The city and county of San Diego have filed a lawsuit along with more than two dozen local governments across the nation to challenge the Trump administration's attempts to withhold emergency and disaster preparedness funds.

The lawsuit filed in federal court in Northern California alleges the federal government has threatened to withhold more than $350 million in Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency grants unless the municipalities assist in the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts, as well as abandon their own diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

The San Diego City Attorney's Office says that locally, those funds support wildfire and flood prevention projects, counterterrorism emergency response efforts, port and transit sec

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