OC Supervisor Requests Local Control of COVID Funds in Letter to Trump
Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Sept. 17 asking the federal government to send COVID-19 funding directly to California s counties and bypass state authorities.
Governor Newsom has specifically threatened to withhold Federal funds to disobedient counties that develop their own safe reopening plans in response to local needs and local conditions, Wagner wrote.
Wagner said Gov. Gavin Newsom had changed his COVID-19 response plans three times and is now requiring vague social justice metrics rather than the achievement of scientific milestones.
A request for comment from Newsom s office wasn t returned by deadline.