Newsom blames California’s $12 billion budget shortfall on tariffs, Medi-Cal spending on immigrants
- Posted on May 14, 2025
- By The Mercury News
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Newsom blames California’s $12 billion budget shortfall on tariffs, Medi-Cal spending on immigrants

Gov. Gavin Newsom said two factors are largely to blame for a $12 billion budget shortfall facing California: expanding health care to immigrants without legal status, and Trump’s tariffs.