SACRAMENTO, Calif. – As the state faces a $18 billion deficit, majority Democrats in the legislature made a mad dash to advance a budget bill (Senate Bill 106) allocating $90 million in no-bid grants to clinics providing abortion services. Further, SB 106 exempts the grants from the Public Records Act, severing any transparency and accountability for who the funds go to and for what.
Senate Republicans opposed this measure for its secrecy and lack of accountability. They also pointed out that if “extra” funds are available for health care services, the priority should be rural hospitals, many of which are cutting services and facing closure.
“Budget bills shrouded in secrecy are an invitation for fraud,” said Senator Roger Niello (R-Fair Oaks), vice chair of the Senate Budget Committee. “Rushing spending proposals that sidestep transparency and ignore long-term structural challenges is not responsible budgeting.”
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This article, written by the Repulican caucus, obfuscates the Truth. It is specifically designed to promote bias, blame and frame Democrats, and to further divide our common interests as well as our common good!