Don’t like Newsom’s state budget? Blame California Republicans, writes LATimesSkelton
Civil rights activist Dolores Huerta, left, speaks in support of a clean water measure in Sacramento on Monday.
In past legislative eras, these budget provisions — especially the first two — would have been shunned as lowlights, not cheered as highlights. This increasing Democratic dominance is largely due to changing demographics. The nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California reported last year that 77% of likely Republican voters were white and only 23% people of color. That’s a coalition without a future in this state. Democratic likely voters were split evenly — 50% white and 50% people of color.But back to the budget.
“This is in the larger context of our goal of universal coverage,” says Daniel Zingale, a Newsom senior advisor. Zingale adds: “This governor regards [undocumented immigrants] as Californians. They pay taxes, work at jobs, they’re our neighbors. The vast majority play by the rules. Excluding them from access to healthcare doesn’t make sense. This doesn’t entitle them to anything other Californians aren’t entitled to.”
Moreover, some moderate Democrats in the Assembly are balking and it’s not a done deal yet. A two-thirds majority vote is required.
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