August 5, 2025 - OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today secured a preliminary injunction blocking the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from spending any of the funding for the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program on non-related purposes while multistate litigation continues. Since 2020, FEMA has made billions of dollars available under the BRIC program to prepare for and mitigate the risks from disasters before they happen. California is the largest beneficiary of this program and could receive over a billion dollars for future projects that FEMA had selected for grant funding before the program was unlawfully terminated. 

“The President keeps breaking the law, and we keep holding him accountable in court,” said Attorney General Bonta. “Shuttering this program would do nothing to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse or improve government efficiency. This is a program with bipartisan support that is focused on protecting lives and livelihoods from flooding, wildfires, earthquakes, and other natural disasters. I’m pleased the District Court has ensured this funding will not be redirected and misspent while our litigation continues.”

A copy of the court order is available here. 
Source: CA. DOJ