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by DAN WALTERS at calmatters.org Seventeen months ago, while unveiling a much-revised 2022-23 state budget, Gov. Gavin Newsom bragged of having a $97.5 billion surplus to expand health care, social equity and educational programs. “No other state in American history has ever experienced a surplus as large as this,” Newsom said as he unveiled a $300-plus […]
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