CALIFORNIA IS SUING the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump for rolling back federal grants that would have gone toward building infrastructure for solar power energy in low-income areas. 

In 2022, Congress designated $7 billion to the EPA for promoting greenhouse gas reductions in disadvantaged communities. EPA created the “Solar for All Program” to distribute the funds nationwide, and California received $250 million.

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.