Government
Aug. 20, 2020
Bills have one last chance today to get out of Senate Appropriations Committee
One by one, bills with high costs were sent to the committee’s suspense file on Wednesday, to be taken up at a make-or-break follow-up hearing today, the last scheduled meeting of the legislative year.
Part of the California Department of Finance's role in Sacramento is to play fiscal scold.
But Jolie Onodera, the department's legislative director, has been pushing back even harder than usual as the state tries to stick to its austere pandemic era budget.
Testifying remotely to the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, Onodera repeatedly warned of the costs of particular measures. One b...
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