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California governor would slash 10,000 vacant state jobs to help close $27.6 billion deficit
![Rich Pedroncelli California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils his revised 2024-25 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, May 10, 2024. Newsom said the state's budget deficit has grown by $7 billion. In January, Newsom said the deficit was nearly $38 billion. However, in March Newsom and lawmakers agreed on some actions to reduce that deficit by $17.3 billion. Now, Newsom says the remaining deficit is $27.6 billion (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ff5f3aac7b674d76a4df0e050402d6b0/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils his revised 2024-25 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, May 10, 2024. Newsom said the state's budget deficit has grown by $7 billion. In January, Newsom said the deficit was nearly $38 billion. However, in March Newsom and lawmakers agreed on some actions to reduce that deficit by $17.3 billion. Now, Newsom says the remaining deficit is $27.6 billion (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
![Rich Pedroncelli California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils his revised 2024-25 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, May 10, 2024. Newsom said the state's budget deficit has grown by $7 billion. In January, Newsom said the deficit was nearly $38 billion. However, in March Newsom and lawmakers agreed on some actions to reduce that deficit by $17.3 billion. Now, Newsom says the remaining deficit is $27.6 billion (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/dd43e8eec385459f8a9801c6f6e3279f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils his revised 2024-25 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, May 10, 2024. Newsom said the state's budget deficit has grown by $7 billion. In January, Newsom said the deficit was nearly $38 billion. However, in March Newsom and lawmakers agreed on some actions to reduce that deficit by $17.3 billion. Now, Newsom says the remaining deficit is $27.6 billion (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
![Rich Pedroncelli California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils his revised 2024-25 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1d6b095441b149ebae64faeaaecc8974/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils his revised 2024-25 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
![Rich Pedroncelli California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils his revised 2024-25 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, May 10, 2024. California has a budget deficit of $27.6 billion, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday — a gap so wide that he's proposing eliminating 10,000 vacant state jobs and cutting spending across 260 state programs. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/82f8fbbbae6a47f5bc0d7631abc39ff3/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils his revised 2024-25 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, May 10, 2024. California has a budget deficit of $27.6 billion, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday — a gap so wide that he's proposing eliminating 10,000 vacant state jobs and cutting spending across 260 state programs. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)