Jewish state lawmakers in Sacramento are celebrating $80 million they helped secure for Jewish community priorities in the 2021-2022 state budget. Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign the financial blueprint by the end of the month.
In a press release Monday, the California Legislative Jewish Caucus enumerated six line items it lobbied for that made it into the spending plan. The largest-ticket item is $50 million for the California Nonprofit Security Grant program, which offers grants to religious institutions and other vulnerable nonprofits. In the past, Bay Area synagogues, day schools and Federations have used grant money secured through the NPSG, along with funds from a similar federal program established after 9/11, to purchase security equipment such as bollards, gates and surveillance systems.
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