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14 statewide measures made the cut Topline: On Nov. 3, Californians will vote on 14 statewide ballot measures on environment, taxation, election, housing and healthcare.

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California's budget plan, Newsom’s last as governor, relies on higher revenue projections and new taxes to delay healthcare cuts until 2027 and reduce future budget gaps

Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers reached a final budget deal last week that largely relies on AI revenue projections and new taxes to delay social service cuts and shrink future deficits.

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Deep cuts delayed to 2027, some taxes raised Topline: Following weeks of negotiations, Gov.

Following weeks of negotiations, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislative leaders on Monday approved a $352 billion budget for next year that raises some taxes, sets aside $6.4 billion for the year after and softens or delays billions of dollars in planned social service cuts.

The state budget that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed includes $55 million for the DMV to build a data-sharing system to comply with the federal Real ID law.

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Advocates for immigrants worry about info sharing Topline: