The Trabuco Canyon Water District will construct the Dove and Tick Creek Pump Station Improvements Drought Resiliency Project. The project involves upgrading two pump stations to enhance pumping capacity, enabling the capture and conveyance of urban runoff and alternative water sources. Additionally, the project will construct a new desilting basin to facilitate water quality improvements. The district anticipates that the project will generate 200 acre-feet per year of non-potable supplies.
The South Coast Water District will expand its local water portfolio to alleviate drought impacts. By equipping an existing well in Creekside Park and connecting it to existing water treatment and distribution infrastructure, the district can access an additional 465 acrefeet per year of its permitted groundwater allotment.
The section of North Coast Highway 101 that traverses the community of Leucadia is relatively flat and lies at a low point between a rail corridor and coastal bluffs. The drainage infrastructure in place on North Coast Highway 101 is not sufficient to handle moderate storm events. This project would fund new drainage infrastructure with pipes up to 66 inches in diameter that will address longstanding flooding through the corridor that leaves ponding on North Coast Highway 101 and negatively impacts local residences and businesses.
The funding will go toward purchasing a 120,000-square-foot office building that will house and bring together Orange County Intelligence Assessment Center (OCIAC), the Sheriff’s Crime Analysis Unit, and relevant technology staff. This funding will enhance OCIAC will serve all Orange County residents and will better preserve public safety.
The Barrio Street Lighting and Traffic Circles Project will enhance safety, walkability, and aesthetics within the Barrio neighborhood in Carlsbad.
This project will enhance current operations by improving the existing seawater intake system to secure local reliable water supply for the region, providing environmental enhancements and reducing the region’s demand for imported water.
The City of Carlsbad will use this funding to improve public safety by installing approximately 140 high-visibility crosswalks and 105 speed cushions near schools.
This project will add a third lane on Stonehill Drive from Del Obispo to the freeway on-ramp at Camino Capistrano.
This funding helped the school district respond to the pandemic, invest in safety measures, and upgrade technology to support student learning.
This funding will go towards install new recycled water pipeline, which will convert 37 sites from using potable water to using recycled water. It will save over 35 million gallons of potable water and improve regional self-reliance.
This funding for San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas will allow them to partner with local indigenous tribes to protect culturally significant plants in need of conservation, restoration, and propagation.
Funding from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program will enable San Dieguito Union High School District to purchase four clean school buses. These buses will not only protect children’s health by limiting their exposure to polluted air but will also reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save school districts money.
The rail line in South Orange County has suffered multiple closures in the past few years due to coastal bluff collapses and beach erosion. This study will look at potentially relocating the rail line to ensure the second-busiest intercity rail corridor in the country can continue to function.
The retired electric vehicle (EV) lithium-ion battery stockpile is growing, and thanks to Smartville Inc.'s innovative technology, these batteries can be repurposed and given a second life. With this funding, Smartville secured partnerships for the installation of lithium-ion battery long-duration energy storage (LDES) systems to provide grid resiliency, bill reduction, and backup-up power at senior centers, low-income multi-family affordable housing complexes, and EV charging facilities. This project also includes high-tech career employment training at Historically Black College and Universities (HBCUs).
The City of Del Mar Stormwater/Sewer Infrastructure Improvement Project will fund the removal and replacement of the City of Del Mar's most critical sewer and storm drain infrastructure.
This funding supports Smartville’s efforts to repurpose retired EV batteries by demonstrating their viability in diverse applications while creating an ecosystem of EV battery circularity. The SMART project will enhance grid resilience, support EV charging, and promote clean energy technologies, all while providing educational and training opportunities at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and disadvantage communities
This funding allowed the City to respond to pandemic, maintain vital public services, and invest in critical areas.
This funding allowed the City to respond to pandemic, pay deputy sheriffs and firefighters, maintain vital public services, and invest in critical areas.
This funding will go toward repairing the harbor's breakwaters to improve safety. Sand will also be dredged, which will help with local erosion.
This funding will help replace the 108-year-old San Dieguito River Railway Bridge. The replacement bridge will expand from a single track to add one mile of double tracks and raise the height of the tracks by eight feet to account for increased sea level changes. State funds will also help construct a special events platform at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. This project will prevent service disruptions and increase passenger train frequencies in the region.
This funding will increase the Mission Basin Groundwater Purification Facility’s capacity to extract and treat brackish groundwater from Mission Basin. This will enable the city to increase the amount of drinking water produced and decrease the city’s reliance on imported water while also reducing the volume of brine discharged to the Pacific Ocean.
Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, McClellan-Palomar Airport received funding that can be used to invest in runways, taxiways, safety and sustainability projects, terminal improvements, airport-transit connections and roadway projects.
This funding will provide the advanced technology for forensic DNA testing in cold case homicides and sexual assaults. The tools will be available to more than 30 federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in the region.
This funding will enable the completion of preliminary engineering and environmental clearance for the eastern segment of the SPRINTER Corridor Service Improvement Project from Escondido to San Marcos.
This funding will help the city relocate overhead power lines. This will enhance safety, reduce risk of wildfires, and protect the natural landscape.
This funding will allow County of San Diego's Mobile Crisis Response Teams to add overnight and weekend coverage for four teams. These teams can more effectively address non-violent behavioral health incidents and allow law enforcement to focus on public safety.
This funding will help treat drinking water from a source that is currently impaired due to PFAS (\"forever chemicals\") and high salinity. This will allow the facilities to produce 700 acre-feet of water per year and reduce dependence on imported water.
This funding allowed the City to respond to pandemic, pay police officers and firefighters, address beach erosion, maintain vital public services, and invest in critical areas.
The United States Army Corps of Engineers Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project will place more than a million cubic yards of sand along two segments of beach in the cities of Encinitas and Solana Beach. The project will widen the beaches to reduce storm damage, prevent dangerous erosion, improve public safety, and expand recreational benefits.
This project will expand the existing turf removal rebate program by offering rebates for removing high-water use turfgrass, landscaping and irrigation, and replacing it with water-conserving California landscapes. This will decrease potable water use, increase irrigation efficiency, provide groundwater recharge, and reduce dry-weather and stormwater runoff and its associated non-point source pollution.
San Diego County will launch two pilot programs to increase the equitable deployment of community clean energy and advance the county’s Climate Action Plan. First, through the Equitable Solar Installation Program, the county will conduct outreach and cover upfront installation costs of solar panels for 24 low- and moderate-income households. With its remaining funds, the county will stand up an Electric Cooktop Loaner Program.
This funding will help with the design, permitting,and construction of Carlsbad's next community park. The park will feature a memorial plaza and public art display, a playground, picnic area, walking trails, spaces to hold community events and more. In addition to these amenities, more than half of the land will be preserved as natural habitat.
This funding will help the city bridge a gap in the existing Crown Valley Parkway bicycle corridor. It will also update ADA-accessible features and enhance pedestrian pathways.
This funding allowed the City to respond to pandemic, pay police officers and firefighters, maintain vital public services, and invest in critical areas.
The $10.3 million will fund MNWD’s replacement of nearly two miles of sewer mains located in Laguna Niguel Regional Park. The pipelines were originally installed in 1980 to move more than half of all the district wastewater from its collection system to the local treatment plant.
Funding will help improve roadway safety by significantly reducing or eliminating roadway fatalities and serious injuries involving various users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, public transportation users, motorists, personal conveyance and micromobility users, and commercial vehicle operators.
The Del Mar Climate Resiliency and Access Improvement Project will make the City of Del Mar more resilient to the effects of climate change while also enhancing public access to natural open spaces by connecting a network of existing trails. The funding will help improve public safety and address the challenges posed by beach erosion as a result of climate change.
This project will install a roundabout at the intersection of Leucadia Blvd. and Hygeia Avenue. Bicycle and pedestrian improvements will be included with this roundabout project.
This funding went to the City of Oceanside to construct Pure Water Oceanside, a potable reuse project to create a new local supply of potable water. Pure Water Oceanside augments the Mission Groundwater Basin with advanced treated recycled water. Through this, the project provides increased resilience to drought and climate change, reduces secondary effluent discharged to the Pacific Ocean and dependence on imported water, and improves the long-term groundwater quality in the basin.
The project will create a drought resistant and reliable source of potable drinking water for the region, reduce dependence on imported water, and provide for an emergency water supply in the event of a natural disaster or disruption of service to imported water.
Smartville Inc. is teaming up with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Wellhead Electric, Spiers New Technology, Utah State University, Colorado State University, and Rhombus Energy Solutions, to develop innovative technology to repurpose EV batteries and give them a second life. Smartville’s EV battery repurposing technology will bring lasting contributions to the nation’s energy infrastructure while supporting the growth of a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable energy sector. This unique technology will improve efficiencies and generate added-value to the lithium-ion battery industry, supporting U.S. strategic interests and battery material supply chain security. The proposal is also matched by the State of California with a guaranteed $1.5M in cost share funding through the California Energy Commission’s EPIC program.
This funding will purchase 23 old natural gas buses with hydrogen fuel cell electric buses. This is on top of the funding that Congressman Levin delivered to install NCTD's hydrogen fueling charging station.
This project will add bike lanes as well as new landscaping, lighting, sidewalk, and a median. This will improve safety and connectivity in the area.