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(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This is nothing new — Trump has always tried to play cruel games with states that protect working families,” Newsom spokesperson Diana Crofts-Pelayo said. “The courts have repeatedly rejected the Trump administration’s politically motivated attacks on blue states — should the Trump administration move forward, we expect the same here.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>TANF — known in California as CalWORKS — is short-term cash assistance for people in poverty, including \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057\">nearly 900,000 Californians\u003c/a> as of 2024. SSI provides cash benefits to elderly, blind or disabled people with low incomes, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/ssi_sc/2025/ca.pdf\">1.1 million Californians\u003c/a> as of 2025. That’s roughly 2 million Californians benefitted from the two programs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California receives a $3.7 billion annual block grant for TANF and roughly $8 billion a year in SSI funding, according to Ryan Woolsey, a policy analyst at the state Legislative Analyst’s Office. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Trump administration said it believes Congress intended for every state agency to report unauthorized immigrants to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. And officials suggested that those immigrants were benefiting from the welfare programs.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When a state chooses to participate in TANF, it accepts the obligation to report illegal aliens in the United States,” Assistant Attorney General T. Elliot Gaiser of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel said in a statement. “Tax dollars intended to help vulnerable Americans should not perversely encourage illegal entry into the United States, but rather should reinforce our laws and our borders.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In fact, people who are not lawfully present in the U.S. are \u003ca href=\"https://acf.gov/ofa/policy-guidance/acf-ofa-im-25-01\">not eligible\u003c/a> for \u003ca href=\"https://www.ssa.gov/ssi/spotlights/spot-non-citizens.htm\">either program\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If California were to comply with the new federal requirements, however, it would spotlight for federal immigration enforcement many of the \u003ca href=\"https://data.cmsny.org\">estimated 2.6 million people\u003c/a> in the state without legal status, including those who have lived in the U.S. for years and have U.S. citizen children.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California has information on a lot of residents without legal immigration status because, over the past two decades, lawmakers have made them eligible for public resources, including driver’s licenses, emergency health care and in-state tuition, UC Davis law professor Kevin Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The risk is bigger in California because California has been willing, in exercising its legislative judgment, to provide more services and benefits to undocumented immigrants than many other states,” Johnson said. “It’s done so legally, and it’s done so without the knowledge that it might be required to share information with the federal government.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/AP26020827442794-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12070624\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/AP26020827442794-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/AP26020827442794-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/AP26020827442794-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Adam Schiff, right, walks with Sen. Alex Padilla, during a visit to an immigration detention center on Jan. 20, 2026, in California City, California. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2026/04/california-dmv-shares-immigrant-driver-data/\">More than a million\u003c/a> unauthorized immigrants have California driver’s licenses, thanks to a 2013 law known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/assembly-bill-ab-60-driver-licenses/\">AB 60\u003c/a> that allows residents to obtain a license regardless of their immigration status. 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Most of that funding will be allocated for childcare vouchers, and the state determined there’s enough existing funds to offer school employees access to the California State Preschool Program, which provides free early education in a variety of settings for families who earn \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/ci/mb2603.asp\">up to the state median income\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Providers were disappointed by some elements of the budget that they said don’t reflect the actual cost of providing care, but parents who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086244/california-parents-on-waitlist-for-subsidized-childcare-anxious-over-proposed-budget-cuts\">have been waiting for a subsidy to help with childcare\u003c/a> were encouraged by the news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can see a light in the tunnel,” said Carmen Perez, a Novato mom who has been waiting more than 18 months for an open slot for her toddler son. “I hope we can get off the waiting list. That would be awesome.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The final budget marks a recent reversal for Newsom, who had vowed in 2021 to dramatically increase access to childcare and fund more than 200,000 slots. But after an early push of adding almost 130,000 placements, the state paused the expansion for three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state was supposed to resume the rollout this fiscal year, but in May, Newsom instead proposed cutting 6,800 slots as part of his push to eliminate the state deficit. The Democratic-led legislature countered with a proposal to add 44,000 more before settling on the nearly 23,000 spaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089607\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089607\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/240215-PreschoolSuspension-37-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/240215-PreschoolSuspension-37-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/240215-PreschoolSuspension-37-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/240215-PreschoolSuspension-37-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danielle Jorgenson, known to students as Teacher Dani, cheers for students as they jump during a preschool class at Los Medanos College Child Study Center in Pittsburg on Feb. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most of that funding will be allocated for vouchers, which families typically use to pay for home-based childcare, with a smaller portion for spaces at childcare centers for children under the age of 3.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Democratic lawmakers reminded the governor of his commitment to young children and families, and the governor somewhat reluctantly did agree to continue his own momentum to lift young kids,” said Bruce Fuller, an education policy professor at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fuller and his colleagues at the university’s Equity and Excellence in Early Childhood alliance found that during the period California expanded access to transitional kindergarten for all 4-year-old children, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12082904/as-transitional-kindergarten-grows-hundreds-of-child-care-centers-close\">nearly 10% of community-based childcare programs and preschools shut their doors\u003c/a>. These private nonprofits struggled to maintain enrollment as 4-year-olds left for TK at public and charter schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the shuttered programs relied on state funding to provide the California State Preschool Program. Money for their programs came from the general fund, which can fluctuate depending on the state’s fiscal outlook.[aside postID=news_12086244 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260531-CALIFORNIABUDGETCHILDCARE00510_TV-KQED.jpg']To help stabilize these programs, this year’s budget shifts all funding for the state’s preschool program into Proposition 98, a 1988 ballot measure that guarantees minimum spending on education from the state’s general fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California School Board Association and the California Teachers Association opposed the move, saying it would weaken funding for TK-12 graders. Requests for comment from both groups about the final budget have not been returned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fuller called the compromise to make all public school employees, including those who work for county offices of education and community colleges, eligible for the California State Preschool Program “a pretty good deal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A single parent earning $100,000 per year or a family of four earning $136,000 per year qualifies for the program. It prioritizes the lowest-income families, as well as children in child protective services or who have exceptional needs. The new rule means that school districts and community college employees could benefit from free early care and education. The budget also extends paid pregnancy leave for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Democratic lawmakers were able to put in place a sound policy to protect Pre-K dollars from downstream economic troubles,” Fuller said, adding that the compromise with the teachers’ union benefited both their own children and children around the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom and lawmakers also agreed to simplify a couple of eligibility rules: Families who live within a high-poverty school district are eligible for the state-funded programs and children can stay enrolled even if their parents earn more money after meeting income requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089615\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1777px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089615\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_6623_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1777\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_6623_qed.jpg 1777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_6623_qed-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_6623_qed-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1777px) 100vw, 1777px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The majority of students enrolled in the transitional kindergarten program at Kingsley Elementary School come from Spanish-speaking families. 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He said if the cities and counties had applied for a specific grant that had a condition related to one of the policy issues in the suit, there is a threat of harm that gives the city or county the right to bring the motion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He raised questions about whether the municipalities had standing to bring a case regarding grants that they hadn’t yet applied for, signaling that he might instead plan to expand his injunction to applicable grants whenever the cities or counties do apply in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I was a municipality, I wouldn’t be all that concerned about what I am going to do,” he said during the brief hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088034\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1997px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088034\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/COURTHOUSE_007_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1997\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/COURTHOUSE_007_qed.jpg 1997w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/COURTHOUSE_007_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/COURTHOUSE_007_qed-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1997px) 100vw, 1997px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Courthouse in San Francisco, California, on March 6, 2018. \u003ccite>(Lauren Hanussak/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Orrick said he would issue a written order “as soon as possible,” after prosecuting attorney Jim Ross noted that cities and counties have to finalize their budgets for the coming fiscal year before July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suit is one of many filed across the U.S. stemming from President Donald Trump’s threats to withhold federal funding from local governments that don’t comply with the administration’s policy views on diversity, equity and inclusion, gender and immigration enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The directives — which include the “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders” and “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” orders issued last year — call for the heads of federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice and Department of Interior, to include terms in their grants and contracts that prohibit recipients from operating DEI programs and “promot[ing] gender ideology,” and require that they comply with federal immigration officials.[aside postID=news_12087600 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/CoalOaklandGetty.jpg']The suit alleges that the orders’ vague and ambiguous language violates the Constitution’s Due Process and Spending clauses, and allows the administration to condition funding as a “mechanism of retaliation” against municipalities that have viewpoints or policies that don’t align with the administration’s. They also say that DHS’s updated “standard terms and conditions” require entities to violate their sanctuary policies, and other departments’ new grant and contract terms similarly restrict funding for entities that support DEI initiatives or transgender people in violation of antidiscrimination laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plaintiffs have asked the court to establish that the funding conditions are unlawful and unconstitutional, and prohibit the administration from conditioning congressionally authorized funds on those requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Constitution vests Congress — not the Executive — with the authority to make laws and\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>appropriate federal funds,” the suit said. “While the Executive Branch is charged with faithfully executing the laws enacted by Congress, that duty does not include the power to unilaterally rewrite or expand the statutory terms under which federal funds are awarded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These actions exceed Defendants’ constitutional and statutory authority, erode the separation of powers, and disregard core constitutional and statutory protections,” it continues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>A rule proposed by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/trump-administration\">Trump administration \u003c/a>aimed at terminating federal grants that don’t align with White House values has sparked widespread concern among public lands, science and health advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The policy, which the Office of Management and Budget \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/us/politics/trump-budget-grants-omb-vought.html\">announced\u003c/a> late last week, is framed as an attempt to improve transparency, efficiency and renew the “Federal Government’s commitment to basic \u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/29/2026-10817/regulation-for-federal-financial-assistance#addresses\">American values\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If finalized, the proposal would place final sign-off power with political appointees rather than nonpartisan staff, requiring all grants to be aligned with the president’s executive orders and policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The roughly 400-page document is framed as a backlash to “a ‘woke’ policy agenda,” which it claims guided the Biden administration’s federal funding initiatives. Grants designed to advance “unlawful identity-based ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’” policies are called out, alongside “anti-American ideologies in education,” “labs engaged in gain-of-function research” — a broad term referring to scientific studies of virology — and “wasteful spending” by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Office of Management and Budget declined to respond on the record to KQED’s questions about the proposed rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The affected departments, as listed in the draft rule, are wide-ranging, from Health and Human Services to Interior to Education, Labor and Homeland Security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055667\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055667\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/TrumpCaliforniaNatlParksGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1307\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/TrumpCaliforniaNatlParksGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/TrumpCaliforniaNatlParksGetty-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/TrumpCaliforniaNatlParksGetty-1536x1004.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors leave Muir Woods National Monument on July 24, 2025, in Muir Woods National Monument, California. Under a directive from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and the Trump administration, the National Park Service has removed an exhibit at Muir Woods National Monument that aimed to tell a more comprehensive history of the site. The exhibit was installed in 2021 and amended to highlight previously untold narratives of the Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo peoples who stewarded the land for hundreds of years, and the efforts by the California Club, a women’s organization, to save the forest in the early 20th century. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So far, members of the scientific community have \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/04/climate/trump-omb-funding-rule-climate-science\">raised alarm\u003c/a> at the proposal and its potential to hollow out the peer review process for federal grants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That could have a major effect on the nation’s public lands, said Jesse Chakrin, executive director of the San Francisco-based Fund for People in Parks. Typically, he said, nonpolitical subject matter experts from a range of departments would all chime in on a proposal to ensure it is rigorous — and any termination decisions would be made based on performance metrics, agreed to when a contract is signed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is being replaced with political review,” he said. “This is a dangerous arena to get into, where the forever business of NASA, NOAA or NPS are all now on the whims of political appointees and the shifting political tides. This is not how things were intended to be done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrin said he’s also worried about the effect of more stringent workforce restrictions proposed for groups that work on public lands, including nonprofit “friends of” organizations that ally with local and national parks to fill funding gaps, conservation groups, scientific research institutes and trails associations and crews “that work in a good faith effort to increase the capacity to meet the visitor experience requirements, demands, needs of the public, and they did so through federal grants and contracts,” he said. “This is really, really concerning.”[aside postID=news_12047124 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Sonora-Pass-3-1-scaled.jpg']Jordan Marbury, a spokesperson for \u003ca href=\"https://friendsoftheinyo.org/\">Friends of the Inyo\u003c/a>, an advocacy group for public lands in the Eastern Sierra, told KQED by email they work directly with federal agencies on conservation, wildfire and watershed work — all of which could be vetoed under this proposed rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our stewardship work, and the resilience of the public lands millions of people depend on, would be on the chopping block,” he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some agencies have already seen the consequences of defunding due to similar policy from the Trump administration. Redgie Collins, vice president of legal and government affairs for \u003ca href=\"https://caltrout.org/\">CalTrout\u003c/a>, a San Francisco-based conservation nonprofit, said that as part of early 2025 Department of Government Efficiency \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanprogress.org/article/doge-cuts-by-city-state-and-congressional-district/\">cutbacks\u003c/a>, the organization \u003ca href=\"https://www.eenews.net/articles/interior-grant-recipients-report-an-abrupt-loss-of-funding/\">lost $4.2 million\u003c/a> in federal grant money — likely due to its work on biodiversity and with local tribes. Nearly a third of the organization’s general budget comes from federal grants, he said, to fund restoration projects that not only further their ecological mission, but also provide jobs and assistance to farmers and ranchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The concern here is that even agencies that do want to support rural economies, that do want to see construction jobs in rural areas throughout the country — they could get flagged based on buzzwords that don’t actually implement even what this OMB order wants,” he said. “So, there’s just more confusion and concern for really anyone that touches federal funding in the conservation space, especially.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Collins said he’s not just worried about conservation groups like his: “Everyone who gets funding from the federal government should be concerned,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/29/2026-10817/regulation-for-federal-financial-assistance#addresses\">Public comment\u003c/a> on the rule change is open until July 13. More than 5,000 people have already commented on the rule, as of Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12060933\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12060933 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/NationalParkServiceGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/NationalParkServiceGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/NationalParkServiceGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/NationalParkServiceGetty-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A National Park Service employee at Yosemite National Park, California, on March 1, 2025. Aimed at “responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars,” the White House wants political appointees to have final say on grant review. \u003ccite>(Laure Andrillon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many in the comments decried the proposed rule for its sweeping nature. One, from a wildfire expert and volunteer firefighter, raises concerns about the effects of the rule on international collaboration and the potential that long-term studies, funded by grants, may be canceled due to the rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Terminating grants mid-project would waste taxpayer investments, disrupt data collection, eliminate employment opportunities for researchers and technicians, and reduce the reliability of scientific findings that inform land management decisions,” they wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another commenter stated, simply: “NO to politicians deciding what is best for the American public. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Jordan Marbury, a spokesperson for \u003ca href=\"https://friendsoftheinyo.org/\">Friends of the Inyo\u003c/a>, an advocacy group for public lands in the Eastern Sierra, told KQED by email they work directly with federal agencies on conservation, wildfire and watershed work — all of which could be vetoed under this proposed rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our stewardship work, and the resilience of the public lands millions of people depend on, would be on the chopping block,” he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some agencies have already seen the consequences of defunding due to similar policy from the Trump administration. Redgie Collins, vice president of legal and government affairs for \u003ca href=\"https://caltrout.org/\">CalTrout\u003c/a>, a San Francisco-based conservation nonprofit, said that as part of early 2025 Department of Government Efficiency \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanprogress.org/article/doge-cuts-by-city-state-and-congressional-district/\">cutbacks\u003c/a>, the organization \u003ca href=\"https://www.eenews.net/articles/interior-grant-recipients-report-an-abrupt-loss-of-funding/\">lost $4.2 million\u003c/a> in federal grant money — likely due to its work on biodiversity and with local tribes. Nearly a third of the organization’s general budget comes from federal grants, he said, to fund restoration projects that not only further their ecological mission, but also provide jobs and assistance to farmers and ranchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The concern here is that even agencies that do want to support rural economies, that do want to see construction jobs in rural areas throughout the country — they could get flagged based on buzzwords that don’t actually implement even what this OMB order wants,” he said. “So, there’s just more confusion and concern for really anyone that touches federal funding in the conservation space, especially.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Collins said he’s not just worried about conservation groups like his: “Everyone who gets funding from the federal government should be concerned,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/29/2026-10817/regulation-for-federal-financial-assistance#addresses\">Public comment\u003c/a> on the rule change is open until July 13. More than 5,000 people have already commented on the rule, as of Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12060933\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12060933 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/NationalParkServiceGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/NationalParkServiceGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/NationalParkServiceGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/NationalParkServiceGetty-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A National Park Service employee at Yosemite National Park, California, on March 1, 2025. Aimed at “responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars,” the White House wants political appointees to have final say on grant review. \u003ccite>(Laure Andrillon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many in the comments decried the proposed rule for its sweeping nature. One, from a wildfire expert and volunteer firefighter, raises concerns about the effects of the rule on international collaboration and the potential that long-term studies, funded by grants, may be canceled due to the rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Terminating grants mid-project would waste taxpayer investments, disrupt data collection, eliminate employment opportunities for researchers and technicians, and reduce the reliability of scientific findings that inform land management decisions,” they wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another commenter stated, simply: “NO to politicians deciding what is best for the American public. Let the public decide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrin said he hopes the public shows up to comment and protest the rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope that they are not okay with this,” he said. “It’s un-American to decide that some Americans are American enough and some Americans are not. I hope people are disturbed, and I hope they make their voice known.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12068969/sf-immigration-courts-looming-closure-raises-concerns-about-path-to-asylum\">immigration court stopped hearing cases \u003c/a>last week, threatening to leave a major hole in California’s immigration judicial system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once one of the busiest courts in the country, the closure of the 100 Montgomery Street courthouse comes after more than a year of firings and retirements have whittled down its bench and worsened a massive case backlog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was a court that actually had a reputation for really strong legal reasoning,” said former Judge Shira Levine, who was fired from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054620/despite-a-growing-case-backlog-trump-fires-6th-san-francisco-immigration-judge\">court by the Trump administration\u003c/a> last year. “The judges did not all have the same perspectives. People sometimes lost their cases, people sometimes won their cases, but it was a place that upheld due process. You really see a targeting of a court that … stood for full and fair hearings in the immigration system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The courthouse, which serves immigrant cases spanning from Bakersfield to the Oregon border, was expected to shutter after its lease ends in January 2027, but in April, it announced it would cease hearing cases months earlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the Executive Office of Immigration Review — the branch of the U.S. Department of Justice that handles removals and appeals — said that it was more cost-effective to move court operations to Concord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003275\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003275\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/USDeptofJusticeGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/USDeptofJusticeGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/USDeptofJusticeGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/USDeptofJusticeGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/USDeptofJusticeGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/USDeptofJusticeGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/USDeptofJusticeGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The U.S. Department of Justice headquarters, pictured on Sept. 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(J. David Ake/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Milli Atkinson, director of the Immigrant Legal Defense Program at the San Francisco Bar Association, said the timeline isn’t necessarily out of line with the EOIR’s schedule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The court remains open for case filing as staff prepares to move thousands of cases to a smaller court in Concord over the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atkinson said she hopes that by the end of the year, most people with pending cases at Montgomery Street will be notified that their next hearings will be in Concord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the court’s bench shrank from more than 20 judges down to two, many through unprecedented firings.[aside postID=news_12081173 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2216992312-2000x1334.jpg']Four former judges also retired at the end of the year, some under pressure, attorneys told KQED at the time. The court currently has a backlog of more than 117,000 cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of those cases will be transferred to the Contra Costa County site, which opened in 2024 to help handle overflow from San Francisco. Concord’s bench has also lost several judges since last year, Atkinson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some cases will continue in San Francisco at a second federally owned immigration building on Sansome Street, under two judges. Both previously worked primarily at Montgomery Street, but relocated in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Atkinson and Levine said that reshuffling and significantly fewer judges hearing cases across the Bay Area could increase the case backlog. But, Levine said, there’s also an increasing number of cases being dismissed pre-trial — either through an increase of “in absentia” hearings, preterminations and deportations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those all will reduce the backlog,” she said. “But will they reduce the backlog in a way that complies with our laws and with our constitutional requirements? I would say no.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042200\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042200\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/008_KQED_630Sansome_02052020_1470_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/008_KQED_630Sansome_02052020_1470_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/008_KQED_630Sansome_02052020_1470_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/008_KQED_630Sansome_02052020_1470_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/008_KQED_630Sansome_02052020_1470_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/008_KQED_630Sansome_02052020_1470_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/008_KQED_630Sansome_02052020_1470_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement building at 630 Sansome St. in San Francisco, California, on Feb. 5, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In recent months, there’ve been many cases where people didn’t realize their hearing was rescheduled or moved, usually because their original judge was fired or let go, she said. Still, if a person does not appear at their appointment, they can automatically lose their case and be ordered removed “in absentia.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, the San Francisco court \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077372/san-francisco-immigration-courts-order-800-removals-in-absentia-in-1-week\">issued 800 removal notices\u003c/a> in just one week, after chaos from the firings and retirements led to the rescheduling of many appointments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They will order you removed, and you’re at very, very high risk of being detained and removed from the United States,” Atkinson told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atkinson said in the short term, the Immigrant Legal Defense Program’s goal will be to ensure people know where their next hearing is and when.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While some cases have been moved up, others are also being rescheduled years into the future, in 2028 or 2029. Atkinson said those delays are stressful and difficult for people preparing to give testimony in their cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move to Concord also means a vast network of legal service and resource providers that’s been built up over decades will have to shift from San Francisco to the East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975030\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11975030\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A view looking up at a building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The site of a new immigration court at 1855 Concord Gateway in Concord on Feb. 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They just don’t have as many organizations, as many lawyers, as many resources dedicated to people going to court in Concord,” Atkinson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The end result, both Atkinson and Levine warned, means it will be harder for asylum seekers to receive due process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The bigger strain is on the ability to have cases heard by judges who are not under pressure to make decisions a certain way or dismiss cases because they have too many cases pending,” Atkinson said. “Not giving people the opportunity for their asylum case to be adjudicated in a way that’s fair.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The courthouse, which serves immigrant cases spanning from Bakersfield to the Oregon border, was expected to shutter after its lease ends in January 2027, but in April, it announced it would cease hearing cases months earlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the Executive Office of Immigration Review — the branch of the U.S. Department of Justice that handles removals and appeals — said that it was more cost-effective to move court operations to Concord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003275\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003275\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/USDeptofJusticeGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/USDeptofJusticeGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/USDeptofJusticeGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/USDeptofJusticeGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/USDeptofJusticeGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/USDeptofJusticeGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/USDeptofJusticeGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The U.S. Department of Justice headquarters, pictured on Sept. 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(J. David Ake/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Milli Atkinson, director of the Immigrant Legal Defense Program at the San Francisco Bar Association, said the timeline isn’t necessarily out of line with the EOIR’s schedule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The court remains open for case filing as staff prepares to move thousands of cases to a smaller court in Concord over the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atkinson said she hopes that by the end of the year, most people with pending cases at Montgomery Street will be notified that their next hearings will be in Concord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the court’s bench shrank from more than 20 judges down to two, many through unprecedented firings.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Four former judges also retired at the end of the year, some under pressure, attorneys told KQED at the time. The court currently has a backlog of more than 117,000 cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of those cases will be transferred to the Contra Costa County site, which opened in 2024 to help handle overflow from San Francisco. Concord’s bench has also lost several judges since last year, Atkinson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some cases will continue in San Francisco at a second federally owned immigration building on Sansome Street, under two judges. Both previously worked primarily at Montgomery Street, but relocated in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Atkinson and Levine said that reshuffling and significantly fewer judges hearing cases across the Bay Area could increase the case backlog. But, Levine said, there’s also an increasing number of cases being dismissed pre-trial — either through an increase of “in absentia” hearings, preterminations and deportations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those all will reduce the backlog,” she said. “But will they reduce the backlog in a way that complies with our laws and with our constitutional requirements? I would say no.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042200\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042200\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/008_KQED_630Sansome_02052020_1470_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/008_KQED_630Sansome_02052020_1470_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/008_KQED_630Sansome_02052020_1470_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/008_KQED_630Sansome_02052020_1470_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/008_KQED_630Sansome_02052020_1470_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/008_KQED_630Sansome_02052020_1470_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/008_KQED_630Sansome_02052020_1470_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement building at 630 Sansome St. in San Francisco, California, on Feb. 5, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In recent months, there’ve been many cases where people didn’t realize their hearing was rescheduled or moved, usually because their original judge was fired or let go, she said. Still, if a person does not appear at their appointment, they can automatically lose their case and be ordered removed “in absentia.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, the San Francisco court \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077372/san-francisco-immigration-courts-order-800-removals-in-absentia-in-1-week\">issued 800 removal notices\u003c/a> in just one week, after chaos from the firings and retirements led to the rescheduling of many appointments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They will order you removed, and you’re at very, very high risk of being detained and removed from the United States,” Atkinson told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atkinson said in the short term, the Immigrant Legal Defense Program’s goal will be to ensure people know where their next hearing is and when.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While some cases have been moved up, others are also being rescheduled years into the future, in 2028 or 2029. Atkinson said those delays are stressful and difficult for people preparing to give testimony in their cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move to Concord also means a vast network of legal service and resource providers that’s been built up over decades will have to shift from San Francisco to the East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975030\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11975030\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A view looking up at a building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The site of a new immigration court at 1855 Concord Gateway in Concord on Feb. 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They just don’t have as many organizations, as many lawyers, as many resources dedicated to people going to court in Concord,” Atkinson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The end result, both Atkinson and Levine warned, means it will be harder for asylum seekers to receive due process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The bigger strain is on the ability to have cases heard by judges who are not under pressure to make decisions a certain way or dismiss cases because they have too many cases pending,” Atkinson said. “Not giving people the opportunity for their asylum case to be adjudicated in a way that’s fair.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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But as the abortion-rights organization tries to manage after Congress cut its federal funding last year, one Planned Parenthood affiliate in California is diving into a new kind of service – cosmetics. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California’s Supreme Court has ordered Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco — a Republican candidate for governor — to halt his investigation into the 2025 election. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">An attorney for the man shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Stanislaus County this week is disputing ICE’s characterization of his client. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kalw.org/bay-area-news/2026-04-06/california-planned-parenthood-clinics-turn-to-cosmetic-care-amid-federal-funding-loss\">\u003cstrong>Planned Parenthood affiliate looks beyond reproductive care\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Planned Parenthood Mar Monte is the nation’s largest Planned Parenthood affiliate. It’s starting to offer a new set of aesthetic services, ranging from Botox to IV hydration after a night of drinking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shift comes as it faces financial uncertainty after the Trump administration stripped funding for the abortion-rights organization. “There’s uncertainty with HR1,” explains Dr. Laura Dalton. “There’s uncertainty about what other actions will be taken that will limit our ability for reimbursement. So there’s that revenue gap that needs to be addressed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Dalton is Chief Medical Operating Officer for the affiliate. She says patients pay for the new aesthetic offerings with cash, which will help the provider fill the funding gap as it navigates this new financial future. The affiliate’s had to close five clinics since the cuts and can’t collect Medicaid reimbursements anymore. Around 75% of their patients are on Medicaid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California lawmakers allocated $90 million in state funding for the organization in this year’s budget, but it isn’t clear if that will cover costs for core services in the long run. “And then the second part is really about relevance and listening to our patients,” says Dalton. “And thinking about what are our patients saying they need, what do they want and it’s different than 10, 20, 30 years ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dalton said they’re seeing more patients interested in aesthetic services, for cosmetic reasons sure, but also for things like migraines and gender affirming care.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"post__title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/california-supreme-court-orders-gop-sheriff-to-pause-election-probe-and-preserve-seized-ballots\">\u003cstrong>California Supreme Court orders GOP sheriff to pause election probe and preserve seized ballots\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Riverside County’s Sheriff, who seized more than half a million 2025 election ballots, to pause his probe into election fraud allegations while the judges review the legal challenge against it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order came after California Attorney General Rob Bonta, a Democrat, last month asked the court to step in, arguing Sheriff Chad Bianco has no authority over election materials. A voting rights group is also challenging the ballot seizure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dispute started earlier this year and escalated last month when Bianco, who is also running for governor, seized 1,000 boxes of election materials to investigate a complaint from a local citizens group about the ballot count from a November 2025 special election on redistricting. Local election officials told the county Board of Supervisors that the complaint was unfounded. After Bonta ordered Bianco to halt his probe, the sheriff seized another 426 boxes of ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta said the Wednesday order is essential to stop the sheriff’s probe. “What the Sheriff says and what he does are often two different things,” Bonta said in a statement. “Today’s decision by the California Supreme Court reins in the destabilizing actions of a rogue Sheriff, prohibiting him from continuing this investigation while our litigation continues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"Page-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-ice-shooting-immigration-349cf088c3305ab25b4e5f111981b5ff\">\u003cstrong>Attorney for man shot by ICE in California says his client did not try to run officers over\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>An attorney for a man shot by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an arrest in central California said Wednesday that his client did not try to run over officers with his car and disputed claims that he has a warrant out for his arrest in El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Homeland Security said ICE agents fired defensive shots at Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez after he tried to drive into them on Tuesday. DHS said they were conducting an enforcement stop targeting Mendoza, 36, in Patterson. Officials described him as a suspected gang member wanted in El Salvador for questioning in connection to a murder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney Patrick Kolasinski, who is representing Mendoza and his family, said during a news conference that his client has been stopped for minor traffic infractions but has no criminal record in the U.S. and is not the subject of an arrest warrant in El Salvador, where he was acquitted of murder. Kolasinski said he has found no evidence his client was part of any street gang but he added he has not had the chance to talk to him to confirm that. “If he was released after being acquitted, with no other holds on him, he cannot have a warrant,” Kolasinski said. “So that information must be either erroneous or completely made up. And only DHS knows what they’re looking at.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a Oct. 25, 2019 court document from a judge in El Salvador, Mendoza, who was 29 at the time, was acquitted after being accused of murder and ordered immediately released. The document lists 10 others who were convicted of various crimes from aggravated robbery to murder, and mentions at least one of them was a member of the 18th Street Gang. But there is no mention of Mendoza belonging to a gang or being accused of carrying out gang activity in the document.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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But if next year’s requirements are similar, there could be \u003ca href=\"https://www.kazu.org/kazu-news/2026-02-27/dozens-would-lose-housing-in-monterey-and-san-benito-counties-if-federal-homelessness-funding-changes-take-shape\">huge ramifications\u003c/a> across California. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rallies were held \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/03/01/nx-s1-5731430/iranians-in-los-angeles-react-to-the-strikes-on-iran\">across the state this weekend\u003c/a> following the US-Israeli airstrikes in Iran.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The LAUSD board \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/lausd-board-places-superintendent-alberto-carvalho-on-leave-fbi-search\">has voted unanimously\u003c/a> to place Superintendent Alberto Carvalho on paid administrative leave. The decision comes days after FBI agents searched Carvalho’s home in San Pedro.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArtP-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kazu.org/kazu-news/2026-02-27/dozens-would-lose-housing-in-monterey-and-san-benito-counties-if-federal-homelessness-funding-changes-take-shape\">\u003cstrong>Dozens would lose housing on Central Coast if federal homelessness funding changes take shape\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Last fall, the Trump administration tried to drastically reduce the amount of federal grant money counties could use for permanent supportive housing. These programs integrate long-term housing with voluntary, flexible support services like addiction treatment and case management to provide people with stability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The administration’s efforts for the current funding cycle were struck down in court. But if this year’s requirements are similar, about 50 people in Monterey and San Benito counties would likely lose their housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a Sunday evening in late January, Tim Heavin is on the mic at KHDC, a small radio station in Salinas. Heeding a listener’s request, he plays a Charlie Puth song. Then he queues up an original, “Heir to Everything.” “This one’s hot right now, so I’ll play this one,” he says. Heavin is a musician and DJ by night, but he also has a rare perspective on homelessness. He experienced it, then got out of it, and now spends most of his time as a community health worker and advocate for unhoused people. But he says that never would have happened if it weren’t for the Helping Hands Program in Hollister. “If I didn’t get in that program, and if I would’ve stayed homeless, who knows where I’d be?” he said while sitting on a bench at a park near KHDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a Notice of Funding Opportunity—known as a NOFO in the grant writing sphere. The NOFO was for a program called Continuum of Care, the single biggest source of federal homelessness prevention funding. But this NOFO required counties to use less than 30% of the grant for permanent housing programs—like the one that helped lift Heavin out of homelessness. “We were shocked by the 30% cap on permanent housing,” said Katrina McKenzie, the Executive Director of the Coalition of Homeless Services Providers for Monterey and San Benito counties. “That was really a gut punch to our Continuum of Care.” In 2024, CHSP spent about two-thirds of its HUD grant on permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A judge forced HUD to reinstate the previous grant criteria for the 2025 NOFO. But McKenzie with CHSP is bracing for a similar effort this year. “That 2025 NOFO that dropped in November was the precursor of what the future’s gonna look like,” she said. “I strongly believe that, for the majority of wild and crazy things in that NOFO, that is what’s going to drop in July of 2026.” If that happens, dozens of people in the region could fall back into homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Protests, celebrations held following military strikes in Iran\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many Iranian Americans across California celebrated this weekend following the US-Israeli military strikes in Iran that killed the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Los Angeles, thousands of people took to the streets downtown and in Westwood. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/03/01/nx-s1-5731430/iranians-in-los-angeles-react-to-the-strikes-on-iran\">People waved American flags and Israeli flags\u003c/a> and carried signs that said, thank you, Trump. But some Iranian Americans had mixed feelings about the attack. Mehdi Yahyanejad is a pro-democracy activist in LA. He says since the mass protests in January in Iran and the brutal crackdown that followed, when the Iranian regime killed thousands, maybe tens of thousands of people, Iranians have been wanting something to happen, some retaliation for the killing. But then came news reports that a girls’ school in Iran was hit during the attack, killing more than 100 people. Yahyanejad says if that keeps happening, we might not see so many celebrations. “What’s important next is to make sure the collateral damage is minimal,” he said. “Otherwise, the people’s attitude can change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amir Parstabar runs a marketing agency in Los Angeles. He left Iran when he was 15. Like so many Iranians, since the January protests, he’s constantly on his phone trying to get news from Iran. His wife’s good friend from high school lost a son in the protests. He was 18. The family says he was shot in the chest by security forces. And Parstabar says Iranians became hopeless after the crackdown. “They just don’t see a future. They say, we have nothing to lose,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The greater Los Angeles area is home to one of the largest, if not the largest Iranian populations outside of Iran itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other parts of the state, there were celebrations, but also protests against the latest US military action. That includes in San Francisco. Yasmine Mortazavi, an Iranian American and member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, said she learned of the strikes after waking up Saturday morning. “I’m still in a bit of shock,” she told KQED. “I’m not surprised. This is what I would expect from a U.S.-Israeli action like this.” Mortazavi said her immediate family members were recently in Iran and that she has extended family there as well. She has not heard from her immediate family since the strikes but said friends are evacuating. She acknowledged that Iranian Americans hold a range of political views, including some who support U.S. intervention, but said she believes the future of Iran should be determined by its people.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/lausd-board-places-superintendent-alberto-carvalho-on-leave-fbi-search\">\u003cstrong>LAUSD board places superintendent on leave following federal searches\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Los Angeles Unified School Board voted unanimously Friday to place Superintendent Alberto Carvalho on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FBI searched Carvalho’s home and district offices Wednesday. A DOJ spokesperson said the agency had a court-authorized warrant but declined to provide additional details. 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But McKenzie with CHSP is bracing for a similar effort this year. “That 2025 NOFO that dropped in November was the precursor of what the future’s gonna look like,” she said. “I strongly believe that, for the majority of wild and crazy things in that NOFO, that is what’s going to drop in July of 2026.” If that happens, dozens of people in the region could fall back into homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Protests, celebrations held following military strikes in Iran\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many Iranian Americans across California celebrated this weekend following the US-Israeli military strikes in Iran that killed the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Los Angeles, thousands of people took to the streets downtown and in Westwood. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/03/01/nx-s1-5731430/iranians-in-los-angeles-react-to-the-strikes-on-iran\">People waved American flags and Israeli flags\u003c/a> and carried signs that said, thank you, Trump. 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"content": "\u003cp>Emma Denice Milligan can be a prankster. Her warm eyes, big smile and wheelchair can be misleading, said her caregiver, Wanda Kincy. But Emma once crashed a wedding and helped herself to the food. Another time, she put herself on a plane from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> to Chicago to meet her high school sweetheart without telling her caregivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kincy points two fingers at her own eyes and then at Milligan’s. “I know you,” she said with a grin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kincy arrives at the Oakland home Milligan shares with her aunt and uncle at 8 a.m., five days a week, staying until at least 10 p.m. and overnight on Thursdays and Fridays. She helps Milligan, 57, get dressed, bathed and ready for her adult day program. Kincy books Milligan’s paratransit rides, times medication reminders and keeps track of the small details that make her independence possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The care Kincy provides is covered through California’s Medicaid program, also known as Medi-Cal. Federal cuts have many advocates worried about the future of such care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under federal law, most home- and community-based services are optional benefits, meaning states can choose whether to include services like personal care in their Medicaid plans and how broadly to offer them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, Medicaid covers in-home supportive services to Californians who are elderly, blind or disabled and would otherwise be at risk of nursing home placement. The federal government reimburses California for about half of the cost of IHSS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070295\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070295\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/InHomeCare2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/InHomeCare2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/InHomeCare2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/InHomeCare2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In her Oakland home on Dec. 12, 2025, Emma Denice Milligan smiles at her caregiver, Wanda Kincy, as Kincy recounts how Milligan has coped with the death of her mother, Carolyn Milligan, a human rights activist who worked on housing rights in Chicago and served Black communities in Oakland, in 2023. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Hyeyoon Cho)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In-home services enable Milligan’s family to hire Kincy to assist with daily personal care and household tasks so Milligan can remain safely in her family home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I lose Wanda, then I would probably have to go to a facility,” she said. “People at the facility don’t care. I would be calling them for help, and they wouldn’t come. I’d be left alone and be wet all night, because I can’t go to the bathroom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Milligan has received IHSS on and off while living in both California and Chicago. In 2011, she moved to Oakland and has relied on the program continuously since. But there is a growing concern about how long the services can last.[aside postID=news_12068383 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/001_KQED_Oakland_HighlandHospital_041152020-1020x680.jpg']In July, Congress approved roughly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts over the next decade, beginning in 2026. Because the federal government pays roughly 54% of California’s total home- and community-based services costs, the impending cuts immediately raised alarm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/06/myth-vs-fact-the-one-big-beautiful-bill/\">White House\u003c/a> has said the budget package would not affect Medicaid coverage for people with disabilities. Advocates warn the changes will nonetheless fall heavily on home- and community-based services, which aren’t protected like nursing home services. They say optional services are often the first to be reduced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hagar Dickman, a senior attorney at Justice in Aging, said the risk to in-home services is not theoretical. During last year’s state budget negotiations, she said, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration initially looked to IHSS as one of the first areas to cut when facing a projected shortfall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the May budget revision, home- and community-based services were immediately on the table,” Dickman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The budget proposed \u003ca href=\"https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/first-look-understanding-the-governors-2025-26-may-revision/#h-revised-budget-fails-to-invest-in-older-adults-and-californians-with-disabilities\">over $1 billion\u003c/a> in mostly ongoing cuts to in-home supportive services, including limits on provider pay and hours and the elimination of benefits for certain groups. Although this was not adopted in the final budget, a plan for freezing new Medi-Cal enrollments from undocumented adults, including IHSS eligibility, was adopted and is set to begin in 2026, while existing enrollees retain coverage. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070297\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070297\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/InHomeCare3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/InHomeCare3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/InHomeCare3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/InHomeCare3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma Denice Milligan jokes with Wanda Kincy in Ability Now, an Oakland-based adult day center for people with disabilities, on Nov. 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Hyeyoon Cho)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Dickman said this episode underscored how quickly optional services can be targeted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When states are under pressure, they go after HCBS [home- and community-based services] first because they’re optional under federal law,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Congress has agreed to restructure \u003ca href=\"https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/how-federal-funding-cuts-threaten-the-health-of-californians/\">Medicaid\u003c/a> by reducing the federal government’s share of reimbursements, restricting how states raise Medicaid revenue and imposing new eligibility checks, work requirements and exclusions for certain immigrant groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent analysis by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.chcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/HowCutsMediCalHomeCommunityBasedServicesImpactCA.pdf\">California Health Care Foundation \u003c/a>suggests the consequences could be costly. If the state reduces HCBS by 10% in response to federal cuts, California could face roughly $1 billion in added Medicaid expenses as more residents are moved into institutional settings.[aside postID=news_12068555 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/GettyImages-1197447255-1020x680.jpg']“The federal Medicaid cuts are an absolute disaster for HCBS,” said Sabrina Epstein, a policy analyst at Disability Rights California. She said the cuts will push many people off Medicaid, leaving them without access to the only program that funds round-the-clock in-home support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People will be forced into nursing homes or left to rely on unpaid family care,” Epstein said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the Great Recession, the federal government gave states more money for Medicaid. Researchers at UCSF and the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund \u003ca href=\"https://geigergibson.publichealth.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4421/files/2025-04/Kaye%20HCBS%20Cuts%202010-2012%20%282%29%20%281%29.pdf\">examined what happened\u003c/a> when Congress ended enhanced federal Medicaid funding to states between 2010 and 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every state responded by cutting home- and community-based services in some way — reducing benefits, the number of people covered, or both. Waiting lists for home care grew across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California will not be able to absorb the loss if federal Medicaid cuts take effect in 2026, said Mike Pereira, executive director of Ala Costa Centers in Berkeley, which offers adult day services to people with developmental disabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re all bracing,” he said. “We’re watching the sand run out of the hourglass.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Round-the-clock care\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Milligan’s bedroom is crowded but intentional. A metal lift helps get her out of bed. A tray table holds adaptive cups and utensils. Framed photographs line the walls: Emma smiling at family gatherings, dressed up for celebrations, captured at different points in her life. One large portrait shows her late mother smiling for the camera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Milligan’s uncle, Austin Long-Scott, is in his 80s and has Parkinson’s disease, which has increasingly limited what he can physically do. His wife, Ethel, is also in her 80s and not able to do as much as she used to do for Milligan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We used to stay with her 24/7,” Austin Long-Scott said. “We can’t do that anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070294\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070294\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/InHomeCare1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/InHomeCare1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/InHomeCare1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/InHomeCare1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos of Emma Denice Milligan with friends and pastors sit in the corner of her room in Oakland on Dec. 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Hyeyoon Cho)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In October, Milligan had a setback, spending weeks in the hospital as doctors struggled to manage severe chest and stomach pain. Kincy often stayed with her, helping communicate with nurses and doctors, monitoring pain levels and watching for changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without IHSS, Long-Scott said, their options would be grim. Paying out of pocket to retain Kincy would be financially overwhelming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without a caregiver, Milligan would not be able to speak at churches and community organizations about disability justice or connect domestic violence survivors with resources, advocacy that she’s been committed to for more than a decade.[aside postID=news_12069772 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/011426_SF-VA-CUTS-_GH_013-KQED.jpg']Kincy reads the statements Milligan writes and facilitates questions from the audience. Their coordination allows Milligan to remain active in her community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The two of them just bonded,” Long-Scott said. “It was almost instant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the afternoons, Milligan attends Ability Now Bay Area, a center for people with disabilities. There, she is developing a business idea on adaptive clothing, which grew out of her daily care needs. She wants to design garments secured with snaps, magnets or velcro — clothing that can be put on and taken off with minimal movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fridays leave small joys for Milligan: browsing with Kincy at Macy’s Backstage in Pleasanton or getting dumplings in Alameda. Recently, at an outlet store in Berkeley, Kincy used her charms to talk a cashier into reducing the price of a new jacket for Milligan by 15%. They were thrilled about the bargain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Milligan appreciates Kincy and the programs that enable her to remain vibrant in her community. “People I meet at Ability Now and the community around me understand me. They can relate,” she said. “Wanda and I always crack up when we’re there. They bring a lot of joy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://archive.is/o/DQQxE/https:/hub.journalism.berkeley.edu/thestakes/\">\u003cem>“The Stakes,”\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> a UC Berkeley Journalism project on executive orders and actions affecting Californians and their communities.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>After \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">President Donald Trump\u003c/a> announced this week that he plans to withhold funding from cities and states that have “sanctuary” immigration policies beginning next month, Attorney General \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/rob-bonta\">Rob Bonta\u003c/a> and Bay Area cities are promising to take legal action should payments stop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta and Bay Area prosecutors said Wednesday that California has repeatedly won legal battles to block similar threats by the president during both of his administrations, and would do so again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a lawless repeat offender president who has lost on this issue multiple times already and will lose again,” he told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump made the threat on Tuesday amid escalating immigration crackdowns in Democrat-led cities, where three people have been shot by federal officials this month. In an address to the Detroit Economic Club, he said that beginning Feb. 1, his administration would withhold all payments to sanctuary cities and their states, which he said “protect criminals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No more payments will be made by the federal government to states for their corrupt criminal protection centers known as sanctuary cities,” he reiterated in a post on social media on Wednesday. “All they do is breed crime and violence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12045683\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12045683\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-2220642625-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-2220642625-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-2220642625-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-2220642625-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-2220642625-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-2220642625-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump addresses the nation, alongside Vice President JD Vance (left), Secretary of State Marco Rubio (second, right) and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (right), from the White House in Washington, D.C. on June 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Carlos Barria/Pool/AFP via Getty Images )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The announcement echoes a pair of executive orders from last January, which said that the administration would take action to ensure that jurisdictions with sanctuary policies do not receive federal funding. A memorandum by Attorney General Pam Bondi in February reiterated that sentiment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A San Francisco federal judge in April \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037376/sf-santa-clara-counties-ask-us-court-halt-trumps-sanctuary-city-funding-freeze\">granted a preliminary injunction \u003c/a>halting those orders, which was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053486/judge-blocks-trump-from-cutting-money-to-la-chicago-and-bay-area-cities-over-sanctuary-policies\">extended in August\u003c/a> and expanded to more than 30 cities and counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same judge in 2017 ruled that a similar Trump executive order was “\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/21/565678707/enter-title#:~:text=Sullivan/Getty%20Images-,Protesters%20stand%20arm%2Din%2Darm%20as%20they%20block%20an%20entrance,cooperate%20with%20federal%20immigration%20authorities.&text=The%20Trump%20administration%20cannot%20withhold,the%20previous%20ones%2C%20is%20permanent.\">unduly coercive\u003c/a>” and violated the separation of powers, and permanently blocked him from withholding funds over cities’ sanctuary policies.[aside postID=news_12069540 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260113-BROOKE-JENKINS-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED-1.jpg']“Federal courts have held a number of times that our sanctuary policies are lawful,” said San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, whose office is party to the suit filed earlier this year. “This administration has repeatedly tried to withhold funding or impose illegal funding conditions on our city and many others. We’ve already taken legal action to protect our federal funding, and we’re going to continue to do so.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chiu said the move feels like an attempt by the president to distract from “horrific actions” in Minneapolis, where 37-year-old Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent earlier this month while acting as a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069104/bay-area-immigrant-defense-groups-report-surge-in-support-after-minneapolis-ice-killing\">legal observer for immigrants\u003c/a> in the city, according to Minnesota’s Attorney General.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney General Kristi Noem, meanwhile, has said Good was carrying out actions that amounted to an “act of domestic terrorism” before she was shot, and Trump has made false claims about the events that led up to the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two others were shot by Border Patrol agents in Portland, Oregon, the following day, on Jan. 8, during an attempt to pull over their vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024429\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024429\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-05-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-05-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-05-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-05-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-05-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-05-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-05-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu speaks during a press conference with elected and public safety officials and labor leaders in front of City Hall in San Francisco on Jan. 28, 2025, to reaffirm San Francisco’s commitment to being a Sanctuary City. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chiu and Tony LoPresti, county counsel for Santa Clara County, both said that whether the cities launch further legal action will depend on whether Trump follows through on this week’s threats, and in what form.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Santa Clara County doesn’t use “sanctuary” language specifically, it also has policies that assert its right not to use local resources to aid federal immigration enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are certainly going to ensure that we’re enforcing the injunctions that we have in place, and that we will continue as a county … to litigate our constitutional rights not to cooperate with the federal government and their immigration enforcement campaign,” LoPresti said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee called Trump’s announcement an attempt to “bully” sanctuary cities, and said that threats from Washington would not be effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Should the Trump administration begin withholding funds next month, Bonta said, the state is prepared to take legal action “within minutes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got the arguments, we have the briefs, we have a legal strategy,” he said. “We just need to see how his general statements manifest into a specific action — what funding to what city for what issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe it’ll be nothing, but we’re not counting on that. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Federal courts have held a number of times that our sanctuary policies are lawful,” said San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, whose office is party to the suit filed earlier this year. “This administration has repeatedly tried to withhold funding or impose illegal funding conditions on our city and many others. We’ve already taken legal action to protect our federal funding, and we’re going to continue to do so.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chiu said the move feels like an attempt by the president to distract from “horrific actions” in Minneapolis, where 37-year-old Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent earlier this month while acting as a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069104/bay-area-immigrant-defense-groups-report-surge-in-support-after-minneapolis-ice-killing\">legal observer for immigrants\u003c/a> in the city, according to Minnesota’s Attorney General.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney General Kristi Noem, meanwhile, has said Good was carrying out actions that amounted to an “act of domestic terrorism” before she was shot, and Trump has made false claims about the events that led up to the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two others were shot by Border Patrol agents in Portland, Oregon, the following day, on Jan. 8, during an attempt to pull over their vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024429\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024429\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-05-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-05-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-05-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-05-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-05-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-05-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-05-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu speaks during a press conference with elected and public safety officials and labor leaders in front of City Hall in San Francisco on Jan. 28, 2025, to reaffirm San Francisco’s commitment to being a Sanctuary City. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chiu and Tony LoPresti, county counsel for Santa Clara County, both said that whether the cities launch further legal action will depend on whether Trump follows through on this week’s threats, and in what form.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Santa Clara County doesn’t use “sanctuary” language specifically, it also has policies that assert its right not to use local resources to aid federal immigration enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are certainly going to ensure that we’re enforcing the injunctions that we have in place, and that we will continue as a county … to litigate our constitutional rights not to cooperate with the federal government and their immigration enforcement campaign,” LoPresti said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee called Trump’s announcement an attempt to “bully” sanctuary cities, and said that threats from Washington would not be effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Should the Trump administration begin withholding funds next month, Bonta said, the state is prepared to take legal action “within minutes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got the arguments, we have the briefs, we have a legal strategy,” he said. “We just need to see how his general statements manifest into a specific action — what funding to what city for what issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe it’ll be nothing, but we’re not counting on that. We believe he’s gonna do something, and whatever it is, we’ll be ready,” he continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/tychehendricks\">\u003cem>Tyche Hendricks\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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The move represents the Trump administration’s latest financial penalty against the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, the attorneys general of California and four other Democratic states \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-trump-administration-block-unlawful-freeze-10\">sued\u003c/a> to block another agency, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12068953/trump-pauses-funding-to-child-care-calworks-in-california-over-alleged-fraud\">freezing billions of dollars\u003c/a> for childcare and family assistance programs. HHS said the action was justified due to serious concerns of widespread fraud and misuse of taxpayer dollars, but the states countered that the agency has not provided enough evidence to support those claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Trump administration is using its power to harm states that stand up and say ‘No, we don’t like your policies,’” said Rep. John Garamendi, whose district represents parts of Contra Costa and Solano counties. “Clearly, it’s retribution — clearly, it’s political.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>States issue “non-domiciled” commercial licenses to noncitizens who are authorized to work but lack permanent residency. Applicants must also pass knowledge and skills tests to operate large vehicles such as semi-trailers and city buses. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regularly reviews the state-administered program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11804662\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11804662\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/John-Garamendi.jpg\" alt=\"North Bay Rep. John Garamendi (right), pictured in 2011. 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