Wayne Winegarden and Tim Anaya, Author at Pacific Research Institute

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Read latest on California's budget crisis

Governor Newsom’s Budget Crisis Is Déjà vu All Over Again

When we last updated you on efforts by Gov. Newsom and legislative Democrats to close the state’s $73 billion budget deficit, Senate Democrats had proposed a $17.1 billion plan to “shrink the shortfall” – of which, just 19.3 percent were actual cuts. Just before the Legislature’s summer recess on March ...
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Read our latest State Budget Update

Senate Dem Plan to “Shrink the Shortfall” is Destined to Fail

With California’s budget deficit now surpassing $73 billion according to the latest estimates from the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s office, it’s clear that legislators will have to make significant mid-year budget adjustments even before the Governor’s May Revise is released. As PRI has written before, a budget problem of this magnitude ...
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Biden’s Cash Is Merely A Drop in the Bucket of What an All-Renewable Future Needs

President Biden headlined a Palo Alto event this week touting what Gov. Newsom’s office called “new investments in climate action and clean energy.” In between a series of high-priced Bay Area fundraisers for his re-election campaign, Biden, with Newsom by his side, announced “$67 million (in federal funds) to help ...
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Read latest on California's budget crisis

Governor Newsom’s Budget Crisis Is Déjà vu All Over Again

When we last updated you on efforts by Gov. Newsom and legislative Democrats to close the state’s $73 billion budget deficit, Senate Democrats had proposed a $17.1 billion plan to “shrink the shortfall” – of which, just 19.3 percent were actual cuts. Just before the Legislature’s summer recess on March ...
Blog

Read our latest State Budget Update

Senate Dem Plan to “Shrink the Shortfall” is Destined to Fail

With California’s budget deficit now surpassing $73 billion according to the latest estimates from the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s office, it’s clear that legislators will have to make significant mid-year budget adjustments even before the Governor’s May Revise is released. As PRI has written before, a budget problem of this magnitude ...
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Biden’s Cash Is Merely A Drop in the Bucket of What an All-Renewable Future Needs

President Biden headlined a Palo Alto event this week touting what Gov. Newsom’s office called “new investments in climate action and clean energy.” In between a series of high-priced Bay Area fundraisers for his re-election campaign, Biden, with Newsom by his side, announced “$67 million (in federal funds) to help ...
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