Newsom announces $12B deficit in revised California budget proposal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : " Decreases in spending were also proposed in the natural resources sector, in K-12 education and in environmental protection.
57% : Newsom's proposal to renew the cap-and-trade system came after Trump last month issued an executive order billed as "protecting American energy from state overreach.
47% : To date, the cap-and-trade program's proceeds have financed almost $33 billion in investments statewide and have cut carbon emissions in an amount equivalent to removing 1.3 million gas-fueled vehicles from the road, according to Newsom's proposed May revisions.
46% : The first measure would increase state oversight to increase transparency and cut costs associated with "pharmacy benefit managers," the middlemen who operate among drug manufacturers, pharmacies and insurers.
43% : Among the other revisions that Newsom presented as key additions to the budget proposal were two actions to reduce prescription drug costs and protect reproductive freedom.
42% : The program, currently set to expire in 2030, reduces carbon pollution by encouraging emitters to invest in the development of clean technology.
36% : This is the system that Trump repeatedly targeted earlier this year for failing to bring enough water to quench Southern California's devastating winter blazes.
34% : " In the order, Trump admonished states for advancing "burdensome and ideologically motivated 'climate change' or energy policies that threaten American energy dominance.
24% : Accusing President Trump of "assaulting" the country's economic growth engines, with his sights set on those of the Golden State in particular, Newsom described "a climate of deep uncertainty.

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