(Brawley, CA) – Tomorrow morning, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) and the City of Brawley will be celebrating a $12,779,179 Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program (AHSC) grant. Brawley’s award marks the first ever AHSC grant for the County of Imperial. Their selected Ocotillo Springs project will allow the City to develop net-zero energy affordable housing with sidewalks, bikeways, as well as van pool connectivity in partnership with Calvans.
Funding for the AHSC Program was provided from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), an account established with Cap-and-Trade revenues preserved in Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia’s AB 398 (2017). Garcia has played an integral role in moving policies that would ensure the equitable allocation of these investments by leveling the playing field for historically disadvantaged communities like those in his district.
