Sonoma County joins lawsuit against Trump administration’s new ICE mandate and anti-DEI limits on federal funding

Critical funding for runway upgrades at the growing county airport as well as federal support for other costly projects and programs is at stake, officials said.

Sonoma County has joined a lawsuit by dozens of local governments across the country accusing federal departments of coercing them to comply with the White House’s political agenda via new requirements attached to federal funds.

The lawsuit, led by Washington’s King County (Seattle), comes in response to notices issued earlier this year by several federal departments, including those overseeing transportation and housing, that outlined new criteria for pending and future grants distributed to local governments, including Sonoma County.

The new criteria broadly prohibit local governments from using diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, policies and promoting “gender ideology” or “elective abortion” and require cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

...

For complete article, please click here.

By:  Emma Murphy
Source: The Press Democrat

• Print
• Email
• Tweet