Newsom's Unbalanced Budget Faces Strong Pushback for Spending Cuts. Will Lawmakers Back Him?

Newsom's unbalanced budget faces strong pushback for spending cuts. Will lawmakers back him?

Gavin Newsom is trying to finish his governorship on a high note, claiming he has written “a balanced budget structurally for 18 months” that would give his successor some breathing room. The word “structurally” is the key feature Newsom is touting because for the past four years, after he and the Legislature raised spending on an erroneously expansive revenue projection, budgets have spent a total of $125 billion more than the state’s real reve…

Gavin Newsom’s debt crisis includes insane $33k portrait – The...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is heading for the exit and is leaving California’s finances in complete disarray, the state’s own nonpartisan budget watchdog warned. Included in his new multi-billion dollar budget: $33,000 in taxpayer money to have a new portrait painted. Gavin Newsom's last state budget includes $33K portrait of himself https://t.co/giayxwu7gz pic.twitter.com/xUjbbUOQ0P — New York Post (@nypost) May 26, 2026 Newsom unveiled his …

Newsom’s unbalanced budget faces strong pushback for spending cuts. Will lawmakers back him?

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gavin Newsom is trying to finish his governorship on a high note, claiming he has written “a balanced budget structurally for 18 months” that would give his successor some breathing room. The word “structurally” is the key feature Newsom is touting because for […]