California Gov. Gavin Newsom began relaxing his stay-at-home order that was issued to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, while also announcing that the state has a $53.4 billion budget shortfall.
He also highlighted the economic damage done by COVID-19 by announcing that the state's $21 billion surplus from one year ago has turned into a $54.3 billion deficit.
Newsom reportedly discussed unemployment figures and painted a bleak picture of America's financial future, as the dust begins to settle from the pandemic. "These numbers are jaw-dropping," Newsom said. "I just hope that people are preparing themselves ... for the effort that we all need to engage together to undertake to unwind that and get back on our feet.""The next few years we're going to have to work through these challenges," he said on Wednesday. "But we'll work through them. And we'll get out the other side.
California is already set to receive more than $26 billion in federal funds because of the coronavirus, according to The AP. However, Newsom claimed the current climate "underscores the necessity of further federal stimulus to help states and local governments." Fox News' Louis Casiano and Brie Stimson contributed to this report, as well as The Associated Press.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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