Sánchez delivers $850,000 to Wilson High School for Media Center upgrades
WASHINGTON – On Friday, Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA) delivered $850,000 million in federal funding she secured for the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District through the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which was signed by President Biden in March.
The funding will be used to upgrade Glen A. Wilson High School’s Media Center with new flooring, lighting, fixtures, equipment and California doors.
“Investing in our student’s future is one of the best values we get with federal funding,” said Congresswoman Sánchez. “This funding will help upgrade Wilson High School’s Media Center to give them a state-of-the-art facility to help them learn and achieve.”
Congresswoman Sánchez secured over $12.7 million for all 15 community projects she submitted for fiscal year 2024. The projects selected were in response to requests from residents, organizations and local partners throughout California’s 38th Congressional District.
In addition to this project, the congresswoman delivered funding for the following community projects (listed in alphabetical order):
- $1 million for the Cerritos Community College Child Development Center.
- $500,000 for the City of Diamond Bar’s Heritage Park renovation.
- $500,000 for the City of La Habra’s Vista Grande Park.
- $500,000 for the City of La Mirada’s Behringer Park Athletic Facility renovations.
- $600,000 for the County of Los Angeles’ Heights Hopper electric buses and charging infrastructure.
- $300,000 for the City of Montebello’s Police Department’s license plate reader and geographic data mapping project.
- $850,000 for the City of Norwalk’s Transit System’s bus stop equity project.
- $1.26 million for the City of Norwalk’s Water System Improvement Program.
- $850,000 for the City of Pico Rivera’s Historic Whittier Boulevard Neighborhood Paseos project.
- $850,000 for the City of Santa Fe Spring’s Slauson Avenue improvement project.
- $2 million for the City of Walnut for the Walnut Gymnasium and Teen Center renovation.
- $963,000 for Río Hondo College’s Police Academy.
- $1 million for the San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust’s Project Pipeline.
- $1.66 million for the YMCA of Greater Whittier for the Uptown Whittier Family YMCA Center’s renovation and expansion.
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