"The Governor’s Budget is big on splash and small on substance"

SACRAMENTO, CA (MPG) – Assemblyman James Gallagher (R-Yuba City) issued the following statement in response to the release of Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2021-2022 state budget:

“The Governor’s Budget, like many of his long, drawn out pronouncements, is big on splash and small on substance. The small business stimulus plan allocates $1.5 billion to electric vehicle infrastructure instead of getting more dollars to struggling businesses and their employees.

$600 additional stimulus payments? How about ensuring that the unemployed can actually get their benefits? That is costing us $2.4 billion that could be spent on getting aid to those most in need or re-opening schools.

$2 billion for schools but we still aren’t doing the one thing that would help them re-open: make the vaccine available to teachers and support staff immediately.

Lastly, this budget only contains $370 million for vaccine distribution when right now we are only getting 45% of existing vaccine stock into arms.

Face it: this Governor is terrible on implementation. All this while our infrastructure is literally falling apart, we can’t keep the lights on and our state has been burning down due to neglected forestry management. We need greater focus on these investments.”

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