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California asks court to immediately stop Trump tariffs
San Bernardino officials respond to councilwoman's $2M lawsuit
By Joe Taglieri
By Joe Taglieri
joet@beaconmedianews.com
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ov. Gavin Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a request Monday for a preliminary injunction to immediately stop President Donald Trump’s tariffs. California filed a lawsuit last month seeking a court to nullify the Trump administration's aggressive trade policies. Opponents of the president's global trade agenda expect tariffs to impact trade as well as state revenues and budgets, which are currently in development as the new fiscal year's July 1 start date approaches. The tariffs challenged in California’s lawsuit are projected to cost California consumers at least $25 billion and cause the loss of more than 64,000 jobs, according to the governor's office. The high tariffs are projected to cost California households more than $40 billion. “President Trump has overstepped his authority, and now families, businesses, and our ports are literally paying the price," Newsom said in a statement. "As the largest economy in the nation, California has the
Trade activity at the Port of Los Angeles was 35% less in the first week of May compared with the same time last year, according to port Executive Director Gene Seroka. | Photos courtesy of the governor's office
an Bernardino officials responded Friday to Councilwoman Treasure Ortiz's $2 million legal claim against the city that alleges police illegally searched for records of her criminal history for political purposes. The city released a lengthy statement following closed session, nonpublic meetings about the pending litigation filed March 28. Ortiz posted a video on
social media explaining why she filed the claim. "This was not an easy decision, this was not something I take lightly and it certainly isn't something intended to harm the city, which I'm devoted to serve," she said. "This is about accountability, transparency and ensuring no resident is ever illegally targeted for daring to speak out." In a statement Friday city officials denied the
See Lawsuit Page 14 most to lose from President Trump’s weak and reckless policies." According to the White House, "President Trump refuses to let the United States be taken advantage of and believes that tariffs are necessary to ensure fair trade, protect American workers, and reduce the trade deficit — this is an emergency." Theadministration claims tariffs will incentivize companies to keep jobs in the U.S. A White House fact sheet noted Zekelman Industries — North America's largest independent steel pipe and tube manufacturer — has shut down its
Long Beach plant and laid off 150 workers "because of Mexico's steel dumping." At a press conference in April, Trump said, “For decades, the United States slashed our trade barriers on other countries, while those nations placed massive tariffs on our products and created outrageous nonmonetary barriers to decimate our industries. They manipulated their currencies, subsidized their exports, stole our intellectual property, imposed exorbitant VAT taxes to disadvantage our products, adopted unfair rules and technical See Tariffs Page 04
standards and created filthy pollution havens. This all happened with no response from the United States of America, but those days are over.” Bonta echoed Newsom's assertion that California is set for a large share of economic losses as a result of the tariffs, while noting the need for the court's immediate action. “Last fall, Americans at the voting booth demanded lower prices. Now, Trump’s chaotic tariff war is threatening to skyrocket the cost of living for families, lower wages, slash jobs, and
Michigan lawsuit by Texas group adds to Chuckwalla monument opposition By Joe Taglieri joet@beaconmedianews.com
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dding to opposition from the Trump administration and Blythe city officials, a lawsuit filed earlier this month in Michigan seeks to cancel federal protections for the Biden-created Chuckwalla
National Monument in Riverside County. Advocates for the 624,000-acre monument in the Southern California desert near Joshua Tree National Park disputed the lawsuit's claims of
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