Gov. Gavin Newsom's budget envisions an activist agenda but limits higher spending
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - For the seventh time in eight years, California's government is poised to collect a sizable cash surplus under projections in the $222.2-billion state budget Gov. Gavin Newsom submitted to the Legislature on Friday - a remarkable streak even in the face of steadily higher spending, most notably on K-12 education and services for low-income residents.
Those programs would remain the focus of government growth under the plan unveiled by Newsom. Elsewhere, he urged lawmakers to limit their requests for more spending in light of expectations that the state and national economies will grow more slowly in the immediate future.
"While we've enjoyed 11 years of economic growth and expansion, that is not a permanent state," Newsom told reporters at the state Capitol.
But the budget crafted by Newsom
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