Thursday, January 22, 2026

Pasadena, Altadena Projects Included in $7 Million Secured by Congresswoman Rep. Chu in Federal Spending Bill

A federal spending package passed by the U.S. House of Representatives includes more than $7 million for projects in California’s 28th District, according to a statement from Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28). The funding is part of H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, which the House approved on a 341–88 vote.

In a press release, Chu said the bill “makes important progress toward protecting the programs our communities rely on and rejecting the Trump administration’s plan to cut funding for public services by tens of billions of dollars.” She said she was pleased the legislation “makes progress in relieving cost-of-living pressures for American families by mandating robust funding for affordable child care and housing, public health, transportation infrastructure, and more.” Chu also said she was disappointed that the bill would increase funding for “a Department of Defense budget that is already bloated” and that it “put[s] no meaningful guardrails on the Trump administration’s reckless actions in Venezuela or their threats of use of force against places like Iran and Greenland.” Despite those concerns, she said the legislation “helps restore Congress’s role in deciding how taxpayer dollars get spent.”

Rep. Chu secured more than $7 million in funding for nine projects that will directly benefit residents of California’s 28th District. Those include:

• $2 million for the Arcadia and U.S. Forest Service Joint Fire Training Center, supporting Class?A live fire training, structural firefighting, wildland?urban interface firefighting, Urban Search & Rescue and more.
• $500,000 for the Altadena Community Center Facility Improvements and ADA Upgrades, which will install updated fixtures, lighting, HVAC, and ADA accessibility upgrades in the center, described as the sole remaining community center in the area following the Eaton Fire.
• $1 million for the Pasadena Jackie Robinson Community Center – Facility Improvements and ADA Upgrades, including facility?wide ADA accessibility upgrades, energy?efficient lighting upgrades, HVAC maintenance, and remodeling of community service staff areas.
• $850,000 for the Temple City Lower Azusa Road Resurfacing and ADA Improvements, providing street resurfacing, sidewalk construction and ADA improvements for the major east?west corridor.
• $850,000 for the Foothill Transit Zero?Emissions Bus Program, replacing six retirement?eligible compressed natural gas buses with zero?emissions buses and helping construct fueling stations throughout the service area.
• $850,000 for the Claremont South Village Public Infrastructure Improvements, including streets, medians, traffic signals, sewers, storm drains, utilities and
public open spaces to support development of the South Village.
• $500,000 for the Rosemead Garvey Avenue Community Center Renovation Project, covering repainting, flooring replacement, renovation of six restrooms, replacement of exterior lighting fixtures with brighter and energy?efficient fixtures, and renovation of the kitchen.
• $250,000 for the San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust Project Pipeline, supporting site acquisition, construction and capital improvements for affordable housing developments prioritized by the regional project list.
• $250,000 for the Monterey Park Fire Station 63 Reconstruction Project, funding demolition and reconstruction of the station and attached training tower previously damaged and made unsafe by an earthquake.

“I am proud to have secured $7,050,000 in Community Project Funding in this bill to support projects across my district,” Chu said. “These investments will advance public safety, modernize infrastructure and community services, and improve transportation throughout our region. This funding will be especially critical as we continue to recover and rebuild from the Eaton Fire.”
The bill also:

• Reasserts Congress’s power of the purse through mandatory staffing thresholds, notification requirements and funding tables.
• Increases funding for the National Institutes of Health by $400 million.
Increases funding for Child Care and Head Start by $170 million.
• Provides $66.6 billion for rental assistance programs.
• Provides an increase of $1.6 billion for the Federal Aviation Administration, including funding to expand the air traffic controller workforce by 2,500 personnel, improve facilities and equipment, and modernize air traffic control towers.
• Fully funds the 3.8 percent pay raise for military personnel.