A year into California’s $2.7-billion expansion of preschool - intended to make a new public-school grade for every 4-year-old by 2025 – family interest in the program has been surprisingly lackluster and many school districts are still focused on meeting the most basic requirements, writes Jenny Gold, The Times’ new reporter focused on early childhood education.The deficit figure he’ll announce tomorrow is likely to be even bigger and may include deeper cuts that the governor will have to negotiate with legislative leaders over the coming month as lawmakers prepare to pass a budget by June 15.Įven if Newsom maintains funding commitments to expand preschool and Medi-Cal healthcare, as he did in January, those marquee initiatives that he signed into law in his first term are already showing some trouble signs: In January, he projected a $22.5-billion deficit, and he proposed cuts and funding delays to climate programs, public transportation, child care and support for foster youth. We’ll get a better picture of that Friday when Newsom unveils his updated state budget proposal for 2023-24. And with the state’s finances now running into the red, the obvious question is whether the governor will scale back or delay the rollout of his progressive agenda. Gavin Newsom signed into law an ambitious vision for California - as a state that will provide preschool to all 4-year-olds, healthcare to all low-income residents, and, possibly, reparations for people harmed by the nation’s legacy of slavery.īut it’s in his second term that Newsom will determine, through funding decisions and implementation plans, if his vision will become a reality. With a flush budget during his first term, Gov.
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