeth to get elected than do a complete360. Newsom +++++++
This is just to name a few.
Thank you for the list that really makes sense for our citizens. Time to get back to basics, fix what’s essential to the everyday citizen’s everyday life. Once that’s accomplished, then move onto the “fluff”.
Sam, Thank you for setting thing straight.
We can’t support the whole world.
And yes, what happened to the 15 cent per gallon gas tax. The roads in Contra Costa County is worse than ever. WE NEEDS TO VOTE THESE JOKERS OF OF OFFICE OR JUST START A GROUP RECALL.
THESE PEOPLE DON’T CARE ABOUT US
I think the supervisors should consider not sending this to Eric Swalwell, considering he is a compromised Chinese asset.
It’s like going to Marine World and watching the seals do tricks for some chum. Except embarrassing; way more embarrassing. These seals don’t care who they’ll hurt with their belly flops.
I’m surprised the House of Reps didn’t put this into their “Covid Relief” Bill. Maybe it’s already there but I (and pretty much everybody else) have not read it.
Perhaps Natalie can clarify with her talking points.
There is so much more that could be done for the good of the people who support the county.
Taxpayers.
When do taxpayers get something in return for their hard-earned dollars?
All we seem to get are lousy roads and lousy service.
Then get yelled at by the representative who sits on a self-adorned pedestal screaming to her riff-raff who have opposing views.
I hear very long walks on very short piers are back in style.
Ah yes, definitely need more money to deal with the Equity Metric & The Health Crisis of ‘racism’.
America is the least racist country in the world! I have traveled broadly throughout the globe and Americans are kind, generous, and accepting of all to be able to get ahead. (Don’t believe vice President Kamala Harris or the Democrat party talking points that say how bad we are) Why do you think millions from around the globe want to immigrate here? Yes even illegally…… Because they know how good America is!
Want in one hand and sh** in the other.
See what one fills up first.
… will they ask the residents what the priorities are? I bet not…
ending the public health crisis of racism will at the top of list. i wonder how much “federal money” it will cost to fix it?
p.s. “federal money” is code for lefties, it is really taxes paid by those of us who pay taxes