The Stakes: Excitement turns to anxiety in North Richmond after Trump moves to freeze big EPA grant

By Riley Ramirez | March 10, 2025 |
A mural is painted on a rectangular, one-story building, depicting a long bird of some sort hovering above a purple polka-dotted space that covers most of the wall, except for a blue winding river with red hearts near the bottom.

“The Stakes” is a UC Berkeley Journalism project on executive orders affecting Californians and their communities.  Contra Costa County should be celebrating a $19 million federal grant it was awarded for environmental projects in North Richmond. But county officials and community groups are being cautious, after the promised funding was nearly frozen in January by…

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