State and local officials gathered in Richmond on Wednesday to kick off a $1.1 billion effort to beautify and clean up garbage in communities across the state.

The three-year effort is expected to generate as many as 11,000 jobs, according to state officials, including for formerly homeless and incarcerated people, military veterans, students and local artists.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.