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Official Account for Congresswoman Lateefah Simon. Representing California's 12th Congressional District.

11/05/2026

I am sickened by the news that Paula Hernandez, a UC Berkeley student, was unjustly detained by ICE agents last Friday while traveling domestically through SFO. My office has been in constant contact with Centro Legal de la Raza and UC Berkeley. We are working to support Paula, her family, and to secure her immediate release.

11/03/2026

If you’re seeking assistance with a federal agency, my team is here to help! Since January 2025, we have returned over $10 MILLION in owed benefits directly back to constituents’ pockets, and we are here to make sure you get the federal resources YOU deserve.

We can help with Social Security, the IRS, the Small Business Adminisitration, passports, and more. Visit my website at simon.house.gov/services/help-federal-agency or call my Oakland office at (510) 763-0370 for more information.

11/03/2026

🚨I secured $250,000 for the construction of an East Bay Regional Fire Training Facility🚨

The facility will be a central hub for firefighter recruitment and training and will serve Northern Alameda and Western Contra Costa counties by establishing a well-trained and resourced emergency-responder workforce.

I will continue to fight for federal funding for our first responders and to advance emergency preparedness across the East Bay so our towns stay safe and ready.

11/02/2026

🚨I secured $250,000 for the Manufacturing and Fabrication Pathway Lab facilities at Laney College and the College of Alameda🚨

These FabLabs serve as work and learning spaces where students, local entrepreneurs, and community members can utilize technologies—like 3D printers, laser cutters, and robotics tools—to bring their designs to life. This federal funding will be used to purchase new equipment and implement training programs at the FabLabs to carry us into the future.

11/02/2026

🚨I secured over $1 MILLION for a Pediatric Blood Disorder Research Center at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland🚨

After losing my husband, Kevin, to a rare form of blood cancer called T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia in 2014, I promised myself I would fight for accessible healthcare and funding for research and innovation in his memory.

I am proud to deliver on that promise with this funding and will continue to fight for federal funding for research and resources for blood cancers and disorders.

11/01/2026

It was great to sit down with UC Berkeley law students, faculty, and staff for a conversation on how to make public institutions and systems more fair, more accessible, and more responsive to the communities they serve.

I am so inspired by the brilliant minds who will shape our future. My fight in Congress for accessible healthcare, small businesses, disability justice, and more is for all of us - so that the world that we pass onto this next generation is better than the one we inherited.

10/31/2026

🚨I secured over $1 MILLION in federal Community Project funding for The City of Oakland’s Department of Violence Prevention Operation Ceasefire-Lifeline Program🚨

Operation Ceasefire-Lifeline is a violence interruption program focused on building relationships in community, supporting individuals with counseling, and preventing violence before it happens. This funding will enhance the capacity of the Ceasefire team to deliver violence interruption and social services, reducing violent crime and recidivism in Oakland.

I will continue to fight for federal funding to improve our lives and keep us safe and healthy.

10/30/2026

Last week, I attended the 23rd Annual TheOAACC Business Awards Luncheon where we honored Oakland’s Black-owned businesses and discussed the future of innovation, technology, and AI in the small business space.

I know that Black-owned businesses are foundational to Oakland’s economy, and as a member of Committee on Small Business, I am committed to uplifting our small businesses. Since coming to Congress, I have passed FIVE bills to support locally owned businesses in the East Bay and beyond, and I will continue to fight for the resources our small and Black-owned businesses deserve.

10/29/2026

Had so much fun watching Golden State Valkyries play today at the White Horse Inn and Golden Ratio in Oakland with so many incredible fans!

Great game, Valks, can’t wait to watch game seven here at home on Saturday. You make us ALL proud.

10/28/2026

Today we lost a generational leader in Dolores Huerta.

Dolores Huerta proved that the best policy in this country comes from the people who never get a seat behind the dais. She showed up. For seventy years, in every field, every courtroom, every picket line, every campaign, she showed up again and again when the odds said stay home. That is the whole of what I take from her.

She was one of the most powerful women in the history of the American labor movement, a movement that did not want to hear a woman’s voice, and she won the first law in this nation’s history giving farmworkers the right to organize. Deep struggle, deep sacrifice, and millions moved to the work done by her hands.

Her wisdom, her work, her spirit will live in the people she guided and the movements she inspired, always.

Address

1023 Longworth House Office Building
Washington D.C., DC
20515

Website

http://simon.house.gov/, https://simon.house.gov/help-federal-agency/resources-us-citizens-seeking-government-assistance

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