Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes painful cuts to close California's growing budget deficit

So far, Newsom has not gutted some of his splashiest policy advancements, including free kindergarten for all 4-year-olds

Is kindergarten not already state sponsored in California? How is this a "splashy" policy? Was the age lowered? Is that what makes it "splashy"?

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Gavin Newsom on Friday to propose painful spending cuts impacting immigrants, kindergarteners and low-income parents seeking child care in a state often lauded for having the world’s fifth-largest economy.

The size of the deficit is important as it will shape the national perspectives of Newsom, who is a top surrogate for President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign and who is widely believed to harbor presidential aspirations of his own.

While he hasn’t pulled back the state’s commitment to expanded kindergarten, he proposed eliminating $550 million that would have helped school districts build the facilities they need to teach all of those extra students.

And it’s because the stock market had historic increases, fueling a rapid expansion of wealth among California’s richest residents — generating a tax windfall for the state.

“If you knew that those were unrealistically high and totally unsustainable revenue levels, why wouldn’t you put a little bit more in the reserves,” said state Sen. Roger Niello, a Republican and vice chair of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee.

Democratic legislators applauded Newsom’s effort to deal with multiple years of deficits and vowed to protect spending for social safety net fundings and classrooms.

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OP are you suddenly for higher taxes and more comprehensive healthcare and education? If not, then why do you care enough to post this?

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