Community Project Funding Requests FY2027
As part of the yearly appropriations process, members of Congress may request funding for specific projects in their communities, so long as the projects have a federal nexus and meet other requirements established by federal law, House Rules, and the Appropriations Committee. Guidance for Fiscal Year 2027 Community Project Funding is available here.
In compliance with House Rules and Committee requirements, Rep. Huffman has certified that he, his spouse, and his immediate family have no financial interest in any of the projects he has requested. Details of the requests for FY2027 can be found below.
PROJECTS REQUESTED
Replacing a Critical MRI Scanner for Rural Patient Care in Mendocino Coast
Adventist Health Mendocino Coast
Fort Bragg, CA
$1,500,000
$1,500,000
The funding would be used to replace an aging MRI scanner to ensure its patients do not lose their timely access to care. The current MRI scanner at Adventist Health Mendocino Coast was originally installed in 2010, and it has reached the end of its useful life. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because MRI is a foundational element in medicine. It is used for a variety of purposes: to detect tumors, evaluate orthopedic injuries, diagnose strokes and assess other conditions. The residents of this region t will avoid disruptions in their care or inconsistent diagnostic pathways that will postpone their treatment.
Albion Little River Central Fire Station Construction
Albion Little River Fire Protection District
Albion, CA
$1,200,000
$1,200,000
The funding would be used to design and construct a new central fire station in Albion, California, replacing the district's obsolete headquarters at Station 810. Station 810 in the Albion town center, was built by volunteers in 1960. It serves as district headquarters but is in poor condition and barely large enough to accommodate a single modern fire engine. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it addresses a critical public safety need in one of the most underserved rural communities in Califoria. The previous Station 810 has served the community for over 65 years, and this new station aims to do the same.
Off Grid EV Charging and Emergency Preparedness Project
Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria
Loleta CA
$570,000
$570,000
The funding would be used to help deploy an off-grid, solar-powered EV charging solution that generates and stores electricity independently of the grid, ensuring uninterrupted power access for EVs, first responders, and critical community operations. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because this will tribe toward achieving its sustainability goals, enhancing public safety, and ensuring that all residents have access to reliable, renewable energy.
Blue Lake Rancheria Hula Community Park Pavilion
Blue Lake Rancheria, California
Blue Lake, CA
$950,000
The funding would be used to construct a 2,500-square-foot community pavilion tribal trust land. The project creates construction jobs, develops a tribal wood products enterprise, trains workers in the skilled building trades, and produces a permanent community facility — all from a single federal investment. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it delivers exceptional value per federal dollar through four reinforcing benefits. It creates jobs, trains workers in the skilled construction trades at a time of acute regional labor shortages, as well as the emergency preparedness function reduces future federal disaster response costs by expanding the Tribes proven capacity as a regional emergency hub, at no additional cost beyond the community facility.
Emergency Operations Center and Public Safety Communications Facility
County of Del Norte, California
Crescent City, CA
$1,200,000
The funding would be used to establish a dedicated Primary Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and Public Safety Communications Facility in Crescent City, California. Del Norte County is one of the most tsunami-prone jurisdictions on the West Coast. Despite this hazard exposure, Del Norte County currently lacks a purpose-built Primary EOC capable of supporting that level of response. The County also faces persistent wildfire risk, compounding the urgency of this infrastructure gap. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because Del Norte County sits at the intersection of California's most severe coastal hazards. A Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami would demand immediate, sustained Operational Area activation across a geographically isolated region with no nearby mutual aid. Without a purpose-built EOC, that response cannot be effectively coordinated, placing lives, property, and critical infrastructure at risk.
Gather and Grow Food Hub
Del Norte Healthcare District
Crescent City, CA
$1,200,000
The funding would be used to support the development, construction, and launch of a regional food hub that strengthens local agriculture, expands food access, and provides critical infrastructure for rural food businesses. Funds will support facility construction and equipment installation, that enable local producers to access institutional and community markets while improving equitable food access across the region. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it will improve food access in an area with one of of the highest rates of food insecurity and diet-related health challenges in California. Will expand market access for small-scale, beginning, and Tribal farmers who currently lack the infrastructure needed to supply larger buyers.
Public Health Laboratory - Humboldt County
County of Humboldt
Eureka, CA
$1,500,000
The funding would be used to build a new 10,000 sq. ft. Public Health Laboratory Facility. A purpose-built space utilizing new and emerging laboratory technology for clinical and environmental testing and bioterrorism response programs. The current laboratory, one of only 29 remaining in the state, is in a 100-year-old, repurposed building and aging modular units in a parking lot that don’t have the space or power to run modern equipment. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because the laboratory supports essential public health services throughout Humboldt County and the surrounding region.
Emergency Operations Center in Orleans, CA
Karuk Tribe
Orleans, CA
$1,200,000
The funding would be used to serve and support the surrounding areas of Humboldt and Siskiyou Counties during emergency incidents including; wildfires, floods, landslides, extended power outages, and other emergencies. No EOC facility currently exists in the region. The Karuk EOC will meet a clear need for an emergency response coordination facility available for use during a range of emergencies and by a range of federal, state, local, and Tribal emergency response personnel. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because the project will significantly enhancing coordinated response to a range of emergency situations, improving resident safety and well-being, reducing damage to National Forests and federal property, and enhancing protection of local communities.
Fire Workforce Housing & Training Facility Project
County of Marin
Novato, CA
$1,000,000
The funding would be used to support the redevelopment of facilities at the College of Marin’s Indian Valley Campus into a dormitory and operational hub for the Tamalpais Fire Crews and the FIRE Foundry workforce development program. The project will renovate an existing 15,000-square-foot building into dormitory housing and wraparound support space and construct a new operational facility to house fire apparatus, training space, equipment storage, and maintenance operations. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because rather than funding reactive wildfire suppression alone, this investment strengthens California’s long-term wildfire resilience strategy by expanding prevention capacity; scaling trained fire crew availability; and reducing catastrophic wildfire risk.
Behavioral Health Facility Expansion in Marin City, CA
Marin City Health and Wellness Center
Marin City, CA
$1,500,000
The funding would be used to support the expansion of our community health center in Marin City, CA that includes constructing a 2-story, 7,640 sq. foot facility to fill a critical gap in southern Marin County and bring on-site behavioral health services, MOUD/SUD treatment, care coordination and wrap-around services to over 3,241 low-income, un/underinsured patients. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it will benefit the regions most vulnerable residents who rely on safety-net health care services for their mental health, MOUD/SUD treatment, and primary care services.
Coyote Valley Dam General Investigation Study
Army Corps of Engineers (Requested by Mendocino County Inland Water and Power Commission)
Ukiah, CA
$400,000
$400,000
The funding would be used to complete a feasibility study for the raising of Coyote Valley Dam in Mendocino County, California was first initiated. The purpose of the dam raise is to provide a more reliable local water supply, increase flood damage reduction and improve water quality for listed anadromous fish in the Russian River. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because the water from this reservoir to the Russian River serves 600,000 people, both domestic and agricultural interests within the 2nd Congressional District.
New Bookmobile
Mendocino County Library
Mendocino County
$820,000
$820,000
The funding would be used to replace its aging Bookmobile vehicle. The Bookmobile is the primary, and in many cases the only, point of access to library services for residents in Mendocino County’s most geographically remote and economically vulnerable communities. The current Bookmobile has exceeded its service life, and when it is out of operation, entire communities, including seniors, children, tribal members, and low-income households, lose access to books, broadband, and essential public resources. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it preserves the only reliable source of library access for more than 1,100 residents of rural Mendocino County who have no other practical option.
OVFD Wildland Engine Acquisition
Orleans Volunteer Fire Department
Orleans, CA
$499,770
The funding would be used to replace the Orleans Volunteer Fire Department’s current unsafe and mechanically unreliable 1985 wildland engine with a safe and efficient wildland engine. This new engine will be their primary wildland apparatus and will also be able to support structure and vehicle fires, roadside rescue incidents and beneficial fire implementation. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because a new wildland engine will directly support the protection of life and property in multiple rural communities that reside in a high hazard severity zone.
Petaluma River Trail – US-101 and Rail Undercrossings
City of Petaluma
Petaluma, CA
$1,500,000
The funding would be used to construct a 0.5-mile off-street multi-use trail along the east bank of the Petaluma River between the Petaluma Marina and an existing section of River Trail at Bautista and Soto Way. The project will connect people traveling by foot and bicycle with the waterfront while overcoming several major barriers to active transportation—US-101, Lakeville Highway, and an active railroad—that currently impede travel between downtown, the City’s transit hub, commercial and employment centers, residential neighborhoods, and riverfront parks. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it leverages substantial local and state investment to address a long-standing safety and connectivity need within the region.
Occidental Library Expansion Project
Sonoma County Library
Occidental, CA
$800,000
The funding would be used to relocate a small community library which currently occupies a rented space of 657 square feet to the Occidental Community Center, a Sonoma County Parks building that has been underutilized for years. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it leverages an underutilized public building - the Occidental Community Center -to provide an expanded, modern library without the cost of new construction. By repurposing an existing public asset, the project maximizes public benefit while minimizing overall expenses.
Russian River Treatment Plant West Weather Equalization Expansion Project
Sonoma County Water Agency
Guerneville, CA
$1,200,000
The funding would be used to design and construct additional sewage storage to hold excess raw wastewater for later treatment once peak inflows to the treatment facility have reduced from storm events. This will reduce sewage overflows during increasingly frequent storm events. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it would provide significant benefits to the community of West Sonoma County residents who have for decades experienced the negative environmental and social impacts of wastewater spills within the collection system and the discharge of partially treated or untreated wastewater into the Russian River.
Jerold Phelps Community Hospital Seismic Project
Southern Humboldt Community Healthcare District
Garberville, CA
$1,500,000
The funding would be used rebuild the Jerold Phelps Community Hospital. This two-story new building will allow for a significant expansion of rural health care services and a widening of SoHum Health's capacity to treat more patients. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because a new Jerold Phelps Community Hospital in Garberville will not only save lives, the new and larger building will offer the necessary space to expand available health services to residents of Trinity, Humboldt, and Mendocino Counties.
Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades
Stinson Beach County Water District
Stinson Beach, CA
$1,281,582
The funding would be used to upgrade its aging raw water collection and treated water distribution infrastructure. The project will replace deteriorating 60-year old transmission pipelines subject to coastal salt air and erosion, will ensure sufficient resources of safe, clean drinking water for residents and visitors into the 21st century amid uncertain environmental challenges. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because the small town of Stinson Beach (population 525) receives tens of thousands of regional visitors on seasonal weekends and 300,000 annually from around the world, putting demands on the small drinking water system for which it was not designed to accommodate.
Type 1 Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Fire Engine
Stinson Beach Fire Protection District
Stinson Beach, CA
$1,200,000
The funding would be used to acquire a Type 1 WUI fire engine. Stinson Beach is a rural coastal community with limited emergency infrastructure and restricted road access, making rapid response capabilities critical. The Type 1 WUI Fire Engine will allow the SBFPD expand our range and capabilities and respond to the widest variety of emergencies most efficiently. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it will ensure adequate care of significant public lands, roadways, trails, and coastline as well as the many visitors that come to enjoy them. It will allow the SBFPD the abilty to reach and extinguish wildfires on more acres of public land more quickly.
Acquisition of Track Chipper and Fuels Reduction Equipment
Trinity Public Utilities District (TPUD)
Trinity County
$1,000,000
The funding would be used to acquire a compact track chipper, and related equipment (excavator, masticator head, truck and trailers) to provide TPUD and Trinity County partners with chipper access in forested areas in Trinity County that have been difficult to access due to the rugged terrain. TPUD's entire 2200 square mile service area is classified in either Elevated or Extreme Fire Threat Districts according to the CPUC High Fire-Threat District Map. acquisition of this. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because the use of this track chipper and related equipment b will remove substantial amounts of hazardous fuels from the County, significantly mitigating wildfire risk for the citizens of Trinity County and the region.
Requests from previous years can be found below: