‘Disruptive and hurtful’: North Coast counties react to Trump admin’s funding freeze orders

Between President Donald Trump’s plans to take over Greenland, Panama, Canada, and now Gaza, it’s not surprising that people might have lost touch with what’s happening here at home. That luxury is not granted to a wide variety of nonprofits, districts, and agencies. Trump’s recent executive orders to pause all federal funding until recipient programs could be reviewed for adherence to his policy priorities are at the moment legally suspended. That doesn’t mean the matter is dead.

Representatives from Northern California agencies and nonprofits expressed concern caused by the initial directive when the Office of Management and Budget released a memo on Jan. 27, instructing federal agencies to “temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all federal financial assistance.”