Officials pulling out all the stops at the first event in @GavinNewsom's "California Roars Back" stimulus package tour, likely also doubling as an anti-recall campaign tour.
Oakland Mayor @LibbySchaaf said Newsom is "creating one of the greatest CA budgets we have ever seen."
Oakland Mayor @LibbySchaaf said Newsom is "creating one of the greatest CA budgets we have ever seen."
I believe this is the first time in months @GavinNewsom has worn a suit during one of his public events/press conferences -- signaling he's stepping things up. "I'm about to make an announcement, arguably, no other governor in America has ever made," he says. 
California has a projected $75.7 billion operating surplus, @GavinNewsom says. "California is going to come roaring back." Plus, an additional $26B coming from the federal government.
The state will issue a $12 billion tax rebate for all Californians earning $75k or less, @GavinNewsom says, if the Legislature approves. That would apply to 2/3 of all Californians.
.@GavinNewsom suggests that the $600 checks aren't coming from the Gann limit (which requires the state to send taxpayer rebates if it has a certain surplus) -- but @johnmyers reports otherwise: latimes.com/politics/newsl…
"Is this a campaign strategy to get as much bang for your buck as possible?" @akoseff asks of @GavinNewsom's week of budget events.
"This is something we did last year ... and the year prior, previews are an important part of the budget process," Newsom says.
"This is something we did last year ... and the year prior, previews are an important part of the budget process," Newsom says.
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