The city’s Office of Arts & Culture will oversee the allocation of the federal American Rescue Plan grants, but first the City Council needs to approve of it.

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Doris Matsui’s “Trees Act” would set aside $50 million annually for five years to fund the planting of 300,000 trees. The money would be available through a cost-share grant program funded through the Department of Energy.

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Congresswoman Doris Matsui described the legislation as providing a “roadmap” to protect schools against escalating cyberattacks. 

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Asian-American congresswomen warned the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday that the nation had reached a “crisis point” amid a spike in discrimination and violence targeting the Asian community, in the first congressional hearing on the issue held in more than three decades.

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