Last week, Assemblyman Mike Gipson released a Youtube video highlighting the nearly $4 billion in funding he secured for the 65th Assembly District in 2022 and supported and additional $272 billion in the state budget.
Among the places in the 65th district that benefited from this largesse:
$4 Million – for the Watts Tower Arts Center to begin renovations that will expand recreation and green space in the Watts community, more than doubling the area’s current park acreage, which will increase recreational opportunities while bringing new arts and cultural opportunities to the community.
$6.7 Million – for the Battleship USS Iowa Museum to build and operate the Freedom of the Seas Park Pavilion for the benefit of the Los Angeles Harbor Region, particularly for underserved communities located in “park poor” areas who also have limited ocean and waterfront access.
$7 Million – for the City of Carson to begin projects that include City facilities, parks, and community infrastructure.
$110 Million – for the nation’s first Goods Movement Workforce Training Campus, to be located in the Los Angeles Harbor Region, which will ensure an adequate supply of trained workers across the goods movement industry.
$1 Million – for the Wilmington Boys & Girls Club of the Los Angeles Harbor to develop its “A Safer Wilmington” initiative that includes a three-component strategy – a new Wilmington Park Club, expanded programming and safety at the Wilmington Club sit, and safe transportation.
$5 Million – to CSU Dominguez Hills for the California Black Women’s Think Tank, the nation’s first research institution aimed to provide solutions and remove barriers that Black women and girls face on a daily basis, to achieve racial and gender equity.
The Assemblyman easily coasted to reelection this past November, winning by a landslide. He is scheduled to be sworn in on Jan. 21 at Los Angeles Harbor College. The program begins at 9 a.m. with at continental breakfast. Attendees wishing to join the breakfast must RSVP ahead of time. The programming including the swearing-in ceremony starts at 10 a.m. Los Angeles mayor, Karen Bass will be administering the Oath of Office.
Assemblyman Gipson, who was born and raised in Watts, chairs the select committees on police reform, infectious diseases; and is a member of the select committees on domestic violence, foster care, gasoline supply, social housing, small businesses and entrepreneurship and ports.
Assemblyman Mike Gipson Ceremony
Time: 9 a.m., Jan. 21
Cost: Free
Details: RSVP 310-324-6408; Bianey.MercadoGuzman@asm.ca.gov.
Venue: Los Angeles Harbor Community College, 1111 Figueroa Place, Wilmington