SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) today issued the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s May Revision of the 2019-2020 state budget:

“I am pleased to see Gov. Newsom is making significant investments in some of my top priorities for my district,” said Senator Rubio.  “Funding increases for early child education, for the protection of domestic violence victims, and for programs for women, children and families, as well as making two years community college free are all very important to the residents I represent.  I look forward to working with Governor Newsom to address other areas needing our attention,” she concluded.

The revised $213 billion budget represents a $4 billion uptick over his budget released in January.

His revised budget includes:

• Increased funding to provide full-day kindergarten and increase funding to help all school districts, including all the struggling school districts on the brink of insolvency.
• Two years of free community college tuition.
• Increasing the Rainy Day Reserve Fund to $16.5 billion.
• Expanding the size of the state's earned income tax credit to $1.2 billion – tripling its current size – which could help up to an additional three million workers.
• Allocating $150 million continuous funds for Safe and Affordable Drinking Water.

Senate District 22 is comprised of San Gabriel Valley cities Alhambra, Arcadia, Azusa, Baldwin Park, Covina, El Monte, Industry, Irwindale, La Puente, Monterey Park, San Gabriel, Rosemead, South El Monte, Temple City and West Covina as well as the unincorporated communities of Avocado Heights, Charter Oak, Citrus, Bassett, East Pasadena, East San Gabriel, Mayflower Village, North El Monte, South Monrovia Island, South San Gabriel, South San Jose Hills, West Puente Valley, Valinda and Vincent.

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For more information, visit the website of Senator Susan Rubio at https://sd22.senate.ca.gov/