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Senate passes SB 101, the 2025 budget act, after extended debate over Medi‑Cal, homelessness and Prop 36 funding
Summary
The California State Senate passed SB 101, the legislative budget package for 2025, after hours of floor debate over revenue volatility, Medi‑Cal changes for non‑citizens, homelessness funding and implementation money for Proposition 36. The bill passed by recorded vote.
The California State Senate passed SB 101, the Legislature’s 2025 budget act, after several hours of floor debate on funding priorities, structural deficits, and program changes affecting Medi‑Cal, homelessness, housing, and criminal justice reform implementation.
Senate Budget Committee Chair Scott Wiener presented SB 101 as the Legislature’s budget package and said it "represents a budget package including $327,700,000,000 in total spending, 231,900,000,000.0 of which is general fund. It maintains 13,200,000,000.0 in combined total reserves." Wiener described the package as preserving significant investments — including reversing proposed cuts to the University of California and California State University systems and funding housing programs such as the low‑income housing…
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