Dysfunction and federal funding cuts in Washington, D.C. aren’t stopping one Silicon Valley lawmaker from getting money into his district. Congressional District 16 Rep. Sam Liccardo — San Jose’s former mayor — announced a nearly $14 million infusion of federal cash into San Mateo and Santa Clara counties on Thursday. In Santa Clara County, that means affordable housing, flood protection, fire infrastructure and homeless service projects can move forward in San Jose, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Campbell. Liccardo called the funds a “modest indication” of a larger shift underway in the governing halls of D.C. “Republicans finally sat down with…
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