Alex Padilla: “During the COVID pandemic, Congress recognized the risk of impending water shut offs and growing debt nationwide.”

The Trump Administration is ripping away billions of dollars that California communities rely on to keep people safe, housed, fed and healthy.

“Should this egregious trend continue, 11 projects in 10 states…that anticipate signing a CIG grant agreement this year could be subjected to senseless delay.”

The new guidance might encourage staff to avoid helping residents vote.

There remains an urgent public purpose for the New River and Imperial County authorizations, given that an estimated 60 million gallons of water flow through the New River into the United States at Calexico each day.