Amounts Do Not Add Up to What Our State Deserves

Dear Editor,

Congressman Swalwell responded to my question of April 12th with a list of topics to receive funding in California (letter available on request). The amounts do not add up to what our state deserves. Nor is there anything specific for Alameda County. Since the Congressman doesn’t live here anymore, I guess he forgot what we need. Let’s do the numbers again. California is 40/320 of the United States, and Alameda County is 1.6/40 of California, or 0.5% of the country. President Biden has 1.9 trillion from the Covid Relief Bill and 1.2 trillion from the Infrastructure Bill, for a total of 3.1 trillion dollars. That means California gets 387.5 billion (12.5% of 3.1 trillion), but Congressman Swalwell says California only gets 46.5 billion. Where is the rest of the money? And where is the 15.5 billion for Alameda County?

– Joseph Grcar, Castro Valley