State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, chairman of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, watches as the Senate votes on measure to reduce the state budget deficit at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday,, April 11, 2024. Both houses approved the bill that takes a number of steps to reduce the state budget deficit by about $17 billion. Gov. Gavin Newsom has said the deficit is about $38 billion.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, chair of the Assembly Budget committee, D-Encino, watches as the votes are posted on measure to reduce the state budget deficit at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, April 11, 2024. Both houses approved the bill that takes a number of steps to reduce the state budget deficit by about $17 billion. Gov. Gavin Newsom has said the deficit is about $38 billion. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Assembly Vince Fong, vice chairman of the Assembly Budget Committee, Fiscal Review Committee, urges Assembly members to reject a measure to reduce the state budget deficit at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday,, April 11, 2024. Fong said the bill "only pushes the crisis into the future." Both houses approved the bill that takes a number of steps to reduce the state budget deficit by about $17 billion. Gov. Gavin Newsom has said the deficit is about $38 billion. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
State Sen. Roger Niello, R-Fair Oaks, vice chairman of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, urges members to reject a measure to reduce the state budget deficit at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday,, April 11, 2024. Calling it crisis budgeting with optimism Niello and other Republican lawmakers say the bill only delays dealing with the budget deficit. Both houses approved the bill that takes a number of steps to reduce the state budget deficit by about $17 billion. Gov. Gavin Newsom has said the deficit is about $38 billion.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
State Senate Pro Tempore Mike McGuire urges lawmakers to approve a bill to reduce the state budget deficit at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday,, April 11, 2024. Republican lawmakers opposed the bill saying it only delays dealing with the budget deficit. Both houses approved the measure that takes a number of steps to reduce the state budget deficit by about $17 billion. Republican lawmaker say Gov. Gavin Newsom has said the deficit is about $38 billion.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, chair of the Assembly Budget committee, smiles as a measure to reduce the state deficit is approved the Assembly at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, April 11, 2024. Both houses approved the bill that takes a number of steps to reduce the state budget deficit by about $17 billion. Gov. Gavin Newsom has said the deficit is about $38 billion. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
State Sen. Roger Niello, R-Fair Oaks, vice chairman of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, back to camera, urges lawmakers to reject a measure to reduce the state budget deficit at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, April 11, 2024. Calling it crisis budgeting with optimism Niello and other Republican lawmakers say the bill only delays dealing with the budget deficit. Both houses approved the bill that takes a number of steps to reduce the state budget deficit by about $17 billion. Gov. Gavin Newsom has said the deficit is about $38 billion.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, talks to reporters after the Assembly approved a measure to reduce the state budget deficit at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday,, April 11, 2024. Both houses approved the bill that takes a number of steps to reduce the state budget deficit by about $17 billion. Gov. Gavin Newsom has said the deficit is about $38 billion. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, talks to reporters after the Assembly approved a measure to reduce the state budget deficit at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday,, April 11, 2024. Both houses approved the bill that takes a number of steps to reduce the state budget deficit by about $17 billion. Gov. Gavin Newsom has said the deficit is about $38 billion. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Senate President Pro Tempore Mike McGuire, right, talks to State Sen. Scott Wiener, chairman of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, left, before Wiener presents legislation to reduce the state budget deficit at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday,, April 11, 2024. Republican lawmakers opposed the bill saying it only delays dealing with the budget deficit. Both houses approved the bill that takes a number of steps to reduce the state budget deficit by about $17 billion. Gov. Gavin Newsom has said the deficit is about $38 billion.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
State Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita listens as members speak on a bill to reduce the state b, dget deficit at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday,, April 11, 2024. Republican lawmakers opposed the bill saying it only delays dealing with the budget deficit. Both houses approved the bill that takes a number of steps to reduce the state budget deficit by about $17 billion. Gov. Gavin Newsom has said the deficit is about $38 billion.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, talks to reporters after the Assembly approved a measure to reduce the state budget deficit at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday,, April 11, 2024. Both houses approved the bill that takes a number of steps to reduce the state budget deficit by about $17 billion. Gov. Gavin Newsom has said the deficit is about $38 billion. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)