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As the governor prepares to deliver his State of the State address and roll out his next budget plan, Senate Minority Leader Brian W. Jones (R-San Diego) published an opinion piece in the Orange County Register and Southern California News Group papers that tells the real story.
“When I arrived in the legislature as a newly minted state legislator, I was shocked by what I found in the annual state budget. A bloated and reckless spending plan stuffed with pork, misguided priorities and overspending on feel-good social programs at a time when a strong cinching of the belt was in order to preserve essential services.
“That was 2010 and Democrats spent what I called an “absurd” $129 billion that year. Fast forward and California’s budget has exploded to an unprecedented $321 billion despite repeated warnings from experts that the money is running – and has now run – dry. And what have we gotten for this prodigious spending? Are we better off today than we were then?
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“What you won’t hear [from the governor this week] is a clear, sensible path forward. A budget is a statement of priorities – and Gov. Newsom’s priorities have consistently failed to represent the priorities of Californians. Don’t expect that to change this week as he paints a pretty picture on top of the decay he’s caused.”
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Read the entire opinion piece, here.