SACRAMENTO — Today, California Republican Party Chairwoman Jessica Millan Patterson issued the following statement on Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget: 

“Only Gavin Newsom and California Democrats can take a nearly $100 billion record budget surplus just two years ago and turn it into a record $68 billion budget deficit today – that is, unless you go with Newsom’s numbers claiming only a $38 billion deficit. They ignored calls from Republicans to put more away for a rainy day, instead spending recklessly while pushing a radical agenda that drove long-time residents and taxpayers away by the hundreds of thousands. This should serve as a much-needed wakeup call to Newsom that his time is better spent trying to fix the mess he’s created at home instead of chasing nonsensical dreams about a future in the White House.”