California budget forecasts $15B windfall: Virus, schools, small business, people, wildfires
By Adam Beam
Gov. Gavin Newsom held the briefing on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $227 billion budget plan released Friday would turn a $15 billion windfall into economic relief as the state faces a rapid surge in coronavirus cases and deaths.
His budget proposal comes as the state faces a challenge the likes of which we never expected, Newsom said.
Newsom said the budget addresses five urgent needs: Vaccinating people against coronavirus, reopening schools, supporting small businesses, getting money into people’s pockets and preparing for wildfires, for which he includes $1 billion.
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California hospitals prepping for grim COVID-19 choices
Jan. 07, 2021 at 9:30 am
CHRISTOPHER WEBER and DON THOMPSON, Associated Press
California hospitals struggling with a skyrocketing coronavirus surge are trying to prepare for the possibility that they may have to ration care for lack of staff and beds and hoping they don’t have to make that choice.
The state avoided surging cases for months, but now the virus is raging out of control there and across the nation in the wake of Thanksgiving holiday gatherings that authorities say vastly spread infections. Only Arizona tops California in cases per resident.
The state this week ordered hospitals in the hardest-hit areas to delay many elective surgeries in order to free up space.