As their budget deadline approaches, Bay Area cities asked a federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday to temporarily block the Trump administration from denying funding over local policies linked to gender, diversity, equity and inclusion and immigration.
Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Redwood City are among 11 California and Oregon jurisdictions suing a slew of federal departments over conditions they say are unconstitutional and designed to coerce them into adhering to the president’s policy agenda.
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The plaintiffs’ attorneys argue that the president’s executive orders and grant program conditions put municipalities in an “untenable” position, forced to choose between “acquiescing in unlawful conditions or forfeiting critical federal funding necessary to carry out essential public safety, public health, and environmental programs.”
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