The California Legislature passed a state budget on Monday, June 28, but it was just a self-serving charade because there are still issues to be settled. The Legislature’s Democratic supermajority put on something of a show Monday as they pretended to pass a new state budget. There were floor speeches, formal roll call votes and a deluge of self-congratulatory statements after the day’s activities.

California lawmakers voted Monday to approve a record-busting state budget that reflects new agreements with Gov. Gavin Newsom to expand health care for undocumented immigrants, spend billions to alleviate homelessness and help Californians still struggling through the pandemic.

The $262.6 billion spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1 was fueled by a $76 billion state surplus and $27 billion in federal aid. Democrats who control the Capitol wanted to use the windfall to help the state recover from the coronavirus pandemic and its uneven toll on Californians.

California lawmakers approved a $262.6 billion operating budget on Monday. The budget represents an agreement between Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s top two legislative leaders, all Democrats.

Newsom will likely sign the budget into law before the state’s new fiscal year begins on Thursday. While the budget lawmakers approved covers much of state government, some details remain unfinished, including decisions on how to spend money on wildfires and the drought.

SACRAMENTO — In some ways, the new spending plan approved by the California Legislature on Monday is about going backward: back to a time before the pandemic, when California’s roaring economy fueled budget surpluses. The $262.6-billion proposal on its way to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk would restore spending cuts to public schools, colleges and universities, the courts, child support services and state worker salaries — all things that were cut last year when state officials thought they were facing a record budget deficit because of the coronavirus.

California lawmakers fleshed out some budget items, but left others murky, approving a 2021 state budget Monday after reaching agreement with Gov. Gavin Newsom on most key issues.

Lawmakers approved a main budget bill two weeks ago that met the constitutional deadline and moved forward key legislation, but left many questions unanswered. Newsom signed that bill late Monday night and is expected on Thursday to sign the “budget bill junior” that incorporates compromises.

Under the budget approved Monday by California lawmakers, the state’s public colleges and universities are slated to receive a range of new investments that will allow them to grow enrollment, expand financial aid and support their students’ basic needs.

The budget, which now heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk, also restores cuts that were made last year near the height of the pandemic.

The state’s debt is approaching $24 billion, all which must be paid back to the federal government with interest. But the budget does not include any money to begin paying off the debt.

State lawmakers are voting on a record-breaking budget, but there are still many lingering questions. Lawmakers voiced frustration that many specifics are going to be worked out in trailer bills drafted behind closed doors, quickly enacted without much public exposure.

With brief but exuberant praise from Democrats and often acerbic criticism from Republicans, the Legislature dispatched the 2021-22 budget bill with spending levels for education that appeared implausible a year ago, in the throes of a pandemic. The vote – 61 to 12 in the Assembly and 31 to 5 in the Senate, with several Republicans not voting – sends a $263 billion budget to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who agreed to the deal on Friday following nearly two weeks of negotiations.

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Three top University of California campuses — UCLA, UC Berkeley and UC San Diego — would reduce their share of out-of-state and international students to make way for more local residents, and the UC system would admit 6,230 more freshmen in 2022, under an amended state budget bill posted Friday.

A nearly $263 billion operating budget is on its way to California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk.

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According to the majority rule party in the Golden State: “California has long led the nation on things like expanding health care for the middle-class and undocumented immigrants, providing paid family leave and a higher minimum income, and establishing individual Earned Income Tax Credit. With the Build Back Boldly budget, the Senate continues to prioritize smart investments that take care of Californians and take California into the future.”

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