East Bay congressional reps rip EPA as nearly $40 million in Bay Area grants threatened

TWO CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES in the East Bay are objecting to the cancellation of a roughly $19 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that was awarded to Contra Costa County to fight industrial pollution and build a community center at an urban farm. 

Another grant from the EPA’s Community Change program that was awarded to San Francisco County for several transportation projects on Treasure Island was paused in January and was under review as of Thursday, according to Stephen Chun, a spokesman for the San Francisco County Transportation Authority.