Leaders are left with many questions about impacts of funding cuts
“This freeze on federal grants is illegal, immoral, and dangerous,” said state Sen. Josh Becker. “These funds support critical programs and jobs that people depend on every day. Halting them would put lives at risk, jeopardize major infrastructure projects, and hurt the economy by driving up unemployment.”
Becker listed several public safety investments threatened by the freeze, such as firefighting, police, homeland security and anti-fentanyl programs. He also noted that grants for affordable housing, school meals and reproductive health care were at risk.
“The UC system alone faces $6 billion in losses, with statewide impacts totaling $50 billion in losses to our economy. No district – red or blue – would be spared from the harm,” Becker said.
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