Trump Tariffs, Rising Health Care Costs Knock CA Budget Back Into Deficit

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Newsom and the Legislature took extraordinary steps last summer to close a budget gap projected in the tens of billions of dollars over two years, including by making sweeping cuts to state agencies and positions, clawing back funding increases for health care providers, eliminating affordable housing programs, delaying money for schools, suspending business tax credits and dipping into reserves.
51% : Related Story: Newsom Proposes Scaling Back Health Care for Immigrants in California Medi-Cal, the state's health insurance program for low-income people, has reported a more than $6 billion cost overrun this year -- in part because an expansion to include immigrants without legal status brought in more new enrollees than expected -- and it needed an emergency cash infusion in March.
47% : " The grim outlook will almost certainly force more reductions to state programs, and legislative leaders will have their own ideas about what to target after Newsom puts forward his priorities today.
29% : Trump's effort to slash federal spending is another looming question mark.

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