When Gov. Gavin Newsom released his preliminary $322 billion state budget plan in January, he projected a “modest surplus.” But many things have changed since then: A general economic slowdown in the U.

California would scale back state Medicaid coverage for immigrants without legal status, eliminate coverage for certain weight loss drugs and use money from a key climate program to help fund state fire response under a $322-billion budget proposal announced Wednesday by Gov.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced a $12 billion deficit Wednesday in the May revision of his state budget proposal, casting blame on the Trump administration for creating an unpredictable