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District Budget Wins

California Center for Climate Change Education - $5 Million
Established the California Center for Climate Change Education at West Los Angeles College to provide students with career pathways to the clean energy and climate technology industries.

Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy - $5 Million
Established the Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy at UCLA to bring academics, community members, practitioners, and policy-makers together to support the reproductive health and rights of Californians.

Higher UP! Program - $30 Million
Created the Hire UP! pilot program to provide a stipend equivalent to the minimum wage for students that are formerly incarcerated, CalWORKs recipients, or former foster youth while they are attending California community colleges.

2024 Climate Bond - $10 Billion
To finance projects for safe drinking water, drought preparedness, extreme heat mitigation, wildfire prevention, clean air programs, and other efforts to protect communities from the effects of climate change.

Culver City Bus Electrification - $5 Million
Funded the transition of all Culver CityBus vehicles to an all-electric, 100% zero-emission fleet.

Project Homekey - $1.35 Billion
Provides grants to entities across the state to develop a variety of affordable housing options including transforming unused office spaces, hotels, and other buildings into housing for people experiencing homelessness.

Homeless Hiring Tax Credit (HHTC) - $30 Million Annually
Provides tax credits to California business that employ individuals experiencing homelessness through 2026.