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California to spend $1.8 billion more on virus response

by Associated Press
| May 21, 2020 10:27 PM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday took an extra $1.8 billion from the state's dwindling coffers to pay for more protective gear and extra hospital beds to aid the state's response to the new coroanvirus.

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