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City of Pleasanton Legislative Framework <br /> OF CALI FORN IA <br /> CITIES <br /> 2018 Federal Priorities <br /> Balanced Approach to Appropriations <br /> The League urges Congress to adopt a bipartisan and balanced approach to appropriations <br /> that also minimizes domestic spending cuts. <br /> Direct Investment in Infrastructure <br /> There is bipartisan consensus that there is significant need for infrastructure investment across <br /> the country. The League urges Congress to support direct investments in local infrastructure <br /> that strengthen, maintain, and preserve our aging roads, transit systems, bridges, freight, <br /> water, and broadband systems. Congress and the Administration should continue to support <br /> programs, including TIFIA, WIFIA, and the Capital Investment Grants program, which have a <br /> proven track record of success delivering critically needed infrastructure projects in cities <br /> throughout California. <br /> Support Affordable Housing, Community and Economic Development <br /> Affordable housing is critical to California cities' community and economic development. The <br /> League asks Congress to support programs like HOME, which provides flexible funding, as <br /> well as grants, loans and loan guarantees to provide and preserve affordable owner-occupied <br /> and rental housing. The League also urges Congress to pass legislation to expand the Low <br /> Income Housing Tax Credit program by 50 percent and to create incentives to target housing <br /> for extremely low-income or homeless families. <br /> Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) provide critical funding for community <br /> development projects in California cities. The League urges Congress to fund the Community <br /> Development Block Grant (CDBG) program at its highest level and to support flexibility in the <br /> CDBG state program to enhance the use of the program by California's 314 non-entitlement <br /> cities (cities under 50,000). <br /> Prevent and Reduce Homelessness <br /> California cities are especially concerned with a growing homeless population of more than <br /> 118,000 men, women and children — some 78,000 of whom were found unsheltered during the <br /> January 2016 point-in-time count. Cities are working hard to confront this complex issue but <br /> often lack the resources to bolster effective programs like coordinated placement, rapid <br /> 10I <br />