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California has more money than expected. Here’s how Gavin Newsom wants to spend it

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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office is scheduled to formally lay out its vision today for how California should spend its considerable bounty.

The state budget is projected to be the second largest state spending plan ever.

The fiscal outlook is far rosier than the pall that hung over California last year when lawmakers and governor scrambled to plug a more than $46 billion budget hole.

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English

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57

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