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California governor OKs budget closing $54.3 billion deficit

by Associated Press
| June 29, 2020 8:27 PM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a budget on Monday that closes an estimated $54.3 billion deficit by temporarily raising taxes on businesses, delaying payments to public schools and cutting billions of dollars in spending on state services and worker salaries.

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