Over $600,000 of federal funds secured for Petaluma Emergency Operations Center

March 25, 2024

Two local projects will receive a combined total of more than $1 million in federal funding allocated by the US House of Representatives appropriations bills.

On March 22, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the six final 2024 appropriations bills.

Congressman Jared Huffman secured a total of $1,274,390 in Community Project Funding, half of which will go to the City of Petaluma, and the other half of which will go toward the Blue Lake Rancheria.

The funding going to Petaluma will be used for pre-construction of a new municipal Emergency Operations Center, which will enable more effective responses to emergencies in the area.

Blue Lake Rancheria is working on its Toma Resilience Campus, a dedicated space for activities to building resilience capacity across energy, water, food, communication and transportation sectors along the Rancheria.

“After securing more than $9 million for Community Projects in the first tranche of funding bills, I’m happy to say that my remaining two projects have passed the House – meaning over $10 million will soon be on its way to our district for 15 fantastic projects led by my constituents,” said Rep. Huffman in a press release from his office in Washington D.C.

Two other Sonoma County projects have received funding through the passing of this year’s federal appropriation bills in Washington.

Cloverdale’s Alexander Valley Health and Wellness Center received $500,000 to help build a 3-story, 40,000 square foot health center for low income residents, and the Sonoma County Transportation Authority received over $1.1 million to replace and restore the 60-foot long two-lane SR 37 bridge over Tolay Creek.


By:  Ezra Wallach
Source: Sonoma County Gazette