Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a $222.2 billion budget proposal for 2020-21 on Friday – the second annual spending plan he has presented as governor and the largest in state history.
Last Friday, Governor Brown announced that the California state budget has a surplus of nearly $9 billion.
California Gov. Jerry Brown proposed the 16th and final budget of his career Wednesday, kicking off months of negotiations with state lawmakers.
California lawmakers approved a $183.2 billion budget Thursday, an all-time record.
Score one for the little guys.
$122 billion is a lot of General Fund dough.
So what’s in the proposal?
A new report shows that local government spends the most to sway the state government.
A $7.5 billion water bond made it through the Legislature on Wednesday after months of back-and-forth political haggling.