The state Senate and Assembly met the minimum constitutional standard for an approved budget to ensure that legislators won't forfeit any of their pay, though negotiations with Gov. Gavin Newsom will continue.
, choosing instead to assume the arrival of funds from Washington, and would impose additional cuts only if no help arrives by the end of September. Even then, lawmakers want to soften the blow in the event of a federal stalemate by tapping more of the state’s cash reserves.A key debate has been how much to spend on K-12 education, which saw sweeping cuts under the governor’s May budget proposal.
School advocates have warned that the unprecedented shift to distance learning due to precautions taken to slow the spread of coronavirus would add to their burden. And though the budget offers one-time assistance with funds from the state’s portion of the federal CARES Act, education groups still have worried about how those dollars would be divvied up.
Local governments, too, were worried that even a budget more generous than Newsom’s preferred version would still come up short. The agreement is expected to provide only about one-third of $3 billion in lost tax revenues for counties, used to fund public and mental health programs, social services and public safety.
“Without continued investment in our safety net services, the dire consequences of poverty will be felt by even more Californians,” Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis said.
“I’m very pleased at the conversations we’ve been having,” the governor said during a midday event on the state’s coronavirus response.
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