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<\/p>\nSacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom announced that cities and local agencies throughout the state will receive $114.5 million in grants to remove litter, beautify neighborhoods and transform public spaces into points of pride. The funding is the latest piece of Governor Newsom\u2019s Clean California initiative, a sweeping $1.2 billion, multiyear clean-up effort led by Caltrans to remove trash, create thousands of jobs and engage communities to revitalize public spaces.<\/p>\n
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What Governor Newsom said: \u201c<\/strong>The trash we see on our roadsides and public areas is completely unacceptable \u2013 Californians deserve better. Cleaning up public spaces will help us restore a sense of pride and a sense of community throughout the state.\u201d<\/p>\n Why it\u2019s important:<\/strong>\u00a0The 60 projects receiving funding will improve parks, tribal lands, neighborhoods, transit hubs, walking paths, streets, roadsides, recreation fields, community gathering spots, and places of cultural importance or historical interest in underserved communities. This\u00a0funding builds on the\u00a0nearly $300 million in grants<\/a>\u00a0to more than 100 local Clean California projects statewide that Governor Newsom announced in March of 2022. Following the positive community response, Governor Newsom and the state legislature approved another $100 million last year for a second round of local projects.<\/p>\n Grant examples include\u00a0$3.3 million to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to clean transit stations and bus stops throughout the city, $1 million to the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System for South Bay Transit Beautification and $1.1 million to the City of Fullerton to enhance the Fullerton Transportation Center. This is part of a specific $14.5 million in funding\u00a0set aside from today\u2019s total announcement to support\u00a018 projects<\/a>\u00a0to clean stations and other areas around public transit systems.\u00a0In addition, there are\u00a042 local grant projects<\/a>\u00a0ranging from $88,000 to $5 million, and all benefit underserved communities.<\/p>\n Since launching Clean California in July 2021, Caltrans has removed an estimated 1.9\u00a0million cubic yards of litter from state highways. The program has created more than 4,000 jobs that have helped Californians overcome barriers to employment, including 357 people who had been experiencing homelessness, and drawn more than 10,000 volunteers to events ranging from community cleanups to large debris collections for appliances, tires and mattresses.<\/p>\n