Past Community Projects
Community Project Funding Secured by Rep. Khanna (2022-2024): $51,027,279 Total
City of Cupertino:
2024: McClellan Road Bridge Reconstruction Project ($850,000)
The funding will be used for reconstruction of the McClellan Road Bridge, which is over 100 years old and has been poorly rated by Caltrans. McClellan Road is a major east-west connector road for the city, and the bridge is vital infrastructure for emergency response
2023: De Anza College - California Youth Leadership Corps at De Anza College ($351,000)
This funding was secured for a project that offers a learn-and-earn community change career pathway for marginalized youth, including youth living in poverty, Opportunity Youth, youth of color, immigrant youth, and youth impacted by the criminal legal system, to receive training and a community college certificate in Leadership and Social Change, while being paid to do important community work.
2022: Cupertino Library ($1,000,000)
The funding was secured to expand the Cupertino Library, which serves everyone in the community regardless of economic, social, or political affiliation. This expansion will provide a multi-purpose room for library programs for all ages, spill-over study spaces, and other community uses such as meetings, presentations, a venue for public speaking, and the creative arts.
City of Fremont:
2024: Automall Parkway Median Project ($850,000)
The funding will be used for a median gateway project along Automall Pkwy between I680-I880 that will address blight in the area
2023: Commercial District Wi-Fi Access Expansion ($1,500,000)
This funding was secured to expand broadband (Wi-Fi) services as part of the Fiber Master plan by strategically deploying community Wi-Fi zones in Fremont’s six commercial district plazas. The cost of broadband service eats directly into the income that these entrepreneurs would otherwise be able to generate and further invest. Added to this cost have been the impacts of COVID-19 on Fremont's main streets and neighborhood commercial districts were significant.
These districts comprise Centerville, Irvington, Niles, Mission San Jose, Warm Springs and the Downtown City Center. It would greatly expand the capacity for funds that will build citywide Wi-Fi zones to help address the digital divide in these areas by allowing for equitable access among residents and small businesses who may otherwise not have access to high speed Wi-Fi internet access.
2023: East Bay Community Energy - Fremont Municipal Critical Facility Resilience ($1,000,000)
Funding was secured for critical facility upgrades to roofing and electrical systems as well as the installation of batteries and battery management systems required at the City of Fremont’s Critical Municipal Facility sites. The installation of battery systems for resilience is a complicated process, with substantial re-wiring of building critical loads to ensure that the most important electrical loads can remain functional during a power outage.
2023: Construction Trades Workforce Initiative - Establishing Union Construction Pre-Apprenticeship Pathways and Programs ($1,000,000)
This funding was secured to support a partnership with Fremont Unified School District through CTWI to develop a Career Technical Education (CTE) Capstone course designed to educate, train and connect Fremont Residents and High school graduates to career opportunities in the unionized construction trades through designing and implementing the union endorsed Multi Craft Core Curriculum Apprenticeship Readiness Program (ARPs).
2022: Fremont Housing Navigation Center ($500,000)
The funding was secured to provide substance abuse counseling, employment assistance and other support needed to transition individuals into permanent housing.
City of Milpitas:
2024: Traffic Signal and Sidewalk Project, Milpitas Unified School District ($500,000)
The funding will be used for the installation of a Traffic Light and new sidewalk along Calaveras Blvd in Milpitas between Park Victoria and Gadsen Dr, which will provide safe passage to the community upon entering, exiting or passing by the school district’s Innovation Campus.
2024: Main Street Revitalization Project ($500,000)
The funding will be used for design and construction of streetlights and signal improvements along Main Street from Carlo to Great Mall Parkway.
2023: Carbon Neutral Homes Incentive Program ($3,000,000)
This funding was secured for a program that will pay the cost of single-family home electrification projects which will reach everyday Milpitas homeowners by complementing the financial incentives offered by Silicon Valley Clean Energy by increasing the financial incentive by up to $3,000. This will significantly drive down the costs of retrofit and create greater access to carbon neutral homes for about 1,000 Milpitas single-family homeowners.
2022: South Milpitas Boulevard Extension Bridge ($3,000,000)
The funding was secured for the bridge over Pennitencia Creek and providing transit area development residents direct pedestrian and bicycle access to the Milpitas Transit Center, a key transit hub in Santa Clara County. This bridge aims to encourage transit ridership in the City to reduce carbon emissions.
City of Newark:
2024: Thornton Ave Alternate Route Corridor Pavement Rehabilitation Phase 2 ($1,000,000)
The funding will be used for much needed pavement rehabilitation on a segment of Thornton Avenue. In addition to essential pavement rehabilitation, the project will add Class II buffered bicycle lanes and other safety improvements.
2023: Thornton Ave Alternate Route Corridor Pavement Rehabilitation ($2,000,000)
This funding was secured for the the Thornton Avenue Alternate Route Corridor Pavement Rehabilitation Project that would ensure the safe, efficient, and reliable movement of vehicles and freight by performing much-needed pavement maintenance and restoration along this critical multimodal arterial corridor on the National Highway System that serves as an essential alternate connector route between Interstate 880 and California State Route 84. The project would result in a new projected service life for the facility of 30+ years and create an uninterrupted active transportation corridor along this critical multimodal route by installing new high-quality bicycle facilities.
City of San Jose:
2024: Silicon Valley African American Cultural Center Project ($4,116,279)
The funding will be used for a mixed-use cultural center development that includes affordable housing for extremely low-, very low-, and low-income renters and homeowners, an expansion of the African American Community Service Agency, a Roots Community Health Clinic, and Ujima Adult and Family Services, and retail and commercial spaces.
2024: Second Harvest of Silicon Valley Consolidated Facility ($1,000,000)
The funding will be used for the construction of a new warehouse in Alviso which will become the food bank’s primary point of operation. This location will provide refrigerated, frozen, and dry food storage, volunteer space, and vehicle docking
2024: Jackson Avenue Safety Improvements Project ($850,000)
The funding will be used for transit, bicycle, and pedestrian enhancements along a multilane corridor that runs north-south in East San José.
2023: Gap Year Funding for the SureStay Emergency Interim Housing Site ($2,500,000)
This funding was secured for a project to provide a gap year of funding for the SureStay Interim Housing Site in San Jose that is housing homeless residents from across the greater San Jose region.
2023: Second Harvest of Silicon Valley - Second Harvest of Silicon Valley Consolidated Operational Facility ($750,000)
This funding was secured to build Second Harvest’s operations across four different facilities. This newly created facility will make services more efficient, cost-effective, and allow room for innovation. This facility will be set up to serve the community for the next 30-50 years.
2023: Gardner Family Health Network, Inc. - Alviso Health Center Solar Panels and Energy Storage Initiative ($500,000)
This funding secured for Gardner Family Healthcare Network, Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center will support a solar energy project to help meet the organization's energy needs and build a stronger, more resilient operation to meet the needs of patients while also achieving savings to the taxpayer funded health organization.
2022: In partnership with Rep. Anna Eshoo (CA-18) - San Jose Public Library ($1,500,000)
This funding secured for the San Jose Public Library will support professional training for family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) caregivers of children under the age of six. The additional support enables the existing successful pilot program to continue and allow for expanded digital inclusion and technology support for caregivers to access virtual programming and additional resources to enhance the care they provide.
City of Santa Clara:
2024: Public Safety Communications Infrastructure Project ($963,000)
The funding will be used for a regional P25 digital radio system. The system allows regional interoperability in emergency and non-emergency situations that require multi-jurisdictional response.
2024: Agnew Siding Infrastructure Project, Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority ($500,000)
The funding will be used to add a 2,900-foot train track siding and other necessary site work at a location near Levi’s Stadium
2024: Transitional Housing and Shelter Improvements, Bill Wilson Center ($92,000)
The funding will be used for a variety of renovations and improvements to shelters and transitional housing facilities in California Congressional District 17. The facilities are all several decades old and in need of renovations to continue to be used as livable residences for the non-profit’s clients.
2023: Anna Drive Neighborhood Flood Protection Project ($3,000,000)
The Anna Drive Neighborhood Flood Protection Project (Project) is one of the highest priority flood protection storm drain system improvement projects identified in the entire City of Santa Clara per the City’s Storm Drain Master Plan. The funding secured for this project will help meet current flood protection requirements by upsizing the existing storm drain system in the Anna Drive neighborhood east of San Tomas Aquino Creek.
2022: Santa Clara Bicycle Projects ($2,725,000)
The funding secured for this projects supports traffic analyses, public outreach, design, and construction of bicycle facilities on three corridors (De La Cruz Blvd: Montague Expressway to Trimble Road, Lick Mill Blvd: Tasman Drive-Montague Expressway, and Scott Blvd: Calabazas Creek Trail to Saratoga Avenue). The project enhances safety, improves mobility, and reduces vehicle emissions by implementing high priority bicycle projects identified in the Santa Clara Bicycle Plan Update 2018.
City of Sunnyvale
2024: Warehouse Renovations and Improvements ($1,050,000)
The funding will be used for installing a solar energy system with storage to improve energy efficiency of the facility. It will also fund improvements to community rooms and installing a polished concrete coating to the existing untreated, and cracking, concrete warehouse floor.
2024: Rebuild Fire Station 2 ($1,000,000)
The funding will be used to rebuild the old and out-of-date Fire Station 2 in Sunnyvale.
2023: Stevens Creek Trail Extension Project ($3,000,000)
This funding supports a project that will complete a three-quarter mile trail segment paralleling Highway 85 from W. Remington Drive to W. Fremont Avenue. It includes installing three bicycle and pedestrian bridges over the creek and a crossing under State Route 85 and working closely with Valley Water to incorporate flood protection measures. Construction will also include California native landscaping and wildlife habitat management. This segment will eventually connect to a second segment to the north that the cities of Sunnyvale and Mountain View are jointly designing and constructing. These connections will link Sunnyvale and Mountain View networks and the countywide commuter bicycle lanes on Central Expressway.
2022: Pedestrian and Safe Routes to School Improvements Project ($880,000)
The funding secured for this project supports the City of Sunnyvale implementing pedestrian and Safe Routes to School improvements at two intersections near Columbia Middle School in the Sunnyvale Neighbors of Arbor Including LaLinda (SNAIL) neighborhood and at one intersection near Braly Elementary School in the Braly Corners neighborhood.
2022: Sunnyvale Community Services - New Roof and Solar Energy System ($750,000)
The funding secured for this project supports expansion of the Sunnyvale Community Services facility funding to replace the roof and install a solar energy system with associated storage. This project will ensure that the roof is sound for decades to come in a sustainable way and occupancy costs will be dramatically reduced in all weather conditions. Because of the high electricity costs of operating the nonprofit's cooler and freezer, it is important to support the fact that there are two million pounds of food annually served to over 10,000 low-income individuals each year. Lowering energy costs will fund other critical needs for community members. Solar energy with long-term storage will protect against loss of power and ensure that we can be an emergency response center in catastrophes where ordinary infrastructure is unavailable.
County of Alameda:
2022: All in Eats ($1,000,000)
The funding was secured to retrofit an existing warehouse in Fremont, CA to offer commercial kitchens, a staging area for food distribution, and food recovery to prevent unnecessary waste. Additionally, the project would greatly expand a large-scale food hub in Fremont to power a circular food economy aimed at increasing food security, protecting the planet, and providing living wage jobs to the formerly incarcerated and other vulnerable populations.
County of Santa Clara
2024: Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing for Homeless Veterans ($1,000,000)
The funding will be used for acquiring a privately-owned, 4.26-acre property. The property is leased by a non-profit organization to provide emergency shelter, transitional housing, and supportive services to approximately 125 homeless and unstably housed veterans on any given night.
2024: Affordable Educator Housing in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County Office of Education ($500,000)
The funding will be used to facilitate the development of a program to support homeowner garage conversion for up to six (6) new residential studio, 1-, or 2-bedroom units to increase housing supply for teachers and other school employees working at participating school districts.
2023: Bridge to Self-Sufficiency ($3,000,000)
The funding for this program supports subsidized employment, training, and supportive services to women and men enrolled in CalWORKs. The services and opportunities would be a stepping stone toward economic self-sufficiency to prevent poverty.
2023: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority - VTA Operations Control Center ($2,000,000)
The funding secured for this project will support design completion, initiation of construction, modification and procurement of facilities, purchasing software and equipment required to build a new Operational Control Center for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.
2022: API Community Health Worker Pilot ($1,000,000)
The funding secured for this project supports training community health workers to provide culturally appropriate medical care in the Asian/Pacific Islander (API) community in Santa Clara County. Current efforts are being focused on three API sub-populations that have been most impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and are in dire need of additional funds. Community health clinics would also be able to incorporate these programs into a sustainable funding model.
2022: Student Wellness Center ($300,000)
The funding secured for this project for the Santa Clara County Office of Education supports the opening of a wellness center at a Santa Clara high school so students can receive critical, time-sensitive prevention and early intervention services to address student mental health and trauma. This funding will meet a critical, urgent student need during the COVID-19 recovery.