Press Release

State Senator Josh Newman Secures $30M in State Funding for Community Investments

Sacramento, Calif. — State Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton) announced today that his district budget priorities were included and fully funded in the 2022-23 California State Budget. As a result of Senator Newman’s advocacy, the Budget Act of 2022 includes funding to bolster regional solutions to public safety issues and homelessness, support local entrepreneurs, expand wraparound health and human services, and address local infrastructure needs.

Funding details:

  • $8 million for long-term stability and development of the North Orange County Public Safety Collaborative
  • $8.5 million to support the work of the RevHub Social Entrepreneurship Collaborative
  • $5 million to expand the reach of Access California Services
  • $8.5 million for the Coyote Creek Imperial Channel Improvement Project in the City of La Habra

Program details:

Created in 2017, the North Orange County Public Safety Collaborative has proven highly effective in devising regional solutions to homelessness, youth violence, and the challenges associated with post-incarceration re-entry across 11 cities in Orange County. This additional $8 million allocation will allow for the continuation and optimization of this groundbreaking regional and collaborative model which represents a clear improvement on the historically siloed approaches and programs for reaching high-risk populations while continuing to keep our communities safe.

The RevHub Social Entrepreneurship Collaborative seeks to ensure that the hardest-to-reach populations and communities in North Orange County have access to entrepreneurial training, mentorship, micro-grants, and investment capital. This $8.5 million investment will bolster programmatic efforts to create jobs, boost economic development and create new pathways to entrepreneurship across Orange County.

Access California Services (AccessCal) is an established and successful non-profit community-based organization in Anaheim delivering wraparound culturally and linguistically sensitive health and human services to underserved, vulnerable, and low-income communities in the North Orange County area, with an emphasis on immigrants and refugees. This $5 million allocation will support the construction of a new site, which will replace their current, much smaller facility in West Anaheim, and expand AccessCal’s reach across the region.

State funding for the Coyote Creek-Imperial Channel Improvement Project will repair damage to an underground culvert in La Habra that collapsed during a period of heavy rainfall in 2019. The collapsed culvert has created a large sinkhole, approximately 120 feet long and 40 feet wide between sections of condominiums in an urbanized area. Without repair, the existing sinkhole is likely to grow, potentially affecting hundreds of nearby residential and commercial properties, threatening local flooding, and blocking traffic alongside Imperial Highway, which has an average daily traffic count of 52,000 vehicles, and is one of North Orange County’s busiest traffic corridors. This $8.5 million investment will fully repair the damage and reinforce the culvert.

To schedule an interview with Senator Newman, contact Lizzie Cootsona at 916.651.4029.

 

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State Senator Josh Newman represents the 29th Senate District, which is comprised of portions of Los Angeles County, Orange County, and San Bernardino County. The 29th District includes all or parts of the cities of Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, Chino Hills, City of Industry, Cypress, Diamond Bar, Fullerton, La Habra, La Palma, Placentia, Rowland Heights, Stanton, Walnut, West Covina and Yorba Linda. Senator Newman is a former United States Army officer, businessperson, and veterans’ advocate, and lives in Fullerton with his wife and daughter.