Governor Newsom announced a revised budget plan this morning, acknowledging a $28 billion deficit. However, the true deficit could be closer to $45 billion.

This proposal includes significant cuts to both one-time and ongoing spending, with a reduction in state operations and the elimination of 10,000 unfilled positions. Newsom also aims to preserve major initiatives and safety net programs while implementing necessary cuts.

For a better understanding of the new budget proposal, KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising were joined by Chris Hoene, the Executive Director at the California Budget & Policy Center, a non-partisan research and analysis non-profit.

Governor Newsom announced a revised budget plan this morning, acknowledging a $28 billion deficit. However, the true deficit could be closer to $45 billion.
This proposal includes significant cuts to both one-time and ongoing spending, with a reduction in state operations and the elimination of 10,000 unfilled positions. Newsom also aims to preserve major initiatives and safety net programs while implementing necessary cuts.   For a better understanding of the new budget proposal, KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising were joined by Chris Hoene, the Executive Director at the California Budget &amp; Policy Center, a non-partisan research and analysis non-profit.

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Newsom unveils revised budget plan

State lawmakers and the governor have just 12 days left to hammer out a balanced budget.

There is a 27 billion dollar hole to fill in that spending plan, and Governor Newsom wants to close part of it by slashing funding for housing and homelessness.

The governor has been pouring billions of dollars of state money into homelessness for the last few years, but now he proposes cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from those programs. He also wants to slash almost a billion dollars from programs that support affordable housing and help first-time homebuyers. Governor Newsom says these are tough times for the state budget so he has no choice but to trim programs he has previously supported. As you might imagine, there is stiff opposition to his proposals, from a wide range of organizations, and many of them descended on the State Capitol recently to express their displeasure with the governor’s revised budget plan and call for the restoration of this funding. 

For more on this, KCBS political reporter and the host of "The State of California" Doug Sovern, along with KCBS Radio anchors Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising were joined by Eddie Carmona, Campaigns Director for PICO California, which is the largest faith-based community organizing network in the state. It’s a nonprofit grass roots group of more than 500 congregations, that works toward racial and economic justice.

State lawmakers and the governor have just 12 days left to hammer out a balanced budget.
There is a 27 billion dollar hole to fill in that spending plan, and Governor Newsom wants to close part of it by slashing funding for housing and homelessness.
The governor has been pouring billions of dollars of state money into homelessness for the last few years, but now he proposes cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from those programs. He also wants to slash almost a billion dollars from programs that support affordable housing and help first-time homebuyers. Governor Newsom says these are tough times for the state budget so he has no choice but to trim programs he has previously supported. As you might imagine, there is stiff opposition to his proposals, from a wide range of organizations, and many of them descended on the State Capitol recently to express their displeasure with the governor’s revised budget plan and call for the restoration of this funding. 
For more on this, KCBS political reporter and the host of "The State of California" Doug Sovern, along with KCBS Radio anchors Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising were joined by Eddie Carmona, Campaigns Director for PICO California, which is the largest faith-based community organizing network in the state. It’s a nonprofit grass roots group of more than 500 congregations, that works toward racial and economic justice.

Newsom may slash several programs in pursuit of balanced budget

Artificial intelligence, or AI, has been dominating the headlines of late, with
countless efforts by state lawmakers to regulate it or rein it in, and Governor
Newsom convening a first-of-its-kind summit meeting in conjunction with
Stanford and UC Berkeley to chart California’s way forward with this
groundbreaking and rapidly expanding technology.

San Francisco has become the hub for AI innovation and that sector is driving economic growth in the Bay Area right now. But as the use of AI proliferates, how can you tell what’s real and what’s fake? How do you know I wrote this introduction, and not some Chat Bot? How do you even know I’m not a robot? If I were, my grocery bill would be much lower. And in an age already plagued by misinformation, how can voters discern between what’s legit and what isn’t?

For more, KCBS Radio's Doug Sovern was joined by Mekela Panditharatne, an attorney who is Counsel at the Elections and Government Program for the Brennan Center for Justice, the nonpartisan law and policy institute based in New York and Washington DC.

Artificial intelligence, or AI, has been dominating the headlines of late, with countless efforts by state lawmakers to regulate it or rein it in, and Governor Newsom convening a first-of-its-kind summit meeting in conjunction with Stanford and UC Berkeley to chart California’s way forward with this groundbreaking and rapidly expanding technology.
San Francisco has become the hub for AI innovation and that sector is driving economic growth in the Bay Area right now. But as the use of AI proliferates, how can you tell what’s real and what’s fake? How do you know I wrote this introduction, and not some Chat Bot? How do you even know I’m not a robot? If I were, my grocery bill would be much lower. And in an age already plagued by misinformation, how can voters discern between what’s legit and what isn’t?
For more, KCBS Radio's Doug Sovern was joined by Mekela Panditharatne, an attorney who is Counsel at the Elections and Government Program for the Brennan Center for Justice, the nonpartisan law and policy institute based in New York and Washington DC.

State governments attempt to restrict AI prior to elections

A New York jury has found Donald Trump guilty of all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, making him the first former US president convicted of a crime.

The presumptive GOP presidential nominee faces a maximum sentence of up to four years behind bars, but prosecutors have not said whether they intend to seek imprisonment. 

Yesterday we talked about what this could all mean for Trump’s campaign if the jury finds him guilty, now that it's official that question and many more continue to loom over our heads. To get some answers, KCBS Radio's Doug Sovern, Bret Burkhart, and Patti Reising were joined by Laurie Levenson, Law Professor at Loyola Law School.

A New York jury has found Donald Trump guilty of all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, making him the first former US president convicted of a crime.
The presumptive GOP presidential nominee faces a maximum sentence of up to four years behind bars, but prosecutors have not said whether they intend to seek imprisonment. 
Yesterday we talked about what this could all mean for Trump’s campaign if the jury finds him guilty, now that it's official that question and many more continue to loom over our heads. To get some answers, KCBS Radio's Doug Sovern, Bret Burkhart, and Patti Reising were joined by Laurie Levenson, Law Professor at Loyola Law School.

Newsom unveils revised budget plan

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