Political Reporter

Mike Ege

Newsom’s $297 billion state budget includes cuts and delays to transit investments at a precarious moment for local agencies. 

The executive order signed Monday gives the state more money and resources to deal with the aftermath of the deadly storms.


The fund California uses to pay unemployment benefits is already more than $18 billion in debt.

“Everything is at stake if we are not successful next year in taking back the House of Representatives,” the governor said Friday. 

Speaking at a San Francisco event, the governor told business leaders Democrats need to “own up” to their election failures.