In an effort to close a $73 billion deficit by June, California‘s Democratic lawmakers agreed on Friday to reduce the deficit by $17.3 billion through spending cuts, delays, and deferrals.
Republican lawmakers have called the move “gimmicky” and blamed Newsom 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, told Fox News Digital. “We have a sustainability problem. We have an overspending problem in California, and nothing the governor is working on tackles that.”
The plan is to cut $3.6 billion in primarily one-time funding for schools, welfare, and climate programs, and it is delaying $5.2 billion in programs such as public transit and facilities for
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