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Compton officials propose $7.5 million reallocation of prior-year CDBG and HOME funds to parks, restrooms and housing programs
Summary
City staff recommended reallocating roughly $3.66 million in CDBG funds and about $3.7 million in HOME funds dating from 2018–2024 to ready-to-launch park, restroom, housing-rehab and small-business projects; council and residents debated priorities such as cleanup of a longstanding toxic dump and more money for seniors and first-time homebuyers.
City staff on Tuesday asked the Compton City Council to reallocate about $7.5 million in prior-year Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME funds toward projects city officials said are ready to launch.
Tramiel Woods, presenting on behalf of the grants office, said the proposal moves $3,664,647.84 in CDBG funds (2019–2024) and roughly $3,705,159 in HOME dollars (2018–2024) into projects that include upgrades at Greenleaf Parkway (exercise equipment and overhead canopies across six sites), restroom and facility facelifts at city hall and four fire stations, façade work at a city-owned building used by a nonprofit and the VFW building, continued housing rehabilitation (a backlog of about 50 eligible applicants) and small-business…
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