{"id":7890,"date":"2022-01-10T12:30:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T19:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=7890"},"modified":"2022-01-10T12:30:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T19:30:21","slug":"newsom-pushes-for-new-massive-budget-which-includes-2-7-billion-in-covid-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=7890","title":{"rendered":"Newsom Pushes For New Massive Budget Which Includes $2.7 Billion in COVID Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by William Hekman<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Governor Gavin Newsom is set to put forth his budget proposal for the fiscal year starting in July. While there is funding for important areas like fire prevention and clean water, Newsom is asking for $2.7 billion for COVID response money, which includes $1.4 billion in emergency spending as California deals with the omicron variant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Budget-Fact-Sheet-1.8.22.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Newsom previewed his COVID funding proposal on Saturday.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> His proposal would also include an extension of paid sick leave to those <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2022\/01\/08\/governor-newsom-announces-new-2-7-billion-covid-19-emergency-response-package\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who must take sick leave because of COVID exposure or diagnosis should the legislation be passed.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The extension is modeled after a program that was started in March of 2021 but ended in September, just seven months later. Much of the budget proposal is slated to be for testing. According to the proposal, $1.2 billion will go to expanding testing. Newsom had promised to send tests to California school districts so students could return to school safely after break, but almost half of the six million tests sent out did not make it by the time students were to return.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One part of Newsom\u2019s budget proposal seems to be completely wasteful and unnecessary. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/newsletters\/whatmatters\/2022\/01\/covid-testing-california-budget\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$583 million will be devoted to \u201ccombating misinformation\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a continuation of vaccine education programs. The government will apparently partner with 250 ethnic media groups for this program. California Assembly Minority Leader Marie Waldron stated, \u201cThey bungled the response to COVID \u2013 now they want another $2.7 billion.While some of this money is going to the right places, all the funding in the world won\u2019t make a difference if we don\u2019t change the way it\u2019s spent.\u201d Republicans in the legislature have urged Newsom to devote more money to solving homelessness and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cssrc.us\/sites\/default\/files\/Legislative%20Republican%20Letter%20to%20Gov.%20Newsom%20RE%20Extraordinary%20Session%20on%20Homelessness.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">called for him to call a special session.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government of California has botched a lot of things when it comes to COVID and the response to it, and they continue to think that throwing more money at it will solve the problem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Photo Cred: Justin Sullivan\/ Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by William Hekman Governor Gavin Newsom is set to put forth his budget proposal for the fiscal year starting in July. 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