• The proposed recipient, and address of the recipient,
• The amount of the request,
• An explanation of the request, including purpose, and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds.

The Military Personnel Law Center at Chapman University School of Law provides the service of 2nd and 3rd year law students, law faculty, clinic directors and other supervising attorneys to represent military families, combat wounded troops and veterans in various civil disputes. No such military law clinical program currently exists at any accredited California law school. The Military Personnel Law Center operates in three practice areas: representing wounded troops in Physical Evaluation Boards (PEBs) and Traumatic Service Group Life Insurance (TSGLI) Appeals; assisting California’s Wounded Warrior Program and representing military families and veterans in various civil legal disputes. The clinic serves military members, veterans and their families in Congressman Rohrabacher’s district at the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base; Los Alamitos Army Airfield, NWS Seal Beach and the surrounding areas in any number of civil legal disputes, including representing combat wounded troops in their disability cases to recover benefits they’re entitled to receive. Funding will be used for operations and program expenses.

This funding will be for procuring 15 C-17s to keep the only US active strategic airlift production line open. With the withdrawal of US troops globally back to the US, the need for strategic and tactical airlift is increasing. C-17 is the only airlifter that can fulfill both missions.

The funding would be used to delivery selected Future Combat Systems (FCS) Brigade Combat Team technologies and capabilities to the current force. FCS is a join system of systems consisting of a network and a combination of manned and unmanned systems that use an advanced network architecture to enable levels of joint connectivity previously unachievable. It is adaptable to traditional warfare as well as complex, irregular warfare in various rural and urban terrains. It can also be adapted to civil support, such as disaster relief. The FCS program employs more than 91,000 Americans in 43 states with an estimated annual total economic impact of $4.5 billion.

Funds will be used for production of the F-22 beyond the current 183 program of record. 25,000 Americans working for 1,000 suppliers in 44 states represent the all star regions of our nation's aerospace industry. There are over 6,500 direct jobs in California. The current fighter fleets are aging and are stretched to the breaking point and must be replaced. Since the mid 1970s, the air superiority mission has been performed by the US Air Force's F-15A-D Eagle. The F-22 was specifically designed to replace the F-15. The average age of the F-15 fleet is now over 25 years old; this average age will grow to more than 30 years by the middle of the next decade.

Funds will be used for modernization of the F-22 25,000 Americans working for 1,000 suppliers in 44 states represent the all star regions of our nation's aerospace industry. There are over 6,500 direct jobs in California. The current fighter fleets are aging and are stretched to the breaking point and must be replaced. Since the mid 1970s, the air superiority mission has been performed by the US Air Force's F-15A-D Eagle. The F-22 was specifically designed to replace the F-15. The average age of the F-15 fleet is now over 25 years old; this average age will grow to more than 30 years by the middle of the next decade.

Project Name: F-22 Modernization
Recipient: The Boeing Company
Recipient Street Address: 9725 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, WA 98108 
Amount of Request: $505,637,000
Is the Recipient a for-profit entity? No

Funds will be used for modernization of the F-22 25,000 Americans working for 1,000 suppliers in 44 states represent the all star regions of our nation's aerospace industry. There are over 6,500 direct jobs in California. The current fighter fleets are aging and are stretched to the breaking point and must be replaced. Since the mid 1970s, the air superiority mission has been performed by the US Air Force's F-15A-D Eagle. The F-22 was specifically designed to replace the F-15. The average age of the F-15 fleet is now over 25 years old; this average age will grow to more than 30 years by the middle of the next decade.

Project Name: Smart Irrigation Controller Installation Program
Recipient: Municipal Water District of Orange County
Recipient Street Address: 18700 Ward Street, Fountain Valley CA 92708 
Amount of Request: $500,000
Is the Recipient a for-profit entity? No

The application of smart irrigation controller technology will help orange county and greater-Southern California manage its existing water supplies more efficiently. It will also help take pressure off our imported water supplies from Northern California and the Colorado River. Additionally, it will demonstrate for other areas with water supply challenges the effectiveness of these devices in achieving significant water savings. Finally, there are environmental protection benefits as the devices help reduce urban runoff, which is responsible for transporting pollutants and sediment into natural waterways and eventually to beaches and the ocean.

The application of Smart Irrigation Controller technology will help Orange County and greater-Southern California manage its existing water supplies more efficiently. It will also help take pressure off our imported water supplies from Northern California and the Colorado River. Additionally it will demonstrate for other parts of the county with water supply challenges the effectiveness of these devices in achieving significant water savings. Funds will be used for labor, professional services, and printing and marketing. It is my understanding local and regional funding will contribute approximately seventy percent of the FY2010 cost.

An earmark of $5,900,000 is requested for the creation of Veterans University to specifically serve veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan in the Southern California region. The need for educational programs and supplemental services are sorely needed for veterans and although the Veterans Administration provides core services, more are necessary. Veterans are welcomed to universities throughout California but few offer a comprehensive model of academic and certificate programs that track veterans, ensure that services address their needs, and help them find employment when they leave academic and certificate programs.

Project Name: Sandlewood and Walnut Stormwater Pump Stations Rehabilitation
Recipient: City of Fountain Valley
Recipient Street Address: 10200 Slater Ave, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 
Amount of Request: $2,500,000
Is the Recipient a for-profit entity? No

The City of Fountain Valley is requesting funding assistance for the one-time replacement construction of two 43 year old storm water pump stations with scarce replacement parts. These pumps are critical in protecting 1,271 homes, approximately 4,000 residents, and an elementary school, in addition to preventing polluted urban runoff from flowing untreated into channels that flow directly to sensitive wetlands of the area.

The requested funds will be for the construction of storm drain pipes on Electric Avenue from Seal Beach Boulevard to 14th Street. The project will include catch basins and manholes for long term maintenance.

By improving the system, the project relieves the Federal Storm Channel located near the State highway and increases the capacity of storm water.

Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) is under a Consent Decree to comply with the Clean Water Act through implementation of secondary wastewater treatment standards. Federal assistance will be used for construction and rehabilitation of wastewater treatment facilities associated with this requirement.

Funding of the Secondary Treatment Upgrade project furthers the national priorities of ocean and drinking water quality and compliance with the Clean Water Act through secondary treatment. Treated wastewater produced by OCSD’s upgraded treatment facilities will be transferred to the Groundwater Replenishment System and ultimately converted into a drought-proof source of drinking water for Orange County. The highly treated wastewater will also be discharged via OCSD’s outfall pipe into the Pacific Ocean, thereby further protecting the marine environment. Clean beaches are essential to the tourism and recreation economies of Southern California, and secondary treated wastewater will help to ensure beach water quality and reduce beach closures.

Project Name: Mobile Live Scan Fingerprint Devices for LA and Orange Counties
Recipient: California Department of Justice
Recipient Street Address: 1300 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 
Amount of Request: $350,000
Is the Recipient a for-profit entity? No

The California Department of Justice (CADOJ), Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information (BCII) is requesting $350,000 to fund a Justice Information Sharing initiative called “Vision 2015” that will significantly enhance the quality and usability of criminal justice identification and records information maintained by the state. The project will include the deployment of mobile Live Scan devices for use in police vehicles that will allow officers to capture fingerprint identification and arrest information during the citation and/or arrest of a subject.

The current CADOJ/BCII network provides electronic links between state and local law enforcement agencies and CADOJ databases. This network also acts as the conduit for biometric inquiries/responses (including fingerprint identification) and data transactions that are forwarded to the FBI and the National Crime Information Center for processing. The proposed funding will not only help insure the accuracy of the State’s records, save the State significant taxpayer dollars in increased efficiency, increase public safety by identifying potentially violent criminals, it will also benefit the federal government and the nation through providing more accurate and comprehensive information to federal law enforcement. It is my understanding the California Department of Justice has allocated $3.8 million for this project. It is further my understanding that federal funds will be used consistent with the following manner:
$210,000 – purchase and deployment of live scan devices for law enforcement vehicles in LA and Orange Counties.
$140,000 – purchase and installation of necessary software/infrastructure for CA DOJ and local courts .

Project Name: The Criminal Justice Training Center
Recipient: Golden West College
Recipient Street Address: 15744 Golden West Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92647 
Amount of Request: $950,000
Is the Recipient a for-profit entity? No

The Criminal Justice Training Center requests an Edward Byrne Discretionary Grant from the Department of Justice for the purchase of a virtual training facility for regional law enforcement. In particular, the Virtual Interactive Combat Environment provides a system well suited to Orange County’s needs. This system enables team-based tactics, techniques, and procedures training that closely reflect live training, but at a much lower cost to departments over time. The simulator offers a cost-effective approach by creating an engaging virtual training solution. The system immerses the trainee in a realistic 3-D environment, with the sense of immersion being enhanced both by the high-fidelity situational rendering and by the ease of navigating through the environment using simple controls mounted on the tether-free simulated weapons.

Huntington Beach and the surrounding region would benefit greatly from the acquisition of a 5-student training system. This system would include one-time expenses for hardware (student stations with simulated weapons, instructor stations, observer stations, content creation station), software (simulation software, level editor), databases (starter package, subscription to updates, custom database creation), and instructor training. This new training capability would enable the Center to more effectively meet the training needs of law enforcement personnel, and thereby field a more effective police force in departments across the region.

Fully implemented, this project will provide the location and infrastructure to train law enforcement personnel from throughout the West including Arizona and Nevada, enhancing our community’s safety, as well as protect officers themselves. Further, this project will be of national significance because it will serve not only local and regional law enforcement, but federal agencies as well. The ultimate ambition of the this effort will be to host a training center where all levels of law enforcement can train to interact across jurisdictions, such as situations where Huntington Beach SWAT must operate side-by-side with the Santa Ana FBI, and do it in a way that enhances their abilities rather than hinder the situation’s resolution.

It is my understanding Golden West College will contribute a $240,000 match, and that federal funds will be used constituent with the following manner
For the system hardware, software and simulated weapons $463,432
For the trailer classroom $252,221
Truck with towing package $66,623
Training of instructors on virtual training system $58,513
Twelve training databases and scenarios $109,211

Project Name: Asian Criminal Enterprise Initiative
Recipient: City of Westminster, CA
Recipient Street Address: 8200 Westminster Blvd, Westminster, CA 92683 
Amount of Request: $290,000
Is the Recipient a for-profit entity? No

The Westminster Police Department is seeking the third and final year Federal funding for its Asian Criminal Enterprise Initiative. The detectives assigned to the Little Saigon Substation are already in operation, focusing on identifying, investigating and dismantling criminal enterprises, having both national and international implications, within the Little Saigon area. Under this project, the Westminster Police Department’s Crimes against Public Unit occupies office space within the Little Saigon district of Westminster, placing a powerful investigative engine into the heart of the area where Asian Criminal Enterprises operate.
The Crimes against Public Unit consists of 1 sergeant, 3 police officers and 1 Police Service Officer. Federal funding is requested for rental of office space and utilities, purchase of office equipment and computer hardware and software including dedicated/secure computer links to the police department for investigations, report writing, and communications.
The objectives of the Little Saigon Substation are as follows:
• establish a team of investigators and support personnel within the Little Saigon community who are responsible for the identification, investigation, and prosecution of criminal enterprises operating in the Asian community;
• develop a greater understanding of criminal enterprise operations, and determine how these operations impact local, state, and national Asian communities;
• improve criminal intelligence gathering via increased citizen and business contacts, as well as the recruitment and use of Asian informants;
• share intelligence information with other justice community partners and make information available to them; and
• enhance interagency coordination of investigations to leverage resources and prosecution options for criminals and criminal enterprises operating in the Little Saigon area.

Crime in Little Saigon has significantly wider impacts than just on the City of Westminster. National and international implications are evident in human trafficking, prostitution, drugs, weapons violations, gambling, fraud, counterfeiting, money laundering, piracy, extortion and kidnapping. Even terrorism has been linked to residents within the Asian refugee community.
The Little Saigon Substation has leveraged local and Federal resources to create a special police unit on the ground in Little Saigon, doing its own informant identification, intelligence gathering and investigation. The Little Saigon Substation works closely with the FBI, ICE, Labor Department and other state/Federal agencies in its intelligence sharing and operational network. As a result of these relationships, the Westminster Police Department is able to leverages local and Federal resources more effectively. Moreover, the Westminster Police Department has an outstanding record of collaboration with Federal law enforcement partners.

It is my understanding federal funds will be used in the following manner. The city will provide a $776,000 match.
Office Space $60,000
Utilities $12,000
Vehicles/Maintenance $44,000
Police Aides $31,700
Police Service Officer $96,000
IT Support $6,000
Travel/Training $15,000
Safety Equipment $10,000
Operational Funds $15,000

Project Name: Accelerated Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing at CSU, Long Beach
Recipient: Cal State Long Beach, Department of Nursing
Recipient Street Address: 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90840 
Amount of Request: $1,549,397
Is the Recipient a for-profit entity? No

The Accelerated Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing at California State University, Long Beach (ABSN-CSULB) for which funding is being requested is for the programmatic expenses of the Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing (BSN) portion of the Accelerated BSN/ELM (Entry Level Masters) program for second degree students with the goal of stabilizing the program for a minimum of the next five years, preferably, the next 10 years.
If funded, the project will entail the admission of 48 BSN second degree students every Fall semester (once a year), and hire the necessary teaching faculty, an administrative assistant who will serve as the admissions coordinator and secretary, modest infrastructure support such as providing one computer and a printer for 50% of the faculty (total of 5 computers and printers), and an operating budget for program activities.

Project Name: Vanguard University Teacher and Nursing Program Expansion
Recipient: Vanguard University
Recipient Street Address: 55 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 
Amount of Request: $564,000
Is the Recipient a for-profit entity? No

Vanguard seeks funding for its program expansion and improvement for Vanguard's teacher training in science/math and nursing education/training with Hoag Hospital, and modernization of equipment and technology infrastructure. Program funding would help jumpstart Vanguard's teacher and nursing training programs, which is critically needed in California to prepare students for teaching careers in science and math and for the increasingly sophisticated and technologically-based workplace. Vanguard has partnered with Hoag Hospital to offer a quality Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) to develop and launch an accelerated RN-to-BSN program and to develop a BSN-to-MSN program within their School for Professional Studies.
The United States and California is faced with a math and science teacher crisis and an extremely serious nursing shortage. Vanguard University is removing a significant financial burden from the local, state and national governments by educating future math and science teachers and registered nurses, and by training current teachers and nurses, in partnership with Hoag Hospital, to address this important national and state emergency. This federal request is meant to jumpstart the expansion of its program to assist Vanguard in addressing this problem sooner.

Project Name: Equipment Needs for the New Vanguard University Academic Center for Science, Nursing, and Technology
Recipient: Vanguard University
Recipient Street Address: 55 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 
Amount of Request: $850,000
Is the Recipient a for-profit entity? No

Vanguard University is developing an Academic Center for Science, Nursing, and Technology which will help address the significant problems facing California by training teachers in science and math, and by developing a Nursing School with an accelerated RN to Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree Program to help address the nursing crisis. The Center will include the development of smart classrooms, the nursing school, and research laboratories to train existing teachers and nurses, and will deliver the study of science, math and technology that will prepare students for teaching careers in science and math. The nursing school will partner with Hoag Hospital of Newport Beach in providing students and nursing rotations.
The United States and California is faced with a math and science teacher crisis and an extremely serious nursing shortage. Vanguard University is removing a significant financial burden from the local, state and national governments by educating future math and science teachers and registered nurses, and by training current teachers and nurses, in partnership with Hoag Hospital, to address this important national and state emergency. This federal request to jumpstart the final phase of the project will allow Vanguard to complete the project sooner.

Project Name: Empower California: Helping Men and Women Get Back to Work
Recipient: Working Wardrobes
Recipient Street Address: 11614 Martens River Circle, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 
Amount of Request: $3,000,000
Is the Recipient a for-profit entity? No

Federal support is needed to lay the foundation for three new Career Development and Wardrobing Centers, in Empower California’s targeted 3-year rollout plan. Between 2010 and 2012, Working Wardrobes will unveil one new center annually to serve the clients of new and existing partner agencies in the following markets: Los Angeles, San Diego and the Inland Empire.
At each proposed Empower California Center, clients will have access to the following:
• Career Development: with computer lab, resource library, training facility and a staff of dedicated employment specialists
• Training Programs: covering a variety of workshops/seminars for personal and career success, including the National Retail Federation’s Customer Service Training program, Power of Your Image workshops, and more
• Wardrobing Center: featuring Men’s and Women’s Departments with suits, shirts, shoes and accessories for those who cannot afford suitable interview attire
• Donation Center: where the local community can contribute clean, high-quality clothing for the center’s clients
With an initial investment to establish the center with equipment and staffing, Working Wardrobes can ensure gradual self-sustainability through our proven track record of successful social enterprises. Our existing programs and services receive 55% of their funding from our resale stores, fee-based customer service training and agency partnerships (with entities like the Department of Rehabilitation, One-Stop Centers, Welfare to Work offices, Workforce Investment Boards and others). We plan to integrate this successful business model to make Empower California an extraordinary example of how nonprofit organizations can and should reach self-sufficiency.
California's economy represents approximately 13% of the United States' GDP, and is commonly regarded as an early indicator of the nation's economic climate. With California's unemployment rate bordering on 10%, this canary test forecasts tremendous challenges for Americans to find and maintain employment.

Project Name: C Street/ I-110 Freeway Access Ramp Improvements Project
Recipient: Port of Los Angeles
Recipient Street Address: 425 South Palos Verdes Street, San Pedro, CA 90731 
Amount of Request: $1,000,000
Is the Recipient a for-profit entity? No

The C Street/ I-110 Freeway Access Ramp Improvement project seeks to improve the connections to the I-110 Freeway and SR 47 which, together with the I-710 Freeway, carry approximately 30% of all U.S. waterborne container volume (the I-110 alone carries 10%). This project will provide a one-time benefit of $193M in economic output; 1,540 FTE one-year jobs; $63M wages; $5.31M state taxes; $0.88M local taxes.
The project is consistent with federal goods movement policy.

Project Name: ECCO (Electric Container COnveyor): the Non-Polluting Complement to Road and Rail: A High-Speed, Strategic Intermodal Corridor for the Ports of LA/LB
Recipient: Cal State Long Beach
Recipient Street Address: 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90840 
Amount of Request: $7,500,000
Is the Recipient a for-profit entity? No

The ECCO System, a new application of an established magnetic levitation technology, is a commercially ready container transport system introduced by CSULB for initial application at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. This Americanized technology was initially developed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratories and applied and recently tested by General Atomics at their San Diego facility. ECCO provides the unique dual capacities of an environmentally friendly system that will also accommodate the three fold increase in container traffic projected for the combined ports. As such, this frictionless system supports the economic engine that is port container throughout by taking millions of trucks trips off the highways, supporting the existing road and rail infrastructure, while producing NO local air and noise pollution. The goal of this project is to generate Environmental Impact Reports and construct a short, but commercially useful, ECCO demonstration system at the port to reduce technical and economic uncertainties to a level where the private sector will partner in financing a Southern California ECCO network.

Over half the nation's imports enter the Ports of LA/LB, and more than half of those imported containers travel through Southern California, bound for the remainder of the country. This cargo flow is a significant and critical portion of the local, state, regional and national economies. While the entire country benefits from this economic engine, the Southern California transportation infrastructure is both stressed and burdened with the added pollution and congestion this national container traffic produces. The Electric Cargo Conveyor or ECCO, essentially eliminates the pollution and relieves the congestion caused by these nationwide bound containers. All current cargo movement plans depend on the expansion of existing road and rail technologies to move the estimated 3-fold increase in container traffic predicted by 2025. These technologies are the same ones that created the environmental and congestion conditions the area now faces. Current plans are essentially: "Expand current systems and mitigate the environmental damage at great costs in money and people!" ECCO offers a sound solution that expands the throughput capacity of the ports and the economies they support with an environmentally friendly technology. The 50% of the containers moving to the rest of the US can be cleanly, quietly and quickly moved to remote port sites outside the LA Basin where they can be loaded on to railheads. This removes all these containers from the cargo movement problem of congestion and pollution while directly supporting the national economy represented in this cargo. The national interest is clearly defined in the separation of cargo inherent to this approach and therefore Federal participation in the project is clearly appropriate. The request being made in this document supports the initial Environmental Impact Reports and supports the construction of an initial, functionally useful demonstration at the port.

Project Name: Fuel Pier Facility
Recipient: City of Avalon
Recipient Street Address: PO Box 707, Avalon, CA 90704 
Amount of Request: $2,100,360
Is the Recipient a for-profit entity? No

Explanation of the request (must include purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds)

The proposed project will completely replace and upgrade an aging facility which has reached the end of its useful life after 80 years of service. Redevelop the current fuel pier site into a state of the art fueling station that will be brought up to current code and off high speed fuel pumps, pay at the pump capabilities along with doubling the size of the current transient dinghy dock. The project is for construction and is a one time expense.
The Fuel Facility Pier in Avalon is the only significant off-shore fueling station in the greater Los Angeles area. Recreation vessels transiting the Pacific Ocean from all Southern California Marina’s will have access to fueling capabilities.

Project Name: Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement
Recipient: Port of Long Beach
Recipient Street Address: 925 Harbor Plaza, Long Beach, CA 90802 
Amount of Request: $37,000,000
Is the Recipient a for-profit entity? No

Explanation of the request (must include purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds)

The Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement project is a key component of the I-710 Corridor/Gerald Desmond Bridge Gateway Program. The I-710/Desmond Program is a comprehensive, strategic approach to addressing the congestion, air quality, and safety issues in the Corridor between the Ports of Long Beach/Los Angeles and State Route 60. The Gerald Desmond Bridge is the westerly extension of the I-710, and is currently designated part of State Route 710. The Gerald Desmond Bridge is currently a five-lane facility (with a third lane in the uphill direction only that merges at the crest, in both directions), with a 5.6 and 6.0 percent grades and a design speed of 45 miles per hour. The proposed project will replace the existing bridge with a six- lane cabled-stayed bridge with approach grades of five percent and a design speed of 55 miles per hour. The project also includes construction of the Terminal Island East Interchange at the west end of the bridge, reconstruction of the I-710 interchange at the east end of the bridge, and new on/off ramps to/from Pico Avenue and Ocean Boulevard.

The Gerald Desmond Bridge is a crucial transportation facility serving the Ports of Long Beach/Los Angeles and the region. The Interstate 710 and Gerald Desmond Bridge carry approximately 15% and 10% of all U.S. waterborne container volume, respectively. While the recently opened Alameda Corridor can be thought of as the trade "railway" gateway to the nation, the I-710/Desmond Gateway is the de facto trade "highway" gateway to the nation. The Desmond Bridge is presently experiencing serious performance problems due to a number of interrelated reasons, including traffic congestion and safety. The Desmond Bridge is currently operating at LOS F during peak periods. These poor existing traffic conditions will be further exacerbated due to the forecasted robust growth in international trade, and growth in the region.

Project Name: Schuyler Heim Bridge Replacement and SR-47 Expressway
Recipient: Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority
Recipient Street Address: One Civic Plaza, Suite 350, Carson, CA 90745 
Amount of Request: $2,000,000
Is the Recipient a for-profit entity? No

Explanation of the request (must include purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds)

The Schuyler Heim Bridge Replacement and SR-47 Expressway project is one of the leading regional transportation projects affecting goods movement in Southern California. The project is a joint partnership between the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (ACTA) and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to replace the State’s seismically deficient Commodore Heim Bridge over Cerritos Channel and add a four lane elevated roadway to by-pass intersections and railroad crossings. The project will replace one of the seismically deficient bridges listed on the Department of Transportation’s list of structurally deficient bridges.

ACTA's $2.4 billion Alameda Corridor was designated as a Project of National Significance by Congress in 1995. The SR-47 Expressway is a project that will enhance the Alameda Corridor by improving the efficient and secure movement of international trade at the nation’s largest port complex. Over 40% of the nation's imports flow through these Ports generating 3 million jobs nationally.

Project Name: San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405) Improvements
Recipient: Orange County Transit Authority (OCTA)
Recipient Street Address: 550 South Main Street, Orange, CA 92863 
Amount of Request: $5,000,000
Is the Recipient a for-profit entity? No

Explanation of the request (must include purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds)

OCTA has successfully completed a major investment study (MIS) and Project Study Report for the Interstate 405 (I-405) Freeway. Funding is requested to support capacity improvements in each direction of the facility, adding up to two lanes from Euclid Street in Fountain Valley to Interstate 605 (I 605) near the Orange County/Los Angeles County border. Prior federal funding has fully supported the environmental phase of this project, which is currently underway. This request is to secure a portion of the funding needed to complete the final design, which is the next phase of the project. This project is included in both the regional and federal Transportation Improvement Program.

Commuters and goods movement carriers alike are currently experiencing severe peak period delays on the San Diego Freeway (I 405) corridor. Implementing these improvements to the I 405 will reduce travel delays, increase employee productivity and facilitate the movement of goods while reducing emissions to improve air quality. The project will not only provide significant congestion relief through one of the major interstate highways in Orange County, but also subsequent congestion relief benefits to Los Angeles County as well.

Project Name: Water System Reliability Program
Recipient: City of Huntington Beach
Recipient Street Address: 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92663 
Amount of Request: $1,950,000
Is the Recipient a for-profit entity? No

The City of Huntington Beach has an immediate need to improve its water infrastructure. Completion of the identified storm water infrastructure improvement projects will provide added flood protection to residents and businesses in the City, specifically in the most populated areas. Additionally, a water quality project involves diverting urban runoff from a channel into an area for treatment. Treated water will provide regional benefits that include: protection of coastal waters, enhancement of park recreation and habitat value, education, groundwater recharge, and seawater intrusion barrier enhancements.

The City is home to approximately 200,000 residents and hosts over 11 million visitors each year. The projects involved with the City’s infrastructure improvement program will help mitigate flooding hazards for the population and protect property values in the 28 square mile city and surrounding areas. The projects will also bring the City and the State closer to compliance with flood control protection goals as determined by FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers.
It is my understanding funds will be used consistent with the following:
(Construction only)
- Heil Drainage Pump Station $3 million
- Slater Pump Station $8 million
(R/W, Design and Construction)
-Newland Pump Station $9 million

The Colored Water Treatment Facility (CWTF) is designed to fill the area’s water needs by providing water, an essential resource, to various cities in Orange County. This will allow Mesa and other local agencies to be less dependent on purchasing water from Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Production is needed is needed not only to replace imported supply but also to help prevent the migration of groundwater with the colored water into the main production aquifers. The expansion project consists of design and construction of a 6,000 gallons per minute membrane or conventional coagulation treatment plant. The expansion is expected to reduce the need for surplus Colorado River Water by an average of 3,050 acre feet a year., The colored water aquifer is extensive and has been estimated to contain as much as six million acre feet of water. It is my understanding a local match of $7 million will be provided, and a state request of $5 million has been submitted.

The Colorado Lagoon is a 28.9-acre tidal water body, including adjacent land areas, located in the middle of a suburban neighborhood in Long Beach. The Army Corps of Engineers awarded the City a $900,000 Estuary Restoration Grant to dredge the accumulated polluted sediments from the Lagoon and to re-slope portions of the Lagoon’s shore to allow replanting with native wetland plants. The City is requesting Federal funding to augment the Corps of Engineers grant. Without additional federal resources, this project will not be able to move forward, as the original grant is not enough to complete the project.

Restoring the Colorado Lagoon Estuary will provide several benefits including:

• Restoring plants and animals that are facing extinction, while also helping to attract residents to and around the wetlands habitat to appreciate them.
• Improving the recreational function of Colorado Lagoon, as the cleaner water will benefit swimmers, sunbathers, and picnickers that utilize the Lagoon.
• Enhancing the Lagoon’s current water quality by providing cleaner water that will benefit the much larger habitat area and user base of the 356-acre Alamitos Bay, which includes almost 4,000 recreational boats berthed in the Bay and nearly 1,000 waterfront homes ringing the bay.
• The Colorado Lagoon is used by hundreds of visitors from communities within and surrounding the City of Long Beach, and serves three main functions: 1) hosting sensitive estuarine habitat; 2) providing public recreation (including swimming); and 3) retaining and conveying storm flows. A recent study of water quality in Alamitos Bay has shown that Colorado Lagoon is a source of pollutants contributing to the closing of popular swimming beaches in other parts of Alamitos Bay. The Lagoon currently contains contaminated water and sediment due to several factors including: 1) Location—it is surrounded on three sides by residential neighborhoods, a golf course on the fourth side, and lies within a highly urbanized watershed; and 2) Storm Drains—there are four major and seven local storm drains that carry urban runoff from commercial, mobile, and residential sources from the adjacent watershed into the Lagoon. It is my understanding the local contribution to the project will be $953,386.

Long Beach desalination represents the federal government’s national interest in making desalination of seawater a viable, cost-effective and environmentally responsive option for supply reliability along the coast of California. Seawater desalination will not be seen by The Congress, the California State Legislature, regulatory agencies, private sector interests or the public as a viable, cost effective and environmentally responsive option for municipal water supply reliability in the United States until advances are made and existing processes optimized in on-going research and development, funded through programs like the Long Beach Desalination Project.

The project is a constructed, large-scale, fully operational seawater desalination research and development facility located in urban/coastal Southern California. The research conducted at this facility is the most important and advanced analysis being conducted anywhere in the nation at this time, to include facility design and construction, permitting, operations, water quality, distribution system integration and alternative, sub-ocean floor intake and outfall systems. It is my understanding funds will be used for Ultra Violet & Chlorine Dioxide research; post treatment corrosives testing and analysis; under ocean floor intake and discharge demonstration system research, and site restoration. It is my understanding a 50% match share will be provided by the board of water commissioners.

The Santa Ana River Mainstem Project including Prado Dam (Project) was authorized under the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1986, and Section 309 of WRDA, 1996. The Project involves construction, acquisition of property rights, relocations, environmental mitigation and enhancement in Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties. The flood control districts of these counties are the Local Sponsors who are responsible, with the Department of the Army, for implementing the Project.

The Corps considered the Santa Ana River as the worst flood threat west of the Mississippi River. In 1980's, the Corps estimated that 3 million people and 110,000 acres would be impacted, with potential loss of 3,000 lives and $15 billion in economic losses (1987-8 price level.) Estimated impacts and loss (without the Project being constructed) would be much greater with current population growth and value of land and structures. In addition to protecting a large, highly populated and rapidly growing area of Southern California, the Project has/will improve protection of major transportation corridors.

It is my understanding federal funds will be allocated as follows. It is further my understanding the non-federal contribution will be 37.5% of the project cost.

Project Name: Westminster-East Garden Grove Watershed
Recipient: County of Orange, CA
Recipient Street Address: 300 N Flower St, Santa Ana, CA 92073 
Amount of Request: $900,000
Is the Recipient a for-profit entity? No

Flood damages along the East Garden Grove-Wintersburg Channel affect residential, commercial, and industrial development located in an 81 square mile watershed, impacting eleven cities in Orange County. Over 20,000 property owners are currently required to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program, while aging levees jeopardize thousands of additional property owners. The study will investigate innovative methods to provide flood protection in combination with improved ecosystem functioning and water quality. Over 20,000 property owners are currently mandated by the Federal government to pay flood insurance because of inadequate flood protection in this watershed. Taxpayer funds are used to rebuild private property and public infrastructure every year that flood damages occur. This comprehensive study is developing innovative, sustainable solutions to flooding, water quality, and environmental problems in this watershed. Those solutions will provide more cost-effective approaches than currently exist, and contribute to the National Economic Development as well as National Ecosystem Restoration Plan. It is the mission of the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to provide flood protection, navigation, and ecosystem restoration in meeting these criteria. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers found that there was federal interest in this project during their reconnaisance study. It is my understanding funding will be used for salaries and professional services for the army corps of engineers investigation.

The Groundwater Replenishment (GWR) System Capacity Enhancement Project will increase the region’s water independence from expensive and declining imported water resources from the California Delta and Colorado Rivers and supplement the existing water supplies by providing a new, reliable, high-quality source of water. The GWR System is the largest water recycling project of its kind. The Enhancement Project would expand the capacity of the current plant by an additional 18 million gallons per day. With the enhancement, the Project would expand the capacity of the current plant to 88 million gallons per day for a total of approximately 32 billion gallons per year.

The purpose of the GWR System Capacity Enhancement Project is to reduce reliance on imported water by expanding local water supplies. This will be accomplished by increasing the supply of locally produced recycled water available to recharge the Orange County groundwater basin.
In 2008, Orange County Water District (OCWD) began operating the largest water purification project of its kind to increase Orange County’s supply of locally controlled, drought-proof, high- quality drinking water. The GWR System has the capacity to generate enough near-distilled water to meet the annual needs of approximately 500,000 people (70 million gallons per day).
The District has demonstrated sound management, come in on budget and on time and maximized state and government funding allocated for this project. Since opening, the project has received numerous awards, including the Stockholm Water Industry Prize, which is the Nobel Prize of water. The project has also received positive worldwide media attention including the Wall Street Journal, N.Y. Times, Discovery Channel, CNN and Time Magazine.

OCWD diverts secondary treated waste water from the Orange County Sanitation District that would otherwise be disposed of in the ocean. The waste water is highly treated using microfiltration, reverse osmosis, and ultra violet light with hydrogen peroxide. Currently, half of the water from the GWR System is injected into groundwater basin along the coast to create a barrier preventing seawater from intruding our precious drinking water supplies and is pumped to the District recharge basins for percolation into the groundwater basin.

The Project would expand the capacity of the current plant by an additional 18 mgd. This expansion would include adding treatment capacity to the AWPF in Fountain Valley. Additional microfiltration, reverse osmosis, and ultraviolet light treatment equipment would be purchased and installed. A significant portion of the infrastructure has already been constructed to accommodate an expansion. This includes the yard piping, pump stations, and the electrical backbone. When the GWR System was designed and constructed, all piping, facilities, electrical systems, and the site were designed for an ultimate capacity of 130 mgd. Because the major processes (microfiltration, reverse osmosis, and ultraviolet light) are modular systems, expansion would be relatively simple.

Major work of the expansion would entail:

• Demolition of the current lab facility
• Microfiltration facility construction (up to a capacity of 42 mgd)
• Reverse osmosis facility (up to a capacity of 30 mgd)
• Ultraviolet light equipment installation (up to a capacity of 30 mgd)
• Additional post-treatment facilities
• Additional reverse osmosis transfer pumps
• Additional product water and barrier pumps
The population within OCWD’s service area is expected to increase from 2.5 million currently to 2.7 million by the year 2035. This growth is projected to increase water demands from the current approximately 480,000 acre feet per year (apy) to 558,000 afy in 2035. This proposed project will help OCWD meet this increase in water demand through expansion of local water supplies rather than importing additional supplies from outside the region. Project benefits include:
• Reducing the reliance of southern California on imported water by increasing the amount of water available for groundwater recharge in the region.
• Increasing the supply of local drinking water supply.
• Reducing negative impacts of droughts on the region by increasing the availability and amount of groundwater that can be pumped when drought conditions exist.
• Reliable source of water not impacted by Delta or Colorado River supply shortages or drought.
• Relieve stress off of the California Delta and Colorado River.
• Reducing greenhouse gas emissions/carbon footprint. Water produced by the GWR System uses approximately one-half of the amount of energy required to transport water from Northern California to Southern California.
• Reducing costs of drinking water by replacing high cost imported supplies with lower cost local supplies. Current imported supplies at the first tier are $650/af and will go up 20 percent in 2010 and an additional 10 to 15 percent in 2012. GWR System water is $770/af making the project very cost efficient. With subsidies the cost is even less at approximately $550/af.
• Contributing to the improvement of ocean water quality. Secondary treated waste water is recycled rather than disposed of into the ocean.
It is my understanding matching funds have been provided by local grants and other funding sources.

I requested $1,204,414 for Chapman University’s Military Personnel Law Center. This falls under the Operations and Maintenance, Defense Wide account. The Military Personnel Law Center at Chapman University School of Law provides the service of 2nd and 3rd year law students, faculty, clinic directors, and other supervising attorneys to represent military families, combat wounded troops, and veterans in various civil disputes. There exists an urgent and significant national need to have such a program. California is home to approximately 200,000 military families, and yet no pro bono organization exists within California that is tailored to their particular needs. In addition, JAG officers deploy as well, leaving many offices understaffed. Army regulations also limit the scope of legal services that military JAG Officers can provide. Funding would go towards salaries, operating expenses, and rent for the program.

I requested $4.2 billion in addition to the President’s budget for the C-17A Globemaster. This falls under the Airforce, aircraft procurement account. Full funding procures 15 C-17 aircraft. The C-17 is the only airlifter that can fulfill both strategic and tactical airlift needs. Funding keeps the only active strategic airlift production line open, if allowed to close the US loses this valuable capability.

I requested $4,199,100,000 for the Boeing Company’s Future Combat Systems. This falls under the Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army account, and in addition the procurement of W&TCV, Army account. The Army’s Future Combat System Brigade Combat team is a joint system of systems consisting of a network and a combination of manned and unmanned systems that use an advanced network architecture to enable levels of join connectivity, situational awareness and understanding, and synchronized operations previously unachievable. When fully operational, FCS will provide the Army and the join force unprecedented capability to see the enemy, engage him on our terms, and defeat him on the 21st century battlefield. Funding will further research and development of FCS towards full deployment.

I requested funding to support the President’s expected budget request of $102 million in RDT&E, and $11.3 million in procurement. This falls under the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy account. HTRS Ground Mobile Radio (GMR) provides radios for Army and Marine ground vehicles. HTRS NED develops software defined legacy radio waveforms and networking waveforms that support JTRS radios for use on ground, air, and sea. GMR is a component of the JTRS family of tactical software programmable radios providing networked voice, data, and video communications to the warfighter. Funding will be used both for research, as well as procurement, of the systems.

I requested funding for the F-22 Raptor. I requested $3,650,000,000 in procurement, $308,340,000 in modernization, and $505,637,000 in operational system development. This falls under the Aircraft Procurement, Airforce, and RDT&E, Airforce, accounts. Funding will continue production of F-22 aircraft beyond the current 183 program of record, and modernize the delivered aircraft to an enhanced common configuration. The F-22 Raptor is the nation’s most capable fighter and the world’s only operational fifth generation fighter aircraft. The F-22 provides our military forces with an essential advantage over potential adversaries.

Colorado Lagoon—Reopening the channel between Alamitos Bay and Colorado Lagoon to restore normal tidal flushing.
El Dorado Park Lakes—Replacing the use of well water in lakes with reclaimed water; filtering the reclaimed water for nitrogen and other trace elements.
The Kroc Center—Increasing the capacity of the detention basin to allow for recreational facilities to be built without flood damage; developing a treatment wetland to cleanse the urban runoff that enters the basin before it is discharged into the LA River.
Los Angeles RiverLink and Wetlands – Several projects along the Los Angeles River to allow for wetlands, as well as open space, trails, and nature centers while retaining flood control and management properties.
Diverting Alamitos Bay Stormwater—Improving water quality by diverting stormwater from Alamitos Bay through a permanent pump station that would allow low-flow runoff to be diverted into the sewer system.

Sari Line Relocation Technical Amendment
The Santa Ana River Interceptor Line (SARI) is a multi-county, regional backbone of wastewater transportation, extending 76 miles from San Bernardino and Riverside Counties to OCSD’s treatment plant in Fountain Valley. The SARI was built in 1976 and carries 42 million gallons of wastewater per day.

Severe erosion has taken place on a four-mile stretch of the SARI below the Prado Dam in the Santa Ana River bed and has reduced soil over the SARI from ten to twenty feet of groundcover to three feet in some places. Improvements to Prado Dam and the Santa Ana River Mainstem will provide the ability to release up to 30,000 cubic feet per second downstream of Prado Dam. Increased dam releases will dramatically increase this erosion and has caused the need to relocate the line out of the river bed to avoid a major sewage spill.

WRDA 2007 provided for a ceiling increase of $100 million to accommodate relocation of line. The Army Corps of Engineers is now suggesting that in the absence of a direct statement that relocation is to be considered part of a “construction project,” they will deny the local cost-share calculation. Providing the clarifying language that SARI relocation, while remaining a local cost, is a construction cost of the entire project will allow for costs to be considered eligible as part of nonfederal 35 percent cost-share.
Improvements to the Prado Dam (a Federal flood control project) have necessitated the need to relocate the SARI Line.

Prado Dam Sediment Management Demonstration Project
$2,000,000
Water Supply - The region is currently in its fourth year of drought. Below average precipitation and runoff began in the 2005-06 water year. Additionally, recent environmental rulings have resulted in a 20 percent reduction in water deliveries from the Sacramento Delta. The Project helps diminish the region’s reliance on uncertain imported water supplies by increasing utilization of local water resources captured at Prado Dam and subsequently recharged into the groundwater basin downstream in Orange County.
Flood Damage Reduction – This Project addresses the problem of reduced reservoir capacity due to existing sediment deposition which can lead to the functional failure of the dam during large flood events.
Environmental Infrastructure – The Project would facilitate the transport of sediments, thereby increasing the storage capacity of Prado Dam. This will lead to an increased useful life of the facility and avoid significantly more costly near-term capital infrastructure maintenance projects to restore dam capacity.

Prado Basin Water Conservation Feasibility Study Update
$2,750,000
The region is currently in its fourth year of drought. Below average precipitation and runoff began in the 2005-06 water year. Additionally, recent environmental rulings have resulted in a 20 percent reduction in water deliveries from the Sacramento Delta. The Project helps diminish the region’s reliance on uncertain imported water supplies by increasing utilization of local water resources captured at Prado Dam and subsequently recharged into the groundwater basin downstream in Orange County

Pier J East Navigation Channel:
$13,500,000
To improve safety for maneuvering, and to better accommodate the current container vessel fleet, deepening of the east approach channel and turning basin for the Pier J container terminal must be undertaken. Work would include deepening from the current channel depth of approximately -47 to -49 feet mean-lower-low-water (MLLW) to a minimum depth of -52 feet MLLW. Deepening of the channel is estimated to require removal of approximately 1.5 million cubic yards of material. The Pier J container terminal includes 256 acres, includes an on-dock intermodal rail yard and has three berths that are accessed through the Pier J East channel.

Liquid Bulk Navigation Deepening:
$9,000,000
The Port of Long Beach is considering development of additional liquid bulk terminal capacity to accommodate the need to import crude and refined petroleum products into the Southern California region and for the import/export of additional liquid bulk products. The proposed location of the two terminal facilities is at Pier T berth T124 and T126. The proposed site is adjacent to the Port’s main channel which has a depth of 76 feet, and is ideally suited to safely accommodate liquid bulk products. Locating the liquid bulk terminal at this location would require minimal expansion of the existing turning basin and deepening of each berth (T124 and T126) adjacent to the existing channel. The project would require removal of approximately 1 million cubic yards of material and could provide a depth of up to -85 feet at Berth T126 and a depth of -50 feet MLLW at Berth T124.

Long Beach Anchorage Deepening:
$90,000,000
The Harbor Pilots maintain a variety of anchorage sites inside the Long Beach and Middle Breakwaters to anchor ocean-going vessels. Anchorages are used on a daily basis for ships waiting to access a berth, for vessel operations that can be accommodated while at anchor, for coast guard or customs required inspections and for emergency repair or inspection when necessary. Anchorage sites are also used in case of rough weather when transit of a vessel to a berth is unsafe. The current number of deep draft anchorage sites is insufficient to accommodate the number of large deep draft vessels that currently call at the Port. There is a specific need for additional large anchorage locations for crude petroleum ocean-going vessels. The Harbor Pilots have requested additional anchorage sites with a minimum water depth of 68 feet MLLW. Current sites range from -34 feet MLLW to -68 feet MLLW. The Port of Long Beach proposes to deepen five anchorage sites inside the Middle Breakwater which would require removal of approximately 10 million cubic yards of material.

San Ramon Canyon Stabilization and Restoration Act
$9,750,000
This project includes the planning, design, environmental work, and construction of drainage restoration infrastructure to stabilize San Ramon Canyon.

Channel Deepening
$249,000,000
The project consists of deepening the existing 45 foot deep main channel, west basin channel, east basin channel, and turning basins to 53 feet deep at the Port of Los Angeles