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CalMattersGavin Newsom’s off-the-mark budget numbers undermine his credibility again

By Dan Walters, CalMatters

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised state budget assumes California will see a sharp decline in projected revenue, largely because President Donald Trump’s tariffs will slow the nation’s economy.

Newsom blames a “Trump slump,” as well as an unanticipated increase in spending on Medi-Cal, California’s medical program for the poor, for punching a $12 billion hole in the budget.

Both of those factors, however, underscore a consistent trend in budgets Newsom has proposed…

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