Insisting that a fiscally responsible government can also aid those in need, Gavin Newsom sent lawmakers a budget that builds on his earlier efforts to address poverty and homelessness while forecasting the largest tax revenue windfall in state history
Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his revised 2019-20 state budget during a news conference Thursday in Sacramento.
The governor’s overall spending plan, a $213.5-billion blueprint for the fiscal year that begins in July, offers a sprinkling of new ideas and cash to. Legislators now have until June 15 to send Newsom a final budget or forfeit their paychecks. . It includes more than $130 million in new spending on child care for low-income families, funded largely by taxes on the sale of legalized marijuana.
— remains a work in progress and is more cautious than proposals now pending in the Legislature. While he has pledged to extend the current paid leave program for new parents and caregivers from six weeks to six months, the revised budget provides only enough money for an additional two weeks per parent. The governor said he remains committed to finding the money needed for a much broader expansion.
His budget would, though, expand coverage of all children without regard to immigration status until they turn 26. His proposal would take effect in January, six months later than he originally planned and thus reducing the cost. Mayors from California's 13 largest cities, who had pushed for more money on homeless prevention efforts, were pleased that the governor increased his proposal."This unprecedented level of investment recognizes the moral, safety and public health emergency that California cities face because of the thousands of people living on their streets,” Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, who chairs the mayors’ group, said in a statement.
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