santa clara county council tony la presti says withholding funding could have dire consequences. >> wellions of dollars at stake, including money devoted to our health system. we have the second largest public health system in the state of california. it's critical that we're able to provide those health services and the community services. that federal funding helps support. >> reporter: a similar lawsuit was filed in 2019 during the first trump administration, but it was settled. >> the case law on this one a law professor says actually favors sanctuary cities. >> the law is actually very clear that the federal government cannot compel state and local officials to do anything to execute federal law. so if san francisco wants to have a policy that says nobody can assist in the federal immigration efforts, that's a sanctuary city, this case from, you know, 1997 says they can't make you do it. >> yeah. there are lawsuits against the trump administration coming left and right. >>> telling you about another one now, a federal judge blocked elon musk's department of government efficiency o