California Gov. Newsom: Federal Government Has Responsibility To Help States Recover
California led the nation in issuing a statewide stay-at-home order. But there's been an economic cost for going first â in the form of a $54 billion budget shortfall and unemployment projected to be as high as 25% this quarter.
"Those are Depression-era numbers and they're numbers that you'll see across this country," Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom tells . "By some estimates ... this has been the biggest shock we've seen in living memory."
