(Sacramento, CA) – Assemblymember Phil Ting (D–San Francisco), Chair of the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation, issued the following statement about the passage of a state budget for California. Ting’s statement follows.
“This budget makes it a little easier to be a kid in California. A new tax credit will help keep millions out of poverty. We will start providing health care to children regardless of immigration status. Thousands more parents will be able to send their children to preschool and to childcare. K-12 funding is at a new high, our public universities will expand California student enrollment, and financial aid expansion will enable more students to afford a college education. But our kids deserve even more. We cannot give them a better start in life over the long haul without reforming our tax code to ensure that the state’s financial future is even more secure.”
For further information, please see an analysis of the budget agreement online here.