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• We are now looking at a $6 billion deficit.
• This is time six billion dollar deficit.
• reduction in the spending so that we can reduction in the spending so that we can go<00:12:05.519>
• We now know that there is a $6 billion deficit.
• let's<00:21:29.520> address $3.2 billion deficit, let's address $3.2 billion deficit, let's

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Amidst our third consecutive deficit, these solutions have been largely exhausted.
• Deficit and the need to address that.
• We oppose the $20 million VHSA reduction. Thank you.
• There’s also a reduction of three...
• The last item is the Calirex reduction.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• You know, we are in a structural deficit.
• You know, we are in a structural deficit.
• This is a very simple reduction.
• to IHSS funding, and the reductions for community support, as the reductions to many of these programs
• funding, and the reductions for community support, as the reductions to many of these programs will

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• On line 63 is a reduction under 30.
• /c><00:13:08.000> transit appropriation reduction for um transit appropriation reduction for um
• So that is a reduction from base.
• from that would otherwise be a reduction from that would otherwise be a reduction or<00:53:55.599
• were needed, and although the reduction in the percentage of the sales tax from The reduction in the

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Are they talking anything about the continued reduction in school population? Yeah.
• So let’s see, next one: district’s improvement, reduction of risk.
• fund deficits and things—I mean, like I mentioned, the fund deficit would have been reduced to zero except
• capital budget limit deficits.
• Capital budget limit deficits.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• <00:35:21.920> I head into another spring of reductions I head into another spring of reductions
• <00:35:42.720> of been raised will uh be a reduction of been raised will uh be a reduction
• That would mean a reduction of one teacher.
• <01:12:56.280> um teacher 200 teacher reduction um teacher 200 teacher reduction um situation
• reductions reductions to<01:18:25.920> put<01:18:26.080> this<01:18:26.199> into

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• The Agriculture Committee was tasked with $230 billion in net deficit reduction.
• The Agriculture Committee was tasked with $230 billion in net deficit reduction.
• The Agriculture Committee was tasked with $230 billion in net deficit reduction.
• The Agriculture Committee was tasked with $230 billion in net deficit reduction.
• It's clear where the deficits come from.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• This is a reduction to prenatal funding. Line 1361 is a reduction to cannabis youth grants.
• Line 1373 is a reduction to public health infrastructure pilot grants.
• Line 1377 is a reduction to sexual and reproductive health grants.
• Line 93 is a reduction to the Environmental Health Management Administration.
• It establishes an ambulance operating deficit grant program at the Office of EMS.

Bills: HF2435

Keywords: healthcare, dementia services, public health funding, opioid prevention, women's health, community health boards, mental health

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• <00:14:47.600> must general fund operating deficit must general fund operating deficit must
• The list of reductions in the Health and Human Services budget is long, and even after all the reductions
• <00:31:53.240> to<00:31:53.440> the devastating reductions to the devastating reductions
• <00:32:17.960> to and even after all the reductions to and even after all the reductions to
• Members, the reduction for UNH was from 91 to 66.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Finance Committee met for final approval of HB 1 and HB 2, with legislative budget staff Michael Kain reviewing the final amendment documents and surplus statements. Kain explained that HB 1474H and HB 1484H incorporated the committee’s prior votes and the Governor’s recommended sections, and he walked through the budget math for the general fund, education trust fund, Highway Fund, and Fish and Game Fund. He said the committee’s proposal remained balanced overall, though the current-year general fund showed a projected deficit that HB 2 would address by allowing a possible rainy day fund transfer if needed. He also noted that the committee’s revenue estimates were below the Governor’s, requiring reductions and adjustments to appropriations and lapse assumptions. Members discussed the rainy day fund provisions, including a section in HB 2 that suspends existing restrictions so a transfer can be made if the deficit materializes. Kain said the committee’s approach differed from the Governor’s because the state was not below the overall revenue plan, and the fiscal committee would retain a role in determining any transfer. He also summarized that the Highway Fund would end with about a $13 million balance and Fish and Game with about $3 million, both without additional general fund support. The committee then adopted two amendments to HB 2 unanimously: Amendment 1473H, a technical cleanup to the Group 2 retirement seven-year rule, and Amendment 1482H, a technical correction to the recreational services language. Amendment 1484H, which incorporated those changes into HB 2, was adopted on a 14-1 vote after minority members objected to the bill’s broader cuts and policy changes, including reductions to state agencies, health and human services, and education-related provisions. The committee also adopted Amendment 1474H to HB 1A on a 14-1 vote after similar debate over budget reductions, vacancies, university funding, and school spending limits. Finally, the committee voted 14-1 to report HB 1A and HB 2 as amended as ought to pass, with the minority voting no and the committee planning a full House presentation the following week.

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• It cuts the long-term structural deficit in half.
• It rejects reductions to In-Home Supportive Services.
• near-term budget deficits and the longer-term structural deficits.
• But we still address the ongoing structural deficit.
• So there's no reduction in, you know, see a reduction in any way, shape, or form of going from managed

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• So again, that $3 million is strictly for deficit gap funding, is how I'm kind of referring to it.
• So again, that $3 million is strictly for deficit gap funding, is how I'm kind of referring to it.
• operating at a deficit. operating at a deficit.
• So again, that $3 million is strictly for deficit gap funding, is how I'm kind of referring to it.
• Basically directed WID to stand up a grant program to look at backfilling the deficit only.

Bills: HB0111, HB0112, HB0122

Keywords: capital construction, state funding, Wyoming, major maintenance, community colleges, task force, legislative services, budget appropriation, unexpended funds, sunset clause, healthcare, rural health, transformation program, funding, incentives, training, access, perpetuity fund, 916, all

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• And now we're in a deficit year.
• Since 2020, the department has absorbed $29.1 million in those reductions.
• So when considering those reductions, the department has effectively received only $5.3 million since
• Second is this information about the base efficiency reductions that the department has taken over the
• The federal government has not had the courage to do that, which is why we now have a budget deficit

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It's still going to account for the goals of GHG reductions.
• The fiscal condition of deficit would move out to fiscal year 2030-31.
• Without the proposal, we would project a deficit in 2029-30.
• And ultimately we arrive at a situation where we have a fiscal deficit.
• The $3 million deficit is net of drawing from reserves, so the current actual deficit is larger than

Summary: The subcommittee heard an extensive presentation on the administration’s housing reorganization proposal, which would centralize multifamily affordable housing finance under the new Housing Development and Finance Committee (HDFC) and align it with the Governor’s trailer bill language. Administration officials said the plan is intended to create a one-stop application and award process, reduce duplicative timelines and costs, and pair state subsidy with private activity bonds and federal tax credits more efficiently. They also described proposed changes to the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program, including shifting a larger share of funding toward housing-related awards while preserving a portion for sustainable communities investments. The Legislative Analyst’s Office generally supported the streamlining concept but recommended changes to the proposed bond set-aside timing and urged flexibility for integrated applications and future reporting on demand. Senators, especially Senator Cabaldon, raised concerns that the proposal could weaken the original climate-and-transportation purpose of the sustainable communities program and that the reorganization would be undercut by the lack of new housing production funding in the budget. The item was held open without a vote. The committee then received a report from the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee and the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee on federal and state housing tax credits. Staff explained that the federal H.R. 1 change lowering the bond-financing threshold from 50% to 25% greatly expanded the number of projects able to use the 4% federal tax credit, allowing California to fund many more projects and units. They also described the state low-income housing tax credit as an important gap-filling tool for projects that still need additional subsidy, and noted existing set-asides for rural, homeless, at-risk, and extremely low-income projects. Members discussed rehabilitation as well as new construction, and the item was informational only. Finally, the Civil Rights Department reported on the effects of federal civil rights policy changes and on three programs facing expiration: California vs. Hate, the Community Conflict Resolution Unit, and Investigations and Conciliation Enhancement. Director Kevin Kish said federal cuts and policy shifts have reduced support for fair housing and other civil rights functions, while CRD’s caseload has grown from about 8,700 open matters a year ago to more than 12,000, with a six-month wait for interviews despite overtime triage efforts. Senators expressed strong support for continuing the programs and concern about the broader federal rollback of civil rights enforcement. The department said it is using overtime, intake triage, and outreach partnerships to manage the workload and direct Californians to appropriate state, local, and nonprofit resources.

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• bium and we're looking down a deficit bium and we're looking down a deficit already<00:53:02.839
• They are around every year, and now the excuse is that we're in a deficit.
• They are around every year, and now the excuse is that we're in a deficit.
• They are around every year, and now the excuse is that we're in a deficit.
• They are around every year, and now the excuse is that we're in a deficit.

Bills: HF169, HF195, HF194, HF1756, HF2133

Keywords: HF169, Minnesota insurance, health plan, summary of benefits and coverage, SBC, patient assistance program, deductible, health insurer, consumer disclosure, out-of-pocket costs, medical assistance funds, copay assistance, health coverage transparency, chapter 62Q, enrollee, HF195, Fairmont, street reconstruction, bonding bill, capital investment

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• That's due to an estimated recapture reduction of $1.1 billion.
• On a reduction that would save an average homeowner about $100,000.
• So you adopt a deficit; you can be getting more revenue, and you adopt a deficit because your expenses
• So they might actually see a net spending reduction or a net revenue reduction.
• As far as the deficit goes, we will have a very small one this year.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Now we have to make some decisions and make reductions where we see inefficiencies.
• The next budget is multi-billion dollars, actually a deficit.
• The new reduction.
• the reductions out of the classroom.
• We're facing a six billion dollar deficit, and the first place we start should be our agencies.

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• I mean, we're dealing with a $12 billion deficit right now.
• You would presume reduction in CO2, correct?
• So the Emergency Load Reduction Program is a demand-side reduction.
• The Emergency Load Reduction Program is a demand-side reduction program.
• And again, how do you balance the reduction in services and reduction in spending, and where does that

Summary: The hearing opened with budget framing from the chair and the LAO, who said the May Revision addresses roughly a $14 billion budget problem and that the environment and transportation subcommittee’s proposals account for about $1.9 billion of the solution. The LAO urged members to focus on solutions that do not worsen out-year deficits, to preserve reserves, and to defer major policy changes that are not necessary to pass the budget, including the newly introduced water-related trailer bills. Members also raised concern about a late-dropped Olympic-related trailer bill, which the LAO likewise suggested should be deferred for fuller review. The first major item was the Delta Conveyance Project and related water quality control plan trailer bills. The administration argued the proposals would streamline permitting, water rights proceedings, judicial review, and land acquisition, and would clarify DWR’s bond authority for the project. DWR said the project is needed to protect water supply reliability against drought, earthquakes, sea level rise, and other climate-related disruptions, and that the tunnel would help move water when conditions are wet and safer for the environment. Committee members from both parties questioned the timing, the use of budget trailer bills for major policy changes, the scope of the CEQA and water-rights changes, the lack of a bond cap, cost growth, and eminent domain protections. The LAO recommended deferring both water trailer bills without prejudice. Public comment was sharply divided, with labor, water agencies, and some business groups supporting the project as climate adaptation and reliability infrastructure, while environmental, tribal, fishing, county, and community groups opposed it as an attempt to bypass public process and weaken protections. The committee then briefly heard the DMV’s Digital Experience Platform fee trailer bill, which would reinstate a $1 system improvement fee to help fund the vehicle-registration phase of the project. DMV said the fee would raise about $7 million annually and offset roughly $59 million to $60 million of project costs, while the LAO noted it would help but would not solve the Motor Vehicle Account’s broader structural gap. The hearing then moved to California High-Speed Rail, where the new CEO presented an updated plan and said the project remains a major climate and infrastructure investment. He reported a revised Merced-to-Bakersfield cost range of $34.9 billion to $38.5 billion, said the agency is trying to reduce risk through direct procurement of materials, and argued that stable annual funding is needed to avoid higher costs from delays.

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• And then finally, regarding the greenhouse gas reduction fund.
• I think in the context of a budget deficit, that means you're cutting somewhere else.
• I think it's really just in this framework of the general fund structural deficit.
• Other reductions elsewhere in the budget to core existing services.
• How are these going to be affected by what we're seeing as a large reduction in GGRF revenue?

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• reduction of the healthcare access fund. reduction of the healthcare access fund.
• Line 1361 is a reduction to funding.
• Line 1377 is a reduction to grants.
• <00:13:39.120> grant the ambulance operating deficit grant the ambulance operating deficit
• And my to proposed reductions.

Bills: HF2435

Keywords: healthcare, dementia services, public health funding, opioid prevention, women's health, community health boards, mental health, 1183, house

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• But I think the major downside is that this makes the due-to-choose budget deficits worse.
• We'd recommend doing that as part of a broader plan to shrink the state's structural deficit.
• That is going to mean spending reductions.
• We'd recommend doing that as part of a broader plan to shrink the state's structural deficit.
• That is going to mean spending reductions.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance held its first hearing of the year on Proposition 98, focusing on the Governor’s budget estimates for the three-year budget window, the Public School System Stabilization Account (PSSA), and repayment of education deferrals. The Department of Finance said the minimum guarantee would rise by about $21.7 billion over the 2025 Budget Act, with increases in each year, full repayment of the existing settle-up obligation in 2024-25, a new $5.6 billion settle-up obligation proposed for 2025-26, and a higher guarantee in 2026-27. Finance also noted revised downward estimates for transitional kindergarten attendance and Los Angeles County property tax reimbursements, and said community colleges would be funded above the split because of enrollment growth. The Legislative Analyst’s Office emphasized fiscal risk and volatility, warning that recent revenue gains are tied heavily to the stock market and tech sector and could reverse quickly. The LAO argued the Governor’s proposed $5.6 billion delay shifts risk into future years and recommended instead fully funding the current estimate, making a larger reserve deposit, considering advance payments or pension-related uses, and finding additional non-Prop 98 solutions to reduce the state’s structural deficit. On the reserve and deferral items, Finance described revised PSSA deposits and withdrawals that would leave about $4.1 billion in the reserve by 2026-27, and both Finance and the LAO supported paying off the remaining LCFF and SCFF deferrals as good fiscal practice. Committee members questioned the size of the settle-up amount, the degree of revenue volatility, the use of the reserve, and the ongoing K-12/community college split. Finance said the proposal is meant to avoid overappropriation if revenues fall, while the LAO said a buffer of roughly $3.5 billion would address typical forecasting risk. Public commenters, including school boards, county offices of education, teachers, and advocacy groups, largely opposed the $5.6 billion withholding or settle-up delay, calling it a manipulation of Prop. 98 and urging full funding and more stable revenue solutions. Several speakers also urged dedicated funding for students experiencing homelessness. The hearing ended with no vote, and the chair announced that broader program discussions would occur in later hearings.