Gavin Newsom blames Donald Trump for California budget woes -- what he said

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : "These factors had a direct negative impact on California tax revenues beginning in 2025 and reversed the positive cash trends seen to date.
49% : "The @CAgovernor just proposed 1/2 BILLION in cuts to repro(ductive heath care) and will effectively defund Planned Parenthood in CA, the same morning Republicans debated defunding PP nationwide in Congress," Hicks said on X. "Happy to go on his podcast and explain why this devastates women's health in his state."
36% : " Jodi Hicks, the head of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California and a consistent Newsom ally, blasted his proposal to slash funding for reproductive care the same day Congress debated cutting funding for the national organization.
35% : On Wednesday, Newsom unveiled a $322 billion budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 that included a $12 billion deficit and $16 billion hit to the general fund over the next fiscal year, which the Governor's Office blamed on a "Trump slump" induced by the president's volatile tariffs and expected federal cuts to Medicaid.
12% : " He went on to accuse Trump of eroding the rule of law, "assaulting" democratic institutions and called the Department of Government Efficiency a "complete failure."
6% : " Republican strategist Rob Stutzman said Newsom's scapegoating of Trump belied the fact that California's deficit has dogged lawmakers for years, and that Trump had once again on Sunday lowered the tariffs on Chinese goods to 30% from 145%.

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