The plan sets up fights over healthcare for immigrants, county funding and structural deficits the next governor could inherit.

Gov. Gavin Newsom straddled the line of cheerleader and combatant in his delivering of his revised California budget Thursday, boasting about better-than-expected revenue while leveling broadsides against President Trump’s record.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) on Thursday unveiled a revised California budget proposal that he said keeps the state balanced for the next two fiscal years, pushing back on critics who have accused him of overspending and setting up his successor to hold the bag.

The governor says his final budget proposal wipes out deficit in the short term, halves it in the long term - with significant education investment.

Gavin Newsom was defiant about California’s costly fuel policies as President Donald Trump called a gas tax suspension a “great idea.”

California Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized President Donald Trump for allegedly exploiting the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner shooting to push political priorities.