"For 75 years, the federal government has placed this core function of emergency preparedness and disaster response above politics. We all have a right to support in the face of calamity, but the Trump administration wants to put an end to an era of prioritizing humanity over politics. Instead, the administration wants to leverage these funds, the promise of safety and security to advance its own political agenda. Local governments rely on the dollars from FEMA and DHS to retrofit buildings, fund search and rescue operations and purchase equipment needed to respond to disaster."
"The lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday, asks a federal judge to block the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency from conditioning critical funding on each city or county's participation in immigrant enforcement efforts and the abandonment of diversity, equity and inclusion policies."
A coalition led by Santa Clara County and San Francisco sued the federal government to block attempts to impose conditions on more than $350 million in emergency and disaster preparedness funding across 27 jurisdictions. The complaint asks a federal judge to bar DHS and FEMA from tying funds to local participation in immigrant enforcement or the abandonment of diversity, equity and inclusion policies. Santa Clara has sued the administration multiple times this year over conditioned federal funding. Local officials say those funds support retrofits, search and rescue, equipment purchases, faster response times, stronger coordination and resident protection during disasters and terrorism.
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