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    George Skelton: Buried fees, cuts and some gems in Newsom's budget, and thankfully no major tax increase

    by George Skelton, Los Angeles Times May 16, 2023 3 minutes
    Gavin Newsom announces the May budget revision in Sacramento on Friday, May 12, 2023.

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — If you're a California boater, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants you to pay the state more and get less in return.

    That's one very small item tucked into the governor's massive, revised $307-billion state budget proposal for the fiscal year starting July 1.

    It's the kind of thing that is easily overlooked. Not a word was said about it during Newsom's two-hour budget presentation and news conference with reporters Friday.

    And it begs the question: How many other little goodies affecting people are buried somewhere in the sprawling budget proposal?

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