An Illinois federal judge’s order barring the Trump administration from imposing anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion conditions on public safety funding has been extended to the city of Santa Monica, Calif., court records show.
The city faces an upcoming deadline to accept a federal award to fund de-escalation and crisis response training for its police officers, according to a motion asking Judge Jorge Alonso to extend to Santa Monica the preliminary relief he granted Chicago and St. Paul, Minn.
Alonso, of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, granted the request in a brief order Thursday, finding Santa ...