Written by Will Hekman<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/b>At a press conference pushing his California Comeback Plan, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a budget bill containing a $100 billion stimulus package. The package was helped by both federal funds and a surplus and Newsom hopes that the passage of this will help his chances of the recall against him, which he stayed away from mentioning during his press conference. The package contains items such as stimulus checks for two-thirds of Californians, rent relief, small business aid, and investment in public education.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Newsom said in his press conference that this package will help relieve bills from many Californians struggling, \u201cPeople that have been directly impacted by this pandemic \u2026 we will pay 100% of your rent going back to April of last year \u2026 and going forward to Sept. 30 of this year. 100% of your rent. \u2026 And you say, \u2018That\u2019s great, but I\u2019ve got this water bill, I\u2019ve got this electric bill.\u2019 We will pay 100% of those bills as well.\u201d Despite the package being signed, Newsom has not signed a budget despite being two weeks into the fiscal year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, Newsom is facing criticism from an unlikely individual, former Governor Jerry \u201cMoonbeam\u201d Brown. Newsom served as Lieutenant Governor during Brown\u2019s term and eventually succeeded as governor. In an interview with NBC Los Angeles, Brown called Newsom\u2019s spending plan \u201cnot sustainable\u201d and also said that the surplus the state has from its state tax revenue is \u201cartificially pumped up\u201d. He also criticized the federal government for doing the exact same thing and continuing to increase the debt. \u201cWe need a more frugal, sustainable, prudent way of doing business. I would predict, certainly within two years, we\u2019re going to see fiscal stress,\u201d Brown said. <\/span><\/p>\n Brown also criticized the homeless crisis particularly in Los Angeles saying, \u201cYou are going to have rules and the rules have to be enforced. You are going to need mandatory drug treatment and mental health intervention\u2026 you have to be willing to exercise control, discipline, authority\u2026 if you don\u2019t, you just create what we have now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n While Brown believes Newsom will survive the recall against him, Brown\u2019s critical words could be a problem for Newsom especially if Brown\u2019s predictions come true. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Written by Will Hekman \u00a0At a press conference pushing his California Comeback Plan, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a budget bill containing a $100 billion stimulus package. The package was helped by both federal funds and a surplus and Newsom hopes that the passage of this will help his chances of the recall against…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n