Trump’s tariffs can harm California’s budget

With a state budget, which partially depends on the income tax generated by the shares, the administration of Governor Gavin News is not surprised that California’s budget can take a blow from the rates imposed by President Donald Trump. Here is more from a Calfatters Capitol reporter Alexey Kossef:

HD Palmer, spokesman for the Newsom Finance Ministry, said the governor put all the way back to his Budget proposal in January These widely-based tariffs were the greatest potential risk to California’s economic forecast.

“Now that they are in place, we will include what we consider to be their effect,” said Palmer, although civil servants are still consulting with external experts, with Ucla Anderson’s forecast, as they are waiting to see if Trump’s administration sticks to the tariffs and how other countries react.

Thehe stock exchange It may take a significant bite from the state budget next year, as California receives a disproportionate amount of income tax revenue from capital profits earned by the most rich taxpayers. This is especially true with the steep rates of evaluation this week for large technology companies, many of which are headquartered in California.

The state, Whose largest trading partner is ChinaHe is also worried about how tariffs can weaken large production and agricultural sectors in California, as well as tourism and major ports in Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oklland.

Palmer said the Ministry of Finance will finalize its economic forecast by the end of the month, as the governor is developing a revised budget budget proposal for May. Financial officials model various scenarios, some of which will require cost cuts, but Palmer declined to share what programs may be facing reductions if the economy is south.

• Palmer: “I don’t want to go into this game. It can just inflame fears that it may not be justified at the end of the day.”

By a Calletatters higher education reporter Mikhail Zinshteyn:

Several dozens of international students and graduates in California had canceled their visas at the latest Repressing higher education from the Trump administrationS

Students at numerous universities in California including UC BerkeleyUC DAVIS, UCLA and UC SAN DIEGOhave been affected in recent days as well as six students and graduates from Stanford UniversityAccording to several news publications. At least A student was deportedS

The UC Davis Chancellor wrote on Saturday that “The federal government did not explain the reasons for these terminations.”

Initially, media reports said eight or nine international UCLA students canceled their visas. But by Sunday morning, Campus Chancellor indicated that the federal A program for visitor to students and exchanges They had terminated the status of a visa of six current students and six former students who were part of an authorized program for workers for recent graduates.

• Julio FrackUCLA Chancellor, in the letter: “Termination notifications show that all terminations are due to violations of the conditions of the visa programs of the persons. At present, UCLA is not familiar with any federal activity of the campus related to these terms.”

How the UC system will react is an open question. Last Friday The System Central Office released a statement that UC is “engaged to do our best to support all members of our community as they exercise their rights under the law.” The system statement then added that the UC “would continue to follow all applicable state and federal laws.”

The legislature failed five previous times from 2018 to accept a bill banning the cat declared an operation. Now, a member of Assemblymber Alex Lee take Another spending on himS

Calm Ryan Sabalow explains that the Milpasis Democrat has a measure of prohibits the Cat DeclarationWith the exception of cases of medical need, such as infection. His bill will also require veterinarians who perform the operation to report it to the veterinary council for the licensing of California.

But the bill, like other proposals before it, faces a firm opposition to the influential California Veterinary Medical Association. He claims that the legislature should not be able to dictate what practices the veterinarians can use and many of its members have voluntarily stopped declaring.

The Association has donated a total of $ 677,500 to state legislators since 2015, including at least $ 62,650 to the Business and Profession Committee members, according to CalMatters’ Digital democracy database. Although the bill ultimately progressed last week, its future remains uncertain.

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Trump’s policies and rhetoric about tariffs, immigration and transgender people can chase international tourists away from California – potentially worth the state billions of dollarsCalmatters’ reports LevagsS

International travel to California is beginning to slow down, according to Visity California, a non -profit purpose that promotes California tourism. In February, international arrival in California dropped by 8.8% compared to the year. This prompted California’s visit to calibrate its overall cost of visitors’ costs this year from $ 166 billion to $ 160 billion.

The delay is of great importance for approximately 3 million Californians working in the hospitality industry and restaurants. Canada, for example, is the second largest source of revenue from international tourism in California after Mexico. But Canada and other countries have issued travel tips that warn citizens that they risk being detained in the United States and a member of Canada Parliament recently urged Canadians not to travel to the United States

In response, White House spokesman Anna Kelly repeated to Trump Previous statements that the US should apply CanadaS

• KellyIn an email to Calmatters: “Canadians will be unbridled by the inconvenience of international trips when they become American citizens as residents of our hidden 51st country.”

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