SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Ambitious plans to strengthen California’s social safety net will likely be scaled back on May 14 when Governor Gavin Newsom unveils a revised state budget reflecting an anticipated $54.3 billion deficit caused by the CCP virus crisis.
Newsom started out in January with big ideas, recommending in a proposed $222 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 that the state set up its own generic drug label, expand public preschool, combat homelessness, and spend more on education from elementary school to college.
