Washington, Feb. 17 -- Congresswoman Lateefah Simon issued the following press release:
Today, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (CA-12) and Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (CA-51) introduced the Connecting Communities Through Transit Planning Act. This bill would make permanent and expand the Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Planning to support housing projects near new or existing transit corridors. It would also strengthen the TOD planning program by ensuring critical predevelopment work and meaningful community input are incorporated into grant eligibility and planning decisions.
These TOD planning grants have already turned vision into action in the East Bay. California transit agencies and metropolitan planning organization...