Labor groups, still reeling from the return-to-office order, will soon need to negotiate suspending salary increases to help reduce California’s deficit.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is a term-limited Democrat with national ambitions. He's been trying to appeal to the political center as he contemplates his next career move.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May 14 revision of the state budget reduced proposed funding cuts to the UC. While Newsom’s initial January budget proposed that the state cut $396.6 million of the UC’s funding, his revised May budget would cut only $129.