Poder in Action v. Phoenix, City of

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Poder in Action, et al., No. CV-20-01429-PHX-DWL 10 Plaintiffs, ORDER 11 v. 12 City of Phoenix, 13 Defendant. 14 15 INTRODUCTION 16 In March 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES 17 Act”) came into effect. Among other things, the CARES Act allocated $150 billion to 18 state, local, and tribal governments to assist those entities in covering “necessary 19 expenditures incurred due to the public health emergency” arising from the COVID-19 20 pandemic. See 42 U.S.C. § 801(d). This…