119th Congress
Orange County officials broke ground on a new affordable housing complex designed to provide permanent housing for low-income veterans, students with families, and individuals and families with special needs.
The Lincoln Avenue Apartments, located at a former commercial property on Lincoln Avenue near Knott Avenue in Buena Park, will feature more than 50 low-cost housing units.
Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has wasted no time pushing forward his aggressive immigration agenda, delivering on one of his key campaign promises.
For Orange County’s newest House Democrats, Reps. Dave Min and Derek Tran, that means being thrown into the political deep end, facing tough votes on immigration enforcement right out of the gate.
President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law on Wednesday, marking the first legislative win of his second term amid a broader illegal immigration crackdown.
The bill, named for the slain Georgia nursing school student murdered by a Venezuelan citizen in the U.S. illegally, directs federal authorities to detain undocumented immigrants accused, arrested, or who have been convicted of “burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting.”
In 1984, volunteers stood outside supermarkets in Orange County, clipboards in hand, helping fellow Vietnamese Americans register to vote.
Van Tran, then a freshman at UC Irvine, was one of them.
Freshman Rep. Derek Tran (D-Calif.) flipped a Republican seat in November by hundreds of votes, a minuscule total which he attributes to his strength in the Vietnamese-American community.
We caught up with Tran to hear how he’s preparing to mark the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, the freshman’s take on his opening months in Congress and how Democrats can win back the House.
Cypress, CA – Rep. Derek Tran (CA-45) hosted elected and community leaders at his district office to celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and recognize the contributions of local AANHPI leaders in Orange and LA counties.
Cerritos, CA – El martes, el Rep. Derek Tran (CA-45) se reunió con líderes comunitarios Latinos para una mesa redonda, en la que discutieron las barreras que enfrentan a la comunidad Latina, y las maneras en las que Rep. Tran puede apoyar en el Congreso.
Cerritos, CA – On Tuesday, Rep. Derek Tran (CA-45) met with Latino leaders from California’s 45th congressional district for a roundtable meeting, during which they discussed the barriers facing the Latino community and how Rep. Tran can support the community in Congress.
NOTE: The projects are listed alphabetically by recipient.
Recipient: City of Artesia
Project Title: Artesia Emergency Operations Center
Address: 18747 Clarkdale Ave, Artesia CA 90701
Amount of request: $925,000
Washington, DC – Rep. Derek Tran (CA-45) responded to the passage of a Republican-led budget bill that makes dramatic cuts to basic-needs services like Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and Social Security.