SoCal ports to receive $18 million in state security funds
Southern California ports are to receive $18 million in state homeland security funds.
The grants will come from more than $40 million earmarked this year for port and transit security funding within the $20 billion Proposition 1b transportation bond initiative approved last year by California voters.
Matthew Bettenhausen, director of the California Office of Homeland Security, said the Port of Los Angeles will receive $10 million in Prop 1b security funds, while neighboring Long Beach will receive $8 million.