Newsom announced the agreement to purchase 200 million masks during an interview with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Tuesday.
California lawmakers demanded details Thursday about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s agreement to spend almost $1 billion on protective masks needed to combat the state’s coronavirus outbreak, saying there has been too little transparency in spending those taxpayer dollars.
“Do I think it’s the right move? Yes,” Sen. Holly Mitchell , chairwoman of the Senate’s budget committee, said of the purchase. “But I still have the responsibility to double-check.”on Wednesday asking for the “full details” of what the governor had agreed to with private vendors.— approximately $990 million on the masks, with $495 million to be spent this week — shortly before Newsom made his announcement on MSNBC on Tuesday night.
While legislative budget writers approved the quick purchase of the supplies, the experience marked a rare moment of discord between Democratic legislative leaders and the Democratic governor. Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon announced Thursday that both houses will soon hold public hearings to examine the state’s response to the novel coronavirus.
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