Presidential Executive Order

Greetings!

Last Thursday, President Trump declared war on local government.  His Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets Executive Order directs his administration “to restore order to American cities and remove vagrant individuals from our streets, redirecting federal resources toward programs that tackle substance abuse and returning to the acute necessity of civil commitment”.  He directed his Attorney General, and Secretaries of HEW, HUD, and Transportation to: 

1. Prioritize grants for states and municipalities that enforce prohibitions on open illicit drug use, urban camping and loitering, and urban squatting
2. Redirect funding to ensure that individuals camping on streets and causing public disorder and that are suffering from serious mental illness or addiction are moved into treatment centers, assisted outpatient treatment, or other facilities; and 
3. Ensure discretionary grants for substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery do not fund drug injection sites or illicit drug use.

His specific targets are to prohibit encampments, end Housing First programs and requirements, and eliminate harm reduction and safe injection programs.  Local governments which refuse to do so will lose all federal funding.  
Thank you very much for your service, but you are no longer needed in Trump’s America.  He will dictate the response to the needs of states, counties, and cities.
Gregory