Gov. Gavin Newsom faces reckoning with $73B budget deficit lawmakers say he helped create
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Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom must reconcile the state's $73 billion deficit by the end of June, according to the state constitution.
Democratic lawmakers came to an agreement Friday to reduce the state's multibillion-dollar deficit by $17.3 billion through a combination of spending cuts, delays and deferrals, a deal reached behind closed doors Republican lawmakers quickly labeled as "gimmicky." Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
"This most recent deal that he's touting is all reliant on budget gimmicks, cause shifts and deferrals, which, when you look at the numbers, it's clearly not enough," Vince Fong, Assembly vice chair of the budget committee told Fox News Digital. "We have a sustainability problem. We have an overspending problem in California, and nothing the governor is working on tackles that."
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