Groups Fear California Budget Deficit Might Cut Climate Program Funding

Environmental and other groups fear that California’s projected $25 billion budget deficit heading into next year may force Newsom administration officials to scale back much-touted plans to spend tens of billions of dollars on climate and clean energy programs over the next several years. “Keep in mind that much of the climate funding touted by the Newsom administration has not actually been allocated, but was just promised to appear in future budgets. That promised funding is now at risk,” warns...