Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard passed out calendars to seniors at the Angelus Plaza senior housing complex and invited them to take advantage of her constituent casework services available for assistance with federal agencies. With approximately 1,300 residents, Angelus Plaza in Downtown is the largest senior activity and housing center in the congresswoman's district. Angelus Plaza offers a wide range of activities for seniors, including language, dancing, computer and exercise classes, sh... Read more

Fashion Business Inc.'s Founder, Frances Harder, met with Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) to show her the classrooms in which the organization conducts industry-related training sessions for its members who are apparel workers and entrepreneurs. Located in the heart of the Fashion District in The New Mart in downtown Los Angeles, Fashion Business Inc. provides industry-specific business compliance education and marketing consulting services to help ensure the future vibrancy of Calif... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) updated members of the Boyle Heights Chamber of Commerce about her federal efforts in Congress to reduce crime, revitalize neighborhoods and support local youth at its annual holiday breakfast. More than 60 chamber members, local officials and community residents attended the event held at the Mexican restaurant El Rinconcito in Boyle Heights. Last year, in recognition of the congresswoman's overall efforts to secure funding for community initiatives i... Read more

Irene Hirano, President and CEO of the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, led Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) on a tour of the National Center, which opened in October 2005. Located at 111 N. Central Avenue in Little Tokyo in Downtown Los Angeles, the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy is a non-profit, non-partisan educational institution that aims to provide tools for living democratically in a diverse American society. The purpose of the National Cent... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard congratulates the outgoing board members of the East Los Angeles Community Corporation (ELACC) at its open house called a "Tamales & Centennial Celebration." The East LA Community Corporation is a community-based non-profit organization that builds housing and provides educational programs that enable working families to improve their socioeconomic status. A longtime supporter of the organization, the congresswoman secured $124,000 in federal funds for Fiscal ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard discussed with members of the Vernon Chamber of Commerce the importance of working in partnership with other area chambers to help small business owners access useful resources at its annual Holiday Open House. The congresswoman also discussed with chamber members their shared concerns about the need to strengthen and support the growth of Vernon's industrial base. -- ### -- Read more

Nearly three months following its opening, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard congratulated the staff and students of the Boyle Heights Youth Technology Center for their success in getting the facility off to a running start. During her visit, the congresswoman – who sits in the Appropriations Committee and secured $100,000 in federal funds for the facility – praised the center’s emphasis on education and computer skills in preparing students for employment in today’s competitive global job mar... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard visited the University of Southern California's Health Sciences Campus in Boyle Heights where she met with Dr. Brian Richardson, Dean of the USC Keck School of Medicine, and children from Murchison Street Elementary School. The campus is a major center for basic and clinical biomedical research, especially in the fields of cancer, gene therapy, the neurosciences, and transplantation biology. The campus' "Partner Schools Task Force" helps thousands of neighborh... Read more

SRO Housing Corporation's Executive Director/CEO Anita Nelson and its Director of Housing Management, Steven Van Zyle, led Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) on a guided tour of one of the hotels owned by the organization and operated to house individuals who were formerly homeless. The tour took place at the Yankee Hotel located at 501 E. 7th St. in the Central City East neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles. Approximately 1,700 formerly homeless and very low-income men and women can be... Read more

Representatives from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) pulled up to the Salazar Park Senior Center on East Whittier Boulevard in a special Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage outreach bus to help seniors enroll in Medicare's new prescription drug benefit that started earlier this year. They also set up a tent with tables and laptops to assist seniors in the enrollment process. Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard urged the seniors to weigh their choices carefully before m... Read more