Category: tax relief

Governor Proposes Spending $12 Billion on Stimulus Payments

Commentary California is flush with cash and Gov. Gavin Newsom is giving it away. The state found itself with a $75.7 billion budget surplus for the current fiscal year, and Newsom announced May 10 that he wants to give all $12 billion of it away. He said he wanted to fund “nearly $12 billion in…


Citing Major Budget Surplus, Newsom Proposes $600 Rebate Checks

LOS ANGELES—Nearly two-thirds of residents in Southern California and across the state would receive $600 state stimulus checks under a rebate proposal Gov. Gavin Newsom announced May 10, while families with children would receive an extra $500. “We are tripling the Golden State Stimulus to get money in the hands of more middle-class Californians who…