California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday unveiled his revised $288 billion budget proposal with a $28 billion deficit that will require tough budget cuts and a potentially bruising battle to enact them.
California doesn’t really need 2,600 new laws, right? Nevertheless, state lawmakers proposed 500 new bills on Friday, the 2023 session’s introduction deadline, bringing the total to about 2,600. That’s the most in more than a decade, according to veteran Capitol lobbyist Chris Micheli.
From housing and health to transportation and education, the Legislative Analyst’s Office provides a litany of sobering climate change impacts for California legislators to address as they enact policies and set budgets.
Painting alarming scenes of fires, floods and economic disruption, the California Legislature’s advisors released a series of reports that lays out in stark terms the impacts of climate change across the state.