Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) is shown with Bell Gardens Mayor Pedro Aceituno, Pamela Yugar, Director of Recreation and Community Services, and Councilman Daniel Crespo as they tour the new Bell Gardens Sports Complex at Ford Park. With the assistance of $400,000 in federal funds that the congresswoman helped to secure last year for a transportation center at the complex, the city constructed the multi-million dollar facility which will be open to the community for soccer, baseball... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) meets with Bell Gardens Police Chief Keith Kilmer shown above prior to a tour of the police department's communication center. During the visit, Police Chief Kilmer thanked the congresswoman for her assistance in securing $600,000 in federal funds in 2000 to replace the police department's dispatch system with a new state-of-the-art Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system and $150,000 last year to upgrade the department's emergency police communication sy... Read more

City of Bell Gardens' Director of Recreation and Community Services Pamela Yugar (shown on right) thanks Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) for her assistance in securing $35,000 in federal funds for the city's new computer lab which opened in March and can be used by the city's residents at no charge. Recreation Leader Eduardo Osuna provides free instruction on the lab's 15 computers ranging in skill level from basic keyboarding to word processing. Each class is limited to one student ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard visits with the patients and staff of the DaVita Downey Dialysis Center to learn more about dialysis and the center's outpatient services. Dialysis is a life-saving procedure performed routinely on individuals who suffer from chronic kidney failure. Dialysis filters substances from the blood that would normally be eliminated by a person's kidneys. The congresswoman is a co-sponsor of the Kidney Care Quality and Improvement Act which would grant full Medicare c... Read more

Salvador Hernandez of South Fresh Fruit, Inc. (pictured left) shows Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) some of the fruits and vegetables he sells at the Alameda Produce Market, which she toured with the property's owner and developer, Richard Meruelo, (pictured right) who is chairman of MerueloMaddux Properties. The congresswoman was also briefed and shown drawings of MerueloMaddux's current and future development plans for the company's downtown headquarters and other local properties.... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard walks with Los Angeles Police Department Officer Mike Fernandez (shown in the photo on the left) on the monthly Skid Row Walk organized by the Central City East Association. During the walk, the congresswoman highlighted the importance of ongoing cooperation among city, county and federal officials in addressing homelessness. The congresswoman also emphasized the need for increased federal funding for housing programs and other supportive services to assist ho... Read more

Students and representatives from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) presented Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) with an art piece prepared by the students in appreciation of her support for CalArts and its programs. During a meeting held at the congresswoman's downtown Los Angeles district office, students and staff thanked the congresswoman for her efforts in securing $200,000 in federal funds for the CalArts' Community Arts Partnership digital arts network, education and... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) speaks to adult students of Bell Gardens Community Adult School in the cafeteria at Bell Gardens High School to discuss a wide-variety of matters pending before Congress, including immigration reform, the war in Iraq, improving the quality of education, the federal minimum wage and global warming. At the conclusion of the presentation, the students presented the congresswoman with flowers and a certificate signed by the students expressing sincere appr... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) joined residents, local law enforcement officials and community leaders for the City of Huntington Park's National Night Out and the Huntington Park Police Department's 9th Annual Open House. This year marks the 23rd Annual National Night Out, an event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch, to strengthen neighborhood spirit, improve relations between the community and local law enforcement and to raise awareness about crime prevention. --... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) hands out her constituent service brochures to seniors at the Barbara J. Riley Community Senior Center on Quill Drive in Downey. The congresswoman urged the seniors to contact her district office at (213) 628-9230 should they need assistance resolving problems with federal agencies such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Social Security Administration and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The congresswoman also reminded the s... Read more