{"id":503323,"date":"2026-01-09T08:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/503323\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T08:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:30:10","slug":"california-sues-trump-admin-over-10-billion-freeze-in-child-care-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/503323\/","title":{"rendered":"California sues Trump admin over $10-billion freeze in child-care funds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

California is suing the Trump administration over its \u201cbaseless and cruel\u201d decision to freeze $10 billion in federal funding<\/a> for child care and family assistance allocated to California and four other Democratic-led states, Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announced Thursday.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit was filed jointly by the five states targeted by the freeze \u2014 California, New York, Minnesota, Illinois and Colorado \u2014 over the Trump administration\u2019s allegations of widespread fraud within their welfare systems. California alone is facing a loss of about $5 billion in funding, including $1.4 billion for child-care programs.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit alleges that the freeze is based on unfounded claims of fraud and infringes on Congress\u2019 spending power as enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is just the latest example of Trump\u2019s willingness to throw vulnerable children, vulnerable families and seniors under the bus if he thinks it will advance his vendetta against California and Democratic-led states,\u201d Bonta said at a Thursday evening news conference.<\/p>\n

The $10-billion funding freeze follows the administration\u2019s decision to freeze $185 million in child-care funds to Minnesota<\/a>, where federal officials allege that as much as half of the roughly $18 billion paid to 14 state-run programs since 2018 may have been fraudulent. Amid the fallout, Gov. Tim Walz has ordered a third-party audit and announced that he will not seek a third term.<\/p>\n

Bonta said that letters sent by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announcing the freeze Tuesday provided no evidence to back up claims of widespread fraud and misuse of taxpayer dollars in California. The freeze applies to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, the Social Services Block Grant program and the Child Care and Development Fund.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is funding that California parents count on to get the safe and reliable child care they need so that they can go to work and provide for their families,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s funding that helps families on the brink of homelessness keep roofs over their heads.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bonta also raised concerns regarding Health and Human Services\u2019 request that California turn over all documents associated with the state\u2019s implementation of the three programs. This requires the state to share personally identifiable information about program participants, a move Bonta called \u201cdeeply concerning and also deeply questionable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe administration doesn\u2019t have the authority to override the established, lawful process our states have already gone through to submit plans and receive approval for these funds,\u201d Bonta said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t have the authority to override the U.S. Constitution and trample Congress\u2019 power of the purse.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Manhattan and marked the 53rd suit California had filed against the Trump administration since the president\u2019s inauguration last January. It asks the court to block the funding freeze and the administration\u2019s sweeping demands for documents and data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"California is suing the Trump administration over its \u201cbaseless and cruel\u201d decision to freeze $10 billion in federal…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":503324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[37717,1582,276,225643,225645,26865,79728,210,86565,2961,379,224,5337,3663,290,4352,123953,225646,225644],"class_list":{"0":"post-503323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-bonta","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-child-care-fund","12":"tag-family-assistance","13":"tag-federal-funding","14":"tag-freeze","15":"tag-health","16":"tag-human-services","17":"tag-la","18":"tag-lawsuit","19":"tag-los-angeles","20":"tag-losangeles","21":"tag-minnesota","22":"tag-state","23":"tag-trump-administration","24":"tag-u-s-constitution","25":"tag-unfounded-claim","26":"tag-widespread-fraud"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115864208960312960","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}