AG ​Bonta issued the following statement on a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upholding a preliminary injunction in multistate litigation, co-led by California, challenging the Office of Management and Budget’s $3 trillion federal funding freeze. At risk in California was an estimated $168 billion in annual federal funding.

“Today, the First Circuit affirmed what we all know to be true: The Trump Administration’s sweeping directive to unilaterally freeze all federal funding in its first days in office was deeply harmful, reckless, and wholly unreasoned,” – AG Bonta