Capitol’s Perpetual Rivalry on Display as Newsom and Legislators Clash over Budget
Legislative leaders want to restore cuts and add more than $6 billion in spending as Newsom says the plan must stay balanced.
- On Monday, California legislative leaders released a budget proposal increasing spending by more than $6 billion over Governor Gavin Newsom's $349.4 billion plan, intensifying conflict over state fiscal priorities.
- This tension reflects a perpetual rivalry between governors and the Legislature, mirroring friction between Democrat Gray Davis and leaders like Senate President Pro Tem John Burton and Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa during his 1999 governorship.
- Legislators aim to restore funding for safety net programs including Medi-Cal, which Newsom proposed cutting to manage multibillion-dollar deficits. Senate President Pro Tem Monique Limón stated the Legislature intends to protect these essential services.
- With the June 15 deadline passed, Newsom and legislative leaders have two weeks to finalize the budget before July 1 start of the 2026-27 fiscal year, as the governor's leverage diminishes with approaching lame duck status.
- While Newsom aims to balance the budget for his successor, legislators prioritize maintaining constituent services, banking on a potential revenue spike to cover increased spending despite the governor's efforts to curb the chronic deficit.
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Capitol’s perpetual rivalry on display as Newsom and legislators clash over budget
With Newsom nearing lame duck status, his ability to have his way on the budget is diminishing.
Capitol's perpetual rivalry on display as Newsom and legislators clash over budget
A few months after his inauguration as governor in 1999, Gray Davis uttered a few words that rattled the Capitol. While being interviewed by the San Francisco Chronicle’s editorial board, the Democrat expressed frustration about his differences with legislative leaders, and declared that their job was “to implement my vision.” “They have a totally different view of the world than I do, totally different,” Davis said. “It was my vision that comma…
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