Kamlager-Dove Leads Effort to Secure $2 Billion for Transit Initiatives Ahead of the LA28 Games

WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) led 36 members of the California Delegation, including Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, in a letter Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy urging him to support the inclusion of $2 billion in the President's FY27 Budget Request for mobility initiatives ahead of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

"The lead time needed to plan for an event of the scale and scope of the 2028 Games means that the President's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request will likely be the final opportunity to ensure that federal transportation funding can be made available in a timely manner in advance of the Games," wrote the lawmakers.

The lawmakers continued, "These Games will be the largest and most spectacular sporting event in American history, providing an unparalleled opportunity to showcase America to the world. Like you, we collectively want to ensure that we have a safe, secure, efficient, and accessible transportation network in the Los Angeles mega-region for this global sporting event."

"We are convinced that delivering on this goal will require the full support of the Federal Government…Working together, we are convinced that Metro and our regional partners can implement a safe, secure, efficient, and accessible transportation plan for the 2028 Games that will make America the envy of the world," the lawmakers concluded.

The full letter can be viewed here. In addition to Congresswoman Kamlager-Dove and Senators Padilla and Schiff, the letter was signed by Reps. Aguilar, Torres, Levin, Friedman, Brownley, Garcia, Tran, Lofgren, Garamendi, Whitesides, Lieu, Sherman, Carbajal, Mullin, Matsui, Swalwell, Barragán, Chu, Cisneros, Jacobs, Sánchez, Rivas, Huffman, Khanna, Vargas, Correa, Min, Panetta, Bera, Pelosi, Costa, Peters, and DeSaulnier.

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