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La Verne honors Rep. Grace Napolitano; lawmaker outlines recent funding wins for region
Summary
La Verne formally honored Congresswoman Grace Napolitano with a proclamation and certificates for local singers; Napolitano used the visit to summarize funding she said she helped secure for the San Gabriel Valley, including multi‑million-dollar community projects and water‑restoration grants.
La Verne City Council presented a proclamation honoring Congresswoman Grace Napolitano and accepted certificates from her office for the Medina High School Chamber Singers. The proclamation, read aloud by the mayor (speaker 1), credited Napolitano with decades of public service and cited transportation and water‑resources initiatives benefiting the region.
In remarks to the council, Congresswoman Grace Napolitano (speaker 6) thanked staff and family and outlined recent federal funding she said she helped obtain for the San Gabriel Valley. "I was very pleased to help our citizens obtain over 95,000,000 for just 3 years, fiscal year 22 to 24, through the community funding process," she said, adding that $25,500,000 went to the San Gabriel Valley Restoration Fund. She also said an additional $7,000,000 was included in House provisions for fiscal year 2025 and that $22,000,000 of community project funding remained under consideration by appropriators.
The mayor read a formal proclamation that highlighted Napolitano’s work on transportation projects (including highway rail-grade separations and grade crossing improvements) and credited her with securing funds for a pedestrian bridge project and water‑resource restorations. The proclamation noted that restoration work has, in the council’s wording, restored safe drinking water for more than 1,000,000 residents in the region.
Council members and attendees applauded the singers and accepted certificates from Napolitano’s office. The visit was presented as both a ceremonial recognition and an opportunity for Napolitano to provide a year‑end legislative update; she repeatedly cautioned that some funding remained subject to the appropriations process and to final decisions by House and Senate appropriators.
The presentation concluded with the council thanking Napolitano and the chamber singers; the council then continued with its regular agenda.
