Column: Sacramento’s tax rebate giveaway two years ago is coming home to roost
LA TimesGavin Newsom at a news conference in Oakland in 2021 to announced a tax rebate for Californians. So it seemed like a grand idea to throw nearly $10 billion out a Capitol window at people who really didn’t care whether they got any of it or not. Evidence of the flawed money distribution system was reported recently by The Times’ Jon Healey, who wrote that 624,000 Californians still hadn’t touched the free cash. These are two major issues, as reported by Times budget writer Taryn Luna: Higher fee rates for Medi-Cal providers: The governor and Legislature agreed last year to raise reimbursement rates for doctors and other providers of Medi-Cal healthcare for poor people. There are many more budget disagreements — like over housing for homeless people, street cleanups after the homeless leave, business tax credits and prison closings.
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