California governor, lawmakers agree how to close deficit
4 years, 8 months ago

California governor, lawmakers agree how to close deficit

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will make up its estimated $54.3 billion budget deficit in part by delaying payments to public schools and imposing pay cuts on state workers, according to an agreement announced Monday by Gov. The agreement avoids billions of dollars in permanent cuts to public schools and health care programs, including proposals from Newsom that would have made fewer low-income older adults eligible for government funded health insurance and would have eliminated programs aimed at keeping people out of nursing homes where the coronavirus has spread with deadly consequences. Instead the agreement, which still requires legislative approval, would make up the deficit in part by imposing $2.8 billion in pay cuts to state workers and delaying roughly $12 billion in payments to public schools to future years. “It’s always easier to pretend that the situation will improve in the future than it is to make the difficult decisions in reducing spending today.” The agreement also gives about $4.4 billion in federal coronavirus relief money to public schools to help keep some students from falling too far behind as they have been home since March because of the coronavirus.

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Column: Trump, GOP budget cuts criticized as ‘devastating, immoral, cruel’ to vulnerable Californians
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Column: Trump, GOP budget cuts criticized as ‘devastating, immoral, cruel’ to vulnerable Californians

LA Times  

California lawmakers last week began bracing for the grim reality the state may face as President Trump and the Republican-led Congress take steps to slash the federal budget and workforce, cuts that they said will threaten the health and well-being of millions of residents in the state. “If the Republican administration and Congress follow through with the federal budget that …

Cal State campuses brace for ‘severe consequences’ as budget gap looms
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Cal State campuses brace for ‘severe consequences’ as budget gap looms

Associated Press  

California State University is anticipating state spending cuts next summer of nearly $400 million and a delay in promised state support of more than $250 million. They presented figures that show a 2025-26 budget hole of about $400 million to $800 million — a sizable chunk of Cal State’s estimated operating budget of $8.3 billion next year. Still, Cal State …

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs budget to close $46.8B budget deficit
8 months, 2 weeks ago

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs budget to close $46.8B budget deficit

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday signed California’s budget to close an estimated $46.8 billion deficit through $16 billion in spending cuts and temporarily raising taxes on some businesses. Lawmakers passed the budget Wednesday following an agreement between Newsom and legislative leaders in which both sides made concessions and also had wins as they were forced, for the …

Gov. Newsom signs budget to close California’s $46.8-billion budget deficit
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Gov. Newsom signs budget to close California’s $46.8-billion budget deficit

LA Times  

California’s budget crisis comes at a bad time for Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday signed California’s budget to close an estimated $46.8-billion deficit through $16 billion in spending cuts and temporarily raising taxes on some businesses. Lawmakers passed the budget Wednesday following an agreement between Newsom and legislative leaders in which both sides made concessions and also had wins as …

California Legislature approves budget that slashes spending to address $46.8 billion deficit
8 months, 2 weeks ago

California Legislature approves budget that slashes spending to address $46.8 billion deficit

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers approved a budget on Wednesday that slashes spending and temporarily raises taxes on some businesses to close an estimated $46.8 billion budget deficit. The budget includes an agreement that Newsom and lawmakers will try to change the state constitution in the coming years to allow California to put more money in reserve to prepare for …

California Legislature rejects many of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget cuts as negotiations continue
9 months ago

California Legislature rejects many of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget cuts as negotiations continue

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Legislature on Thursday rejected many of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s most difficult budget cuts, choosing instead to speed-up a temporary tax increase on some businesses to help address an estimated $45 billion deficit while preserving spending on many social safety net programs. While Newsom’s budget proposal preserved most of the state’s major assistance programs, he included …

Can California control its boom-and-bust budget?
9 months ago

Can California control its boom-and-bust budget?

LA Times  

California has until Saturday to balance a budget that is billions of dollars out of whack, and not in a good way. We asked Chris Hoene, the executive director of the progressive California Budget and Policy Center, and Joshua Rauh, a Stanford economist and scholar at the conservative Hoover Institution, how the state could avoid the whiplash of budget surpluses …

With deadline nearing, Newsom and lawmakers disagree over solutions to California budget crisis
9 months, 1 week ago

With deadline nearing, Newsom and lawmakers disagree over solutions to California budget crisis

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom in Sacramento on Jan. 10, 2024; Sen. Mike McGuire in Healdsburg on Jan. 26, 2024; and Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas in Sacramento on June 30, 2023. Gavin Newsom and Democrats in the state Legislature are working to settle their differences over access to public healthcare services, delaying minimum wage increases for workers and pausing tax credits for businesses …

California’s budget deficit has grown. Here’s how Gov. Newsom is responding
10 months ago

California’s budget deficit has grown. Here’s how Gov. Newsom is responding

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom unveils his revised 2024-25 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento on May 10, 2024. Gavin Newsom released his revised $288-billion budget proposal last week, which included a bleak update on the state’s deficit: It has grown from earlier projections. The cuts hamper Newsom’s progressive policy agenda, The Times’ Taryn Luna, Mackenzie Mays and Anabel Sosa reported, …

California has a multibillion-dollar budget deficit. Here’s what you need to know
10 months ago

California has a multibillion-dollar budget deficit. Here’s what you need to know

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has a huge budget problem that could force thorny decisions from Democratic leaders who enjoyed a more than $100 billion surplus just three years ago. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced his plan to address the deficit in the state’s budget. California’s constitution requires lawmakers and the governor to balance the budget — meaning the state can’t …

California has a multibillion-dollar budget deficit. Here's what you need to know
10 months ago

California has a multibillion-dollar budget deficit. Here's what you need to know

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy California has a huge budget …

Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes painful cuts to close California’s growing budget deficit
10 months ago

Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes painful cuts to close California’s growing budget deficit

Live Mint  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's budget deficit is at least $45 billion, a shortfall so large it prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday to propose painful spending cuts impacting immigrants, kindergarteners and low-income parents seeking child care in a state often lauded for having the world's fifth-largest economy. Anthony Wright, executive director of the consumer advocacy group Health Access California, said …

Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes painful cuts to close California’s growing budget deficit
10 months ago

Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes painful cuts to close California’s growing budget deficit

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s budget deficit is at least $45 billion, a shortfall so large it prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday to propose painful spending cuts impacting immigrants, kindergarteners and low-income parents seeking child care in a state often lauded for having the world’s fifth-largest economy. Anthony Wright, executive director of the consumer advocacy group Health Access California, said …

What to know about Gov. Newsom’s plan to offset California’s $45-billion deficit
10 months ago

What to know about Gov. Newsom’s plan to offset California’s $45-billion deficit

LA Times  

Faced with a $44.9-billion budget deficit, Gov. Newsom’s revised $288-billion budget proposal, announced Friday, projected California’s deficit to be $7 billion more than the shortfall his administration expected in January. We have to be accountable.” Newsom’s plan to close the deficit relies on $17.3 billion in savings from budget cuts he and lawmakers agreed to in April and using $4.2 …

Column: California’s budget relies on the richest taxpayers, and we’re paying the price
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: California’s budget relies on the richest taxpayers, and we’re paying the price

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom discusses his proposed state budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year, during a news conference in Sacramento on Jan. 10. “I hated the subject with every bone in my body,” he recalls, “but I did it to prevent what’s happening today.” This is what we’re talking about: Based on the 2021 tax year, the top 1% of California earners …

California lawmakers vote to reduce deficit by $17 billion, but harder choices lie ahead
11 months ago

California lawmakers vote to reduce deficit by $17 billion, but harder choices lie ahead

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers don’t know for sure how big their budget deficit is, but on Thursday they decided it’s big enough to go ahead and reduce spending by about $17 billion. Newsom won’t announce an updated deficit number until next month, after Californians have filed their tax returns and state officials have a better idea of how much …

Newsom called it a ‘gimmick.’ Now he’s using the trick to lower California’s massive deficit
11 months ago

Newsom called it a ‘gimmick.’ Now he’s using the trick to lower California’s massive deficit

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom discusses his proposed state budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, during a news conference in Sacramento in January. Gavin Newsom said he was doing away with a state budget “gimmick” one of his predecessors relied on to shave about $800 million off a deficit during the Great Recession. At least so far, Newsom and lawmakers are largely relying …

California Democrats agree on plan to reduce budget deficit by $17.3 billion
11 months, 1 week ago

California Democrats agree on plan to reduce budget deficit by $17.3 billion

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Democratic leaders announced Thursday they had come to an agreement on a plan that would reduce the state’s staggering multibillion-dollar shortfall by $17.3 billion through a combination of spending cuts, delays and deferrals. The agreement came after lawmakers passed legislation to increase the state’s tax on managed care health plans, also known as the managed care …

Newsom and Democratic lawmakers detail first California budget cuts totaling $17 billion
11 months, 1 week ago

Newsom and Democratic lawmakers detail first California budget cuts totaling $17 billion

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom and leaders of the state Senate and Assembly announced an agreement Thursday to cut $17 billion from the state budget in April, providing the first details of their plan to begin to tackle the state’s massive deficit. “There is still work to do as we finalize the budget and I look forward to the work ahead together to …

Newsom and Democrats announce a plan to reduce the enormous budget deficit. How? TBD
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Newsom and Democrats announce a plan to reduce the enormous budget deficit. How? TBD

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom discusses his proposed state budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year during a news conference in Sacramento in January. Gavin Newsom and Democratic leaders of the state Senate and Assembly announced an agreement on Wednesday to take action in April to begin to dramatically reduce California’s historic shortfall. Newsom has urged the Legislature to take “early action” to begin …

Voters say California’s budget deficit is an ‘extremely serious’ problem, poll finds
1 year, 1 month ago

Voters say California’s budget deficit is an ‘extremely serious’ problem, poll finds

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom discusses his proposed state budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year in Sacramento. Half of California registered voters consider the state budget deficit an “extremely serious” problem, and 57% believe the state is headed in the wrong direction, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co- The survey was conducted days before Gov. “Voters are …

California Gov. Newsom proposes some housing and climate cuts to balance $38 billion budget deficit
1 year, 2 months ago

California Gov. Newsom proposes some housing and climate cuts to balance $38 billion budget deficit

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Gavin Newsom released details Wednesday of …

California Gov. Newsom proposes some housing and climate cuts to balance $38 billion budget deficit
1 year, 2 months ago

California Gov. Newsom proposes some housing and climate cuts to balance $38 billion budget deficit

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom released details Wednesday of a new $291 billion state spending plan for the 2024-25 budget year that accounts for an estimated $37.9 billion deficit. It largely keeps intact a $1.5 billion program to help counties find housing for homeless people with serious mental illness and substance use disorders, but it delays $235 million …

California governor wants reserves and cuts to fix nearly $38B deficit, mostly sparing schools
1 year, 2 months ago

California governor wants reserves and cuts to fix nearly $38B deficit, mostly sparing schools

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s budget deficit is not as bad as previously thought, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday, but it’s deep enough that it could delay a minimum wage increase for more than 400,000 health care workers and force spending cuts across various housing and climate programs. But he wants the Legislature to consider delaying a planned minimum wage increase …

How Newsom plans to fix California’s projected $37.9-billion budget deficit
1 year, 2 months ago

How Newsom plans to fix California’s projected $37.9-billion budget deficit

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom, discussing his proposed spending for the next fiscal year in Sacramento on Wednesday, wants to declare a budget emergency and get the Legislature’s permission to dip into the state’s reserves. Newsom’s new deficit estimate is more than double the shortfall he and lawmakers anticipated last June, a tacit admission of how badly the state underestimated the size and …

California faces record $68 billion budget deficit, nonpartisan legislative analyst says
1 year, 3 months ago

California faces record $68 billion budget deficit, nonpartisan legislative analyst says

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is facing a record $68 billion budget deficit, state officials announced Thursday, forcing hard choices for Democratic Gov. When combined with the economic slowdown California has been facing since last year, it leads to a predicted deficit of $68 billion, Legislative Analyst Gabriel Petek announced Thursday. The California Department of Finance estimates that wage increase will …

California’s new budget covers $32 billion deficit while extending tax credits for film industry
1 year, 8 months ago

California’s new budget covers $32 billion deficit while extending tax credits for film industry

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers approved a $310.8 billion budget on Tuesday that closes a nearly $32 billion budget deficit while also extending a lucrative tax break for the state’s iconic film and television industry. The nation’s most populous state has had combined budget surpluses of well over $100 billion in the past few years, enabling the Democrats in charge …

Governor says California’s budget deficit has grown to nearly $32 billion
1 year, 10 months ago

Governor says California’s budget deficit has grown to nearly $32 billion

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s budget deficit has soared to nearly $32 billion, Gov. Newsom, a Democrat in his second term, proposed no major tax increases for individuals or spending cuts across the state’s most important programs, including those impacting public education, health care and homelessness. Newsom’s plan would leave California with $37.2 billion in various savings accounts, money that he …

After years of surpluses, California headed toward a deficit
2 years, 2 months ago

After years of surpluses, California headed toward a deficit

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — From a budget perspective, the first four years of California Gov. Tuesday, Newsom announced California likely won’t collect enough money in taxes to pay for all of its obligations, leaving a $22.5 billion hole in its budget. State Sen. Roger Niello, the top Republican on the state Senate’s budget-writing committee, said lawmakers need to focus on areas …

California Likely To Have $25 Billion Budget Deficit, Report Says
2 years, 3 months ago

California Likely To Have $25 Billion Budget Deficit, Report Says

Huff Post  

A highway along the beach in Santa Barbara, California. Alexander Spatari via Getty Images SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will likely have a $25 billion budget deficit next year, state officials announced Wednesday, ending a run of historic surpluses and acting as a warning to other states about a potential recession. The report did not surprise Republicans, who said they have …

Report: California likely to have $25 billion budget deficit
2 years, 3 months ago

Report: California likely to have $25 billion budget deficit

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will likely have a $25 billion budget deficit next year, state officials announced Wednesday, ending a run of historic surpluses and acting as a warning to other states about a potential recession. “While we’re in fact better prepared, that doesn’t mean that the decisions to close the coming budget gap won’t be difficult — particularly if …

California lawmakers OK budget; most taxpayers to get refund
2 years, 8 months ago

California lawmakers OK budget; most taxpayers to get refund

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers on Wednesday approved a nearly $308 billion spending plan that includes money to cover abortions for women who can’t afford them and the health care costs for low-income adults living in the country illegally while sending cash payments to most taxpayers to help offset record-high gas prices. Instead, California’s revenues soared on the back of …

Flush budget, unfinished business await California lawmakers
3 years, 2 months ago

Flush budget, unfinished business await California lawmakers

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers are flush with money and unfinished business from last year as they return to the state Capitol on Monday, but they head into an election year rife with uncertainty due to the redrawing of legislative districts after the 2020 census. Lawmakers, however, are engaged in a game of “musical chairs mixed in with chicken” to …

What’s in California’s new $262 billion operating budget?
3 years, 8 months ago

What’s in California’s new $262 billion operating budget?

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers approved a $262.6 billion operating budget on Monday. The budget also includes $1.5 billion in grants for small businesses harmed by the pandemic — money they don’t have to pay back. ELIMINATING PANDEMIC CUTS Last year, lawmakers passed a number of spending cuts because they thought they were facing a $54.3 billion budget shortfall caused …

California lawmakers approve $262.6-billion operating budget. What’s in it?
3 years, 8 months ago

California lawmakers approve $262.6-billion operating budget. What’s in it?

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom speaks about his 2021-22 state budget proposal during a news conference in Sacramento on Jan. 8. Gavin Newsom’s desk would restore spending cuts to public schools, colleges and universities, the courts, child support services and state worker salaries — all things that were cut last year when state officials thought they were facing a record budget deficit because …

Newsom, lawmakers reach agreement on spending tax windfall in $262.6-billion state budget
3 years, 8 months ago

Newsom, lawmakers reach agreement on spending tax windfall in $262.6-billion state budget

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom, flanked by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins in 2019, who have come to agreement on a budget plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Gavin Newsom and Democratic leaders of the California Legislature reached an agreement Friday on a $262.6-billion state budget, divvying up a towering windfall of tax revenue …

California governor builds big budget plan on one-time cash
3 years, 10 months ago

California governor builds big budget plan on one-time cash

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget plan would have California pay to send every 4-year-old to kindergarten, give broke college students a place to live, put more homeless people in hotel rooms, provide health insurance for older adults living in the country illegally, start a new polytechnic university, wipe out delinquent traffic tickets for poor people and give cash …

Lawmakers give California businesses tax break on forgiven PPP loans to boost COVID-19 recovery
3 years, 10 months ago

Lawmakers give California businesses tax break on forgiven PPP loans to boost COVID-19 recovery

LA Times  

Customers fill outdoor seating at a restaurant last month in San Bernardino County. California lawmakers on Monday approved the last part of a COVID-19 economic recovery package, sending the governor a bill he supports that provides up to $6.8 billion in state tax breaks for California businesses. “AB 80 provides significant and immediate tax relief to California businesses devastated by …

California governor’s budget booms despite pandemic problems
4 years, 2 months ago

California governor’s budget booms despite pandemic problems

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is again swimming in money. Newsom said California is just barely over that limit — meaning taxpayers would get about $1.27 per person — but it symbolizes the remarkable turnaround from dire budget warnings less than a year ago. California’s reserves dipped to $11.3 billion last year after Newsom and state lawmakers pulled $8.3 billion from …

California could see a $26-billion windfall followed by growing deficits, analysts say
4 years, 3 months ago

California could see a $26-billion windfall followed by growing deficits, analysts say

LA Times  

California’s state budget faces a dramatic boom-and-bust period over the next four years, analysts said Wednesday, a roller-coaster period that could begin with a $26-billion tax windfall and later plunge to a projected deficit of $17.5 billion by the middle of 2025. Gavin Newsom crafted a state budget in June, the large supply of extra cash — equal to almost …

California lawmakers finish work closing $54B deficit
4 years, 8 months ago

California lawmakers finish work closing $54B deficit

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Legislature on Friday finished work on a state spending plan that closes an historic $54.3 billion deficit by temporarily raising taxes on businesses, cutting funding to courts, colleges and state worker salaries, and delaying billions of dollars in payments to public schools. Lawmakers avoided painful cuts to public schools and health care programs in part …

California Senate OKs plan to close $54 billion deficit
4 years, 8 months ago

California Senate OKs plan to close $54 billion deficit

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Senate on Thursday approved a $202.1 billion spending plan that covers the state’s $54.3 billion deficit through a combination of temporary tax increases, delayed spending and cuts to colleges, courts and state worker salaries. Gavin Newsom declared a “budget emergency” for the first time, giving the Legislature permission to take nearly $8 billion from the …

California will use surplus cash, delay school funds in $202.1-billion budget sent to Newsom
4 years, 8 months ago

California will use surplus cash, delay school funds in $202.1-billion budget sent to Newsom

LA Times  

Sen. Holly Mitchell gets an elbow bump from Sen. Bob Hertzberg after the Senate approved the $202.1-billion state budget at the Capitol on Thursday. “And the choices we have to make here are not perfect.” The budget cuts $13 billion in state government spending from the previous year’s level, almost exactly as much in cuts as proposed by Newsom in …

Newsom agrees to rethink sharp California budget cuts in deal with lawmakers
4 years, 8 months ago

Newsom agrees to rethink sharp California budget cuts in deal with lawmakers

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom, seen discussing his state budget proposal May 14, agreed to scrap many of his spending cuts in the final budget agreement with the California Legislature. Gavin Newsom agreed Monday to largely abandon the far-reaching spending reductions he proposed as necessary without new federal coronavirus relief funds, striking a budget pact with leaders of the California Legislature that relies …

California Legislature, governor at odds over budget deficit
4 years, 9 months ago

California Legislature, governor at odds over budget deficit

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s task of closing California’s estimated $54.3 billion budget deficit will come down to a battle with the Democratic-dominated Legislature over how much pain the state can endure now versus putting it off to next year and beyond. But it’s also possible all these numbers could be even worse than we are projecting even now,” …

California Senate plan would reject most of governor’s cuts
4 years, 9 months ago

California Senate plan would reject most of governor’s cuts

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Democrats in the California Senate on Thursday rejected most of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget cuts to public education and health care programs, instead endorsing a plan that would cover the state’s estimated $54.3 billion deficit by taking more money from reserves and delaying billions of dollars in payments to schools for at least a year. Newsom’s …

California lawmakers break from Newsom’s budget, extend deadline for federal cash
4 years, 9 months ago

California lawmakers break from Newsom’s budget, extend deadline for federal cash

LA Times  

California Senate Democrats are poised to reject $14 billion in budget cuts proposed by Gov. Newsom wants $14 billion in immediate spending cuts — including $8.1 billion less for public schools — that would be rescinded only if federal cash is sent to California. The plan also opts to delay, not cut, some $5.3 billion in school spending should the …

California governor slashes budget in COVID-19 economic crisis
4 years, 10 months ago

California governor slashes budget in COVID-19 economic crisis

Al Jazeera  

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday slashed his proposed budget for the next fiscal year by $19bn, bringing spending below 2019 levels. The revised budget would cut funding for public schools and universities, environmental protection and natural resource management, and dramatically scale back programmes planned when the state – the most populous in the United States – was flush with …

Coronavirus forces sharp cuts to schools, healthcare in California, Newsom says
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus forces sharp cuts to schools, healthcare in California, Newsom says

LA Times  

With California’s economy hobbled by the impacts of the long coronavirus shutdown, Gov. “We are committed, despite the headwinds” of an economic downturn, Newsom said, “to balance the budget, but also to balance our principles and to advance our values.” No budget-balancing idea proposed on Thursday may be more sweeping in its impact to California families than the $13.5-billion drop …

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