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A MOTION requesting the executive develop a risk assessment related to volatility in federal funding.
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WHEREAS, local jurisdictions across the country, including King County, face uncertainty around federal funding levels, and
WHEREAS, on January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order directing that access to federal funding to "sanctuary jurisdictions" be limited to the maximum extent possible under law, and
WHEREAS, on January 28, 2025, President Trump issued through various executive orders a temporary pause on all activities related to the obligation or disbursement of certain federal financial assistance, including research grants, funding for electric vehicles, and some clean energy grants, among others, and
WHEREAS, on the evening of January 28, 2025, U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan paused the temporary funding freeze, and
WHEREAS, on January 28, 2025, the White House Office of Management and Budget issued a memorandum directing federal agencies to temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency activities that may be implicated by the executive orders, and
WHEREAS, on January 29, 2025, the White House Office of Management and Budget rescinded the memorandum, and
WHEREAS, on January 29, 2025, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt noted that recission of the memorandum was not a recission of the federal funding freeze, and
WHEREAS, on January 28, 2025, President Trump's administration announced a deferred resignation program for federal workers, allowing them to receive full pay and benefits until September 2025, at which point they would resign their positions, and
WHEREAS, King County and its partners rely on federal funding to support critical investments in human services, healthcare, mobility, community development, homelessness services, and more, including for the most vulnerable residents in King County, and
WHEREAS, Ki...

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