California sends billions of dollars more to the federal government than it receives back, subsidizing states that vote against its interests and resulting in a transfer of wealth from the people of California to the rest of the country.
The rumored Trump crime bill, which could include tougher sentencing laws, restrictions on cashless bail, and increased funding for law enforcement, is a dangerous power grab that threatens to undo decades of progress on criminal justice reform.
The Trump administration is proposing a two-year time limit on federal housing assistance, which could displace hundreds of thousands of families who rely on the aid to afford housing.
The ACLU has criticized the Senate’s approval of H.R. 1, the “so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act”, for gutting Medicaid, cutting off access to Planned Parenthood services, and redirecting funds towards a deportation apparatus, which would deny due process and violate human rights.
California’s joint budget plan for fiscal year 2025–26 does not include funding for the state’s primary program to address homelessness, HHAP, and instead only includes $50 million for the Department of Housing and Community Development’s operations.
AB 715, a bill that aims to prevent discrimination in K-12 education, has been criticized for its potential to empower third parties with anonymous claims of discrimination and for appointing a state-funded, state-authorized antisemitic curriculum czar to oversee the entire state school curriculum.
The proposed House of Representatives’ Reconciliation Bill has been criticized for escalating immigration enforcement, cutting healthcare support, eliminating financial aid programs, and reducing retirement benefits for working-class Americans, while also damaging higher education and tax policies for the wealthy.
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