To the editor: Now that the Trump administration has canceled $30 million in FEMA earthquake retrofit grants to California, on prime of the current cancellation of $85.6 million to Santa Clara County associated to public well being and the $312 million reduce to analysis grants that has stunned and decimated the analysis neighborhood, it’s time for California to withhold all or a few of its federal taxes (“California FEMA earthquake retrofit grants canceled, imperiling critical work, Schiff says,” Could 21). This yr, California ranks #49 within the quantity of federal grants given to states and that’s earlier than the cancellations.
California pays extra federal taxes than every other state, the biggest donor of all in 2022. Truthful sufficient since we’re a populous and prosperous state, however we should reply to those cuts and extra which are devastating the California economic system and the providers all of us depend on. The Trump administration understands solely transactional monetary actions, so it’s time to make it notice it can’t proceed to make use of California as a banking service that helps its atrocious insurance policies.
Sharon Markenson, Woodland Hills
