Federal Funding freezing prompts chaos, confusion, lawsuits

President Donald Trump has called for a temporary freezing of a particular federal aid – sowing Confusion and concern among civil servants of California and advocacy groupsS

As CalMatters reporters explain, a note from the US and budget service aimed at federal agencies to pause financial subsidies and loans that may be “involved” by any of the president’s previous enforcement orders.

Directive do no Include social security and Medicare, as well as “assistance provided directly to individuals”, such as food brands, PELL grants and rental assistance. It doHowever, aimed at “financial assistance for foreign assistance, non -governmental organizations, DEI, has awakened the ideology of gender and the green new deal.”

Despite the swelling width of the two -page note, its few details made it unclear Which key programs It will also be affected for how long. Later, the administration asked federal agencies to send details about the budget for 3 200 Federal Expenditure ProgramsAnd information on whether programs support undocumented immigrants or encourage abortions, “gender ideology” or “diversity, justice and inclusion”.

The administration intended the directive to enter into force on Tuesday, but a federal judge temporarily blocked the order.

The reactions of the selected democratic officials in California ranged from cautious to terrible. Governor Gavin Newo said, “We can respond to all this or could have a more constructive waiting.” While the US reputation in the US, Jared Huffman told Calmatters, “This type of destabilization is the way authorities seize power. … I think it’s dictatorial. “

California is expected Distribute $ 168 billion federal grants And another funding in 2024-25, according to the budget advisor to the assembly Jason Sisny.

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Among students in California, about 160,000 are chasing degrees in private, non -profit universities. Private institutions have many advantages, such as smaller class sizes and specific academic programs. But for low -income students, The cost of visiting these schools can be extremely highExplain Calmatters’ Mikhail Zinshteyn and College journalism network Reporters.

A Calfatters analysis found that a low-income average-a home-made home-made home-made income less than $ 48,000, about $ 21,000 to visit private campuses in a year in 2021-22, the last year of the year was available. For comparison, the net price for a visit to the California State University is an average of about $ 6,000 a year and less than $ 10,000 at the University of California.

There are some exceptions: for example, Stanford is ultimately free for freshmen whose family has an income of less than $ 100,000. But part of the reason why private colleges are expensive is that in addition to state financial assistance to their students, they do not receive the state subsidies that state universities receive, which is about $ 10 billion a year.

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After nearly a decade, a criminal case related to abortion activists and a controversial video of the planned parenting managers in California concluded. Understand what happened By a CalMatters Health Reporter ChristenS