Massive California budget surplus means residents could receive $200 rebate checks under new Senate plan

Apr 29, 2022 View Original Article
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  • Policy Leaning

    8% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    24% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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"In his initial spending plan from January, Newsom called for more spending on fighting COVID-19, building more infrastructure, expanding state-funded health care to undocumented immigrants of all ages, and other priorities."
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26% Conservative
"To comply with state spending rules, Senate leaders said Thursday they want to spend a big chunk of the surplus money on infrastructure projects."
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8% Conservative
"The state is so flush with unexpected cash because tax revenue from the state's highest earners has continued to come in stronger than analysts predicted."
Positive
6% Conservative
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : In his initial spending plan from January, Newsom called for more spending on fighting COVID-19, building more infrastructure, expanding state-funded health care to undocumented immigrants of all ages, and other priorities.
54% : To comply with state spending rules, Senate leaders said Thursday they want to spend a big chunk of the surplus money on infrastructure projects.
53% : The state is so flush with unexpected cash because tax revenue from the state's highest earners has continued to come in stronger than analysts predicted.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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