Read CPEHN’s analysis of the 2024-2025 State Budget. From January to July, the Governor, Legislature, advocates, and community partners debated how California’s historic surplus should be used.
On June 8, the Legislature announced a budget agreement between both houses, which was subsequently passed on June 13th. After continuing negotiations, a budget deal between the Legislature and the Governor was announced on June 22nd. That negotiated budget avoids many of the deep cuts to California’s safety net programs that Governor Newsom proposed in the May Revision, which included maintaining IHSS for undocumented immigrants, accessing full-scope Medi-Cal, preserving almost all of the funding for the Future of Public Health, and maintaining critical funding for the Indian Health Program. Additionally, legislators and the Governor worked to raise reimbursement rates for Community Health Workers, Promotoras, and Health Representatives to provide them with a living wage.
Read our final FY 2024-25 budget analysis here.