Sonoma County is joining a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its new ideological criteria for federal funding.
The Press Democrat reports the county joined a lawsuit this month led by Washington’s King County. The suit accuses the federal government of coercing local governments into complying with Trump’s political agenda in order to receive funding. Several federal departments sent out notices to local governments earlier this year detailing new requirements for pending and future grants.
The requirements ban local governments from using DEI programs, promoting abortion rights or what the White House calls “gender ideology.” They also require cooperating with ICE. Dozens of local governments across the country have signed on to the lawsuit.