California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first budget won’t look
exactly like he wanted, but a deal lawmakers released late Sunday
largely fulfills the objectives he set six months ago when he first
outlined his spending plan.
Lawmakers want to use an
“extraordinary” state budget surplus to expand health care options for
undocumented people while stockpiling billions of dollars in reserves in
anticipation of an economic downturn, according to documents the
Legislature’s Budget Conference Committee released.
The agreement marks the end of months
of negotiations between Newsom and the Legislature. Lawmakers face a
June 15 deadline to pass the budget, which will take effect in July.
The agreement includes funding to let
young undocumented young adults under age 26 enroll in Medi-Cal, the
state’s health insurance program for low-income Californians. But it
doesn’t extend that eligibility to undocumented seniors, as state
senators had proposed.
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