During the June 24 Yolo County Board of Supervisors meeting, County Administrator Mike Webb brought two new additions to the county’s Presidential Executive Order Tracker, working to calculate how action from the current presidential administration could impact county operations.

The county began tracking executive orders in March when then-Interim County Administrator Dirk Brazil presented the tracker, which documents executive orders that President Donald Trump has signed and the potential impact they may have on the county’s administrative arm.

Tracking federal executive activities is crucial when various projects and initiatives depend on federal funding, which has recently become a frequent target of Trump’s executive order agenda. There are now 16 orders listed on the Yolo County tracker as having the potential to negatively impact county operations, ranging from being able to place bids on contractors for regional improvements to resolutions passed over eight years ago.

Two orders were added in June: Eliminating Waste, Abuse, and Fraud in Medicaid and Department of Defense Security for the Protection of Department of Homeland Security Functions.

According to the executive order summary, the order titled “Eliminating Waste, Abuse, and Fraud in Medicaid” is geared toward eliminating “waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid,” including by ensuring Medicaid payment rates are not higher than Medicare, namely through scrutiny of healthcare/MCO taxes.

This order also states the administration views rapid growth in state-directed payment programs as a threat to the nation’s long-term stability, and that the “imbalance between Medicaid and Medicare payment rates under these programs jeopardizes access to care for seniors.”

Due to this new guidance, there is potential to reduce Medi-Cal reimbursement rates and modify the Medi-Cal funding framework. It is unclear if changes to Medi-Cal would include program or coverage cuts at the time of writing.

The second new order, Protection of Department of Homeland Security Function, regards the National Guard’s response to protest demonstrations. The order came about in light of protests in Los Angeles against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the city, which were a part of the Trump administration’s escalation in deporting undocumented immigrants.

The order states:

“Federal service members and units of the National Guard under 10 U.S.C. 12406 may temporarily protect ICE and other United States Government personnel who are performing Federal functions, including the enforcement of Federal law, and to protect Federal property, at locations where protests against these functions are occurring or are likely to occur. The Secretary of Defense may employ any other members of the regular Armed Forces as necessary to augment and support the protection of Federal functions and property in any number determined appropriate in his discretion. Deployed military personnel may perform those military protective activities that the Secretary of Defense determines are reasonably necessary to ensure the protection and safety of Federal personnel and property.”

According to county staff analysis, the order would allow for the “unilateral mobilization” of the National Guard throughout California and the United States in the name of “protecting” federal personnel and infrastructure.

For more information on the executive order tracker, go to https://destinyhosted.com/yolocdocs/2025/BOS/20250624_3843/15522%5FPresidential%5FExecutive%5FOrder%5FTracker.pdf.