According to its federal database, President Trump’s so-called Department of Administration Efficiency plans to terminate lease contracts in nearly twenty California states related to science, agriculture and the environment.
The planned closure includes facilities occupied by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Park Service, the Forest Service and the Geological Survey. The following is the termination NOAA’s massive layoffs Funding for scientific research across federal agencies has been greatly reduced in recent weeks.
The Trump administration said the termination of leases would save a lot of costs for the American people. this Doge website Nearly 800 rental locations are listed, which are planned to be closed nationwide with a total area of more than 10 million square feet, saving about $500 million. This database does not provide specific addresses or information about how the building is used.
As of Monday, 65 locations on the list were in California, and 22 (about 35%) were home to institutions that helped manage, protect and protect the Golden State environment.
These include Eureka’s NOAA office, an outpost of the agency’s National Marine Fisheries Service, which aims to enable the management of marine and marine life.
A group of Democratic lawmakers are A recent letter To Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce, who oversees NOAA.
“Closing the on-site facilities will undermine NOAA’s ability to provide these services and harm the local communities and economies,” the group wrote. The group includes representatives from California Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) and Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose).
California’s cuts extend beyond NOAA. The list name is Shasta’s 536-square-foot office of the United States Forest Service; the Ventura National Park Service’s office; and the Fish and Wildlife Service office of Arcata and Palm Springs.
Meanwhile, two U.S. Geological Surveys are on the list, including a field office belonging to the California Water Science Center in Santa Maria.
One of the larger closures on the list is the Environmental Protection Agency’s Los Angeles office, which covers 13,541 square feet and has an annual lease of $572,000. The agency last week Theme of the advertising announcement EPA administrator Lee Zeldin, who is cost reduction and deregulation around him, said targeting “climate change religion” is his top priority.
The Doge lease termination list is also named the UKIAH Land Administration Office; the farm service agencies in Madera and Bakersfield; and the Water Authority Authority in Weaverville and Temecula. The Civil Engineering Corps, which oversees some dams, reservoirs and waterways, faces closures from Davis and Apple Valley.
The database program shows that the Resource Protection Agency is part of the USDA, which helps farmers, landowners and agricultural producers protect soil, water and other natural resources — all facing closures in Oxnard, Woodland, Salinas and Blythe.
These developments are associated with the massive termination of government employees nationwide, including about 5% of NOAA employees at the end of February.
This move is also consistent with Project 2025 (a conservative platform document) Call for the removal of NOAAThe National Weather Service and other federal environmental agencies have been described as “the main driver of the climate change alert industry.” Although the president has publicly stayed away from the plan, many of his policies lined up his recommendations.
Other agencies on cutting boards that are not related to the environment include the IRS, the Indian Health Agency, the Social Security Agency and the Office of the Ministry of Education.
