Last week, the California State Legislature moved to approve the state’s budget package, Assembly Bill 89 , which was signed by the Governor yesterday. Previously, both chambers had passed a “placeholder” budget on June 15 to meet a constitutionally-mandated deadline. In addition to AB 89, the...
Yesterday, the California State Senate and Assembly passed the State Budget on a party-line vote, meeting the Constitutional deadline to pass a balanced budget annually by June 15. Much of the deliberations were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; funding for various state programs and...