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FILE - In this Thursday, May 14, 2020, file photo California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his revised 2020-2021 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Gov. Newsom signed a $202.1 billion state budget Monday, June 29, in Sacramento, Calif. The budget closes an estimated $54.3 billion deficit through a combination of spending cuts, internal borrowing and temporary tax increases on businesses. Like most states, California's deficit was driven by the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

California governor OKs budget closing $54.3 billion deficit

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

A truck with a beer advertisement stops in front of a bar in Los Angeles, Monday, June 29, 2020. California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday ordered bars that have opened in seven California counties, including Los Angeles, to immediately close and urged bars in eight other counties to do the same, saying the coronavirus was rapidly spreading in those parts of the state and that bar settings create a higher risk of transmission. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Most Californians live in areas with troubling virus numbers

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

A health worker urges residents to attend a free medical checkup camp at Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums, in Mumbai, India, Friday, June 26, 2020. India is the fourth hardest-hit country by the pandemic in the world after the U.S., Russia and Brazil. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

The Latest: South Korea still coping with new virus clusters

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this photo taken Friday, June 26, 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks about the coronavirus pandemic as he gives an update on the state's response to it at a news conference in Rancho Cordova, Calif. Newsom issued his sharpest warning yet about the rising coronavirus threat and announced for the first time that the state had asked a county to shut back down, pleaded with Californians to wear masks and reminded them that dozens of people are dying each day. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool)

California governor steps up urgency of virus messaging

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE AND JANIE HAR - Associated Press

State Sen. Connie Leyva, D-Chino, left, gives a thumbs up as she talks with Sen. Anna Caballero, D-Salinas, at the Capitol, in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, June 25, 2020. The Senate is expected to vote on Thursday, on a state budget plan that has the backing of both Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic Legislative leaders. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California lawmakers finish work closing $54B deficit

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 19, 2020, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, wears a face mask as he answers a reporter's question during his visit to the Queen Sheba Ethiopian Cuisine restaurant in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom implored people Monday, June 22, 2020, to wear face coverings to protect against the coronavirus and allow businesses to safely open after several days in which the state saw its highest virus hospitalizations and number of infections to date. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool)

California governor urges mask use as hospitalizations rise

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FILE — In this May 14, 2020 file photo Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his revised 2020-2021 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif.In a joint statement Newsom and the Democratic Leaders of the Legislature announced on Monday June 22, 2020, that they have agreed to a state spending plan that would cover the state's estimated $54.3 billion dollar budget deficit. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

California governor, lawmakers agree how to close deficit

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

Appeals judge halts limit on governor’s emergency powers

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 9, 2020, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom wears a protective mask on his face while speaking to reporters at Miss Ollie's restaurant during the coronavirus outbreak in Oakland, Calif. Following a weekend that allowed California's broadest reopening yet, Newsom on Monday, June 15, 2020, defended the state's pace of easing coronavirus restrictions and said the economic harm they inflicted have negative health outcomes, too. &quot;We have to recognize you can't be in a permanent state where people are locked away for months and months and months and months on end,&quot; he said, adding the state must consider the health impacts of seeing &quot;lives and livelihoods completely destroyed. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, Pool, File)

California governor defends reopening, urges public caution

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, May 14, 2020 file photo California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his revised 2020-2021 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom has agreed not to cut funding for child care programs and health insurance for low-income older adults to cover the state's budget deficit. The news was confirmed Monday, June 15, by a senior administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss budget negotiations publicly. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

California Legislature OK’s budget, but changes coming

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

In this Friday, June 12, 2020, photo, Democratic state Sens. Mike McGuire, of Healdsburg, left, Jim Beal, of San Jose, center, and Nancy Skinner, of Oakland, members of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, huddle after a hearing on the state budget, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers will meet Monday, June 15 to pass their version of the state budget. But the budget will likely change as negotiations continue with Gov. Gavin Newsom on how to cover a $54.3 billion deficit. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California lawmakers take up budget in tense economic times

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 5, 2020, file photo Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. A California judge is ordering Newsom to stop issuing orders that might be interpreted as usurping the Legislature's responsibilities at least until a hearing in two weeks. Republican lawmakers said the preliminary ruling Friday, June 12, reinforces the separation of powers. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

Gavin Newsom emergency powers limited by California judge

By Don Thompson - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 5, 2020, file photo Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. A California judge is ordering Newsom to stop issuing orders that might be interpreted as usurping the Legislature's responsibilities at least until a hearing in two weeks. Republican lawmakers said the preliminary ruling Friday, June 12, reinforces the separation of powers. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

Judge limits California governor’s emergency rule-making

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that he has ordered the state police training program to stop teaching a neck hold that blocks the flow of blood to the brain, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, June 5, 2020. Speaking from the Unity Center at the California Museum, Newsom said he ordered the state Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to stop teaching officers how to use the &quot;carotid holds,&quot; following nearly two weeks of protests across the country after the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool)

California governor ends police training in ‘sleeper hold’

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, photo, Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. arrives before President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Leah Millis/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Chief Justice John Roberts and his tortured church logic

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

California Legislature, governor at odds over budget deficit

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2019, file photo, California state Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins of San Diego speaks on the floor of the Senate in Sacramento, Calif. California's Democratic legislative leaders have agreed on a budget they say covers the state's estimated $54.3 billion deficit while avoiding most of Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed budget cuts to public education and health care services.The agreement, announced Wednesday, June 3, 2020, by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins and the chairs of the legislative budget committees, &quot;ensures full funding of K-12 schools,&quot; according to a news release. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California lawmakers agree to close $54.3 billion budget gap

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

In this image courtesy of KOVR CBS13 Sacramento, California Gov. Gavin Newsom cleans up graffiti left from protests Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in Sacramento, Calif. (Jeff Bell/KOVR CBS13 Sacramento via AP)

California governor highlights previous moves on inequality

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

Expensive California mask deal blows past another deadline

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 9, 2020, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom listens to a reporter's question during his daily news briefing in Rancho Cordova, Calif. At his briefing Friday, May 29, 2020, Newsom gave a powerful statement on the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis. Newsom recounted how the death of Floyd in police custody in Minnesota impacted his four young children. Newsom said his kids broke down and cried as they struggled to understand how &quot;bad people are supposed to be bad but good people are supposed to be good.&quot;(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

An emotional Gov. Newsom talks privilege, race amid protests

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press