California's Republican lawmakers have called Newsom and Democrats' latest move “gimmicky” and blamed the governor for mismanaging state funds.
“This most recent deal that he’s touting is all reliant on budget gimmicks, cause shifts and deferrals, which, when you look at the numbers, it’s clearly not enough,” Vince Fong, Assembly vice chairman of the Budget Committee,“We have a sustainability problem. We have an overspending problem in California, and nothing the governor is working on tackles that.”
Just two years ago, Newsom signed a $301 billion budget with a $97 billion surplus. The budget was nearly triple what it was for the previous fiscal year, with billions of dollars being allocated for climate change initiatives, homelessness, and education. In January, Newsom predicted a shortfall was $37.9 billion, but by February, the Legislative Analyst’s Office had predicted it was more than double.
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