Families, athletes and officials of the Special Olympics and Best Buddies California programs traveled to our nation’s capital to garner federal support for both organizations. Special Olympics International is dedicated to growing quality sports training and competition programs, thereby enabling more children, young adults and adults with intellectual disabilities to train and compete in their choice of 26 sports programs offered by the Special Olympics. Best Buddies International is dedicated... Read more

StoryCorps, a national initiative to document the unique stories of Americans, will arrive February 11 in East Los Angeles to collect the stories of Southern California’s Latino residents as part of its Historias Initiative. Historias, which means ‘story’ in Spanish, is an ongoing initiative to capture and celebrate the diversity of Latinos culture. The StoryCorps MobileBooth – an Airstream trailer outfitted with a recording studio – will be parked at East Los Angeles Library for 6 weeks. Reserv... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) and her husband, Edward Allard, are pictured congratulating LA Laker Kobe Bryant following a ceremony at the White House honoring the team for winning the NBA Title last year. The full transcript of the President's remarks are as follows: " THE PRESIDENT: Hello, hello! How are you? Thank you, everybody. Thank you very much. (Applause.) Thank you so much, everybody. Please have a seat. Welcome to the White House. And congratulations, a little belatedly,... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) supported efforts today to help earthquake victims in Haiti by offering an immediate benefit to Americans who make charitable contributions to aid the region. Passed in the U.S. House of Representatives by a voice vote, this bipartisan legislation (H.R. 4462) would allow individuals making a charitable contribution after January 11th and before March 1st to victims of the earthquake in Haiti to claim these charitable contributions on their 2009 tax ret... Read more

The City of Downey received an application from Tesla Motors today, which allows staff to begin the review process necessary to bring the electric car manufacturer to Downey. The planning application, submitted jointly by the property owner and Tesla, requests the city approve a subdivision of the property and determines if the proposed assembly plant is in compliance with the Downey Landing Specific Plan. Staff is confident that the proposed use is expressly allowed under the current specific p... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) meets with Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to discuss the agency’s public health priorities, including initiatives to combat underage drinking and teen pregnancy prevention. The congresswoman is the author of the Support 21 Act of 2009 (HR 1028), which authorizes a new highly visible media campaign to educate the public about underage drinking laws and build support for their enforcement. It ... Read more

Alejandro Bunag, a 17-year-old junior at the Civitas School of Leadership on the Edward R. Roybal Learning Center campus in Downtown Los Angeles, spent the Fall 2009 semester in Washington, D.C., as one of 62 high school students from throughout the country and one of 10 students from California taking part in the House Page Program, sponsored by the U.S. House of Representatives. “By providing a unique opportunity for young people to experience first-hand how Congress operates, the House Page P... Read more

Recognizing that Asian American, Pacific Islander, and African American communities are disproportionally affected by hepatitis B& C infection, the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and Congressional Hispanic Caucuses (CHC) are seeking to establish a federal strategy to educate minority communities to prevent, treat, and manage viral hepatitis. Legislation called the Viral Hepatitis and Liver Cancer Control and Prevention Act of 2009, H.R. 3974... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) is pleased to join Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis in announcing the Pathways Out of Poverty grant awards authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The Pathways Out of Poverty grants total $147 million of the $500 million in Green Jobs training grant funding made available by the Recovery Act. “I am pleased to join U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis in announcing the award of Pathways Out of Poverty green jobs training grants,” Co... Read more

As plans to build the Go For Broke National Education Center in the Little Tokyo area of Downtown Los Angeles at Temple and Alameda Streets move forward, the United States Congress has approved an additional $1.5 million toward construction, following $4 million awarded to the nonprofit organization for 2009. The new headquarters for Go For Broke National Education Center is being located beside the Go For Broke Monument that the organization completed in 1999. "On behalf of Go For Broke Nationa... Read more