Roughly $295 million in cuts to Welfare Recipients “while expanding Medi-Cal to cover all undocumented immigrants”

By CalMatters reporter Felicia Mello

Advocates for low-income Californians said they’re concerned about roughly $295 million in proposed cuts to services for welfare recipients in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2024-25 budget proposal, even as they expressed relief that the governor had avoided bigger clawbacks to social services.

Newsom’s proposal would maintain state tax credits for poor families, while expanding Medi-Cal to cover all undocumented immigrants and…