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California lawmakers warn sudden federal funding cuts threaten public health and family planning services
Summary
At an Assembly Budget Subcommittee hearing, members flagged recent federal eliminations of pandemic-era public health funding and Title X family planning grants, urging state action to preserve services and noting legal challenges already filed.
Assemblymember Addis, chair of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health, opened the hearing by raising alarm about recent federal funding changes that she said will hit California public health programs.
"I did wanna touch on, you know, just 2 weeks ago on March 24, without any advanced warning or notice, the federal administration unilaterally eliminated $11,000,000,000 in funding that had been supporting critical public health work across the country," Addis said, and added an estimate that California stood to lose nearly $840 million of that total.
The chair and other members described specific…
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