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Citizen advisory committee recommends FY2025–26 CDBG grants, cuts graffiti abatement request and funds women’s business center
Summary
The South Gate Citizen Advisory Committee heard five CDBG applicants, recommended funding public‑service requests within an estimated $165,000 cap by reducing the graffiti abatement allocation to $100,000, and approved a separate $12,000 nonpublic grant for a women’s business center in a unanimous roll‑call vote among members present.
The South Gate Citizen Advisory Committee on March 18 reviewed fiscal‑year 2025–26 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) applications and voted to recommend funding most applicants as requested while trimming the Graffiti Abatement Program’s ask to fit an estimated $165,000 public‑service cap.
Committee members heard presentations from five applicants: the Family Violence Prevention Program (South Gate Police Department), the Graffiti Abatement Program (Public Works), the South Gate Police Explorers, Southern California Rehabilitation Services’ home modification program, and a women’s entrepreneur program from the South Gate Chamber of Commerce. Staff also announced that the California Latino Leadership Institute withdrew a $33,000 application for a chamber internship program.
The Family Violence Prevention Program’s coordinator, Laura Maldonado, told the committee the locally run domestic violence program has operated for more than 25 years and serves roughly 250–300 unique clients annually. Maldonado said the program uses CDBG funding to contract a part‑time master’s‑level therapist and provides case management, support groups, emergency motel placements and court accompaniment. "We make contact with every…
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