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California Legislature Approves $300 Billion+ State Budget Proposal

June 14, 2022 2:45 amJune 13, 2022 10:26 pm

The California legislature passed a $300 billion budget on Monday, angering some Democrats, Republicans, and Governor Gavin Newsom who wanted a budget with fewer longer term items over the record $97.5 billion surplus only being there for one year. The...

SOS Weber Reports 2021 Governor Recall Cost Just Over $200 Million

February 4, 2022 4:06 pm

According to a new report by California Secretary of State Shirley Weber to the California Department of Finance and the Assembly and Senate Budget Committees, the cost of the 2021 California Gubernatorial recall fell well below projected estimates, coming it...

California’s Population Fell By 182,000 in 2020 According to New Department of Finance Study

May 8, 2021 2:20 amMay 10, 2021 1:14 pm

According to a new report released Friday by the California Department of Finance, California’s population fell by 182,000 people last year, the state’s first yearly population loss since first becoming a state in 1850. The overall growth rate of -0.46%...

CA Auditor Report: State Distributed Double CARES Act Funding To Larger Counties

January 21, 2021 3:25 pmJanuary 21, 2021 3:25 pm

The California State Auditor Elaine Howle just released a report exposing that the state distributed $9.5 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds with smaller counties receiving barely half of the funding per person than larger counties. “In August 2020, we...

Gov. Newsom and Legislature Each Want Additional $200M For Homeless in a Tit-for-Tat Over Pet Projects

October 8, 2020 4:15 pmOctober 9, 2020 6:50 am

At the end of September, Gov. Gavin Newsom asked the Joint Legislative Budget Committee for another $200 million for Project Roomkey’s big brother, Project Homekey, referring it as COVID-related funding. The $200 million would come from “Coronavirus Relief Funds” and...

Assembly Budget Committee Praises and Questions Governor Newsom’s Coronavirus Decisions

April 21, 2020 3:03 pm

On Monday, the Assembly Budget Committee conducted an oversight hearing on Governor Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 coronavirus plan, as well as Newsom’s emergency powers and the $7 billion he has spent on measures so far. Praise and frustration against the Governor...

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Mandating Free Abortions at All Colleges and Universities

October 12, 2019 10:40 am

Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 24 by Senator Connie Leyva (D-Chino) to require student health centers on University of California and California State University campus student health centers to provide primary health care and medical abortions to students by January 2023....