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California budget looks back to a time before pandemic

The budget reverses the spending cuts approved last year at the outset of the pandemic.

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FILE - In this May 20, 2019, file photo, supporters of proposals to expand California's government-funded health care benefits to immigrants living in the country illegally, gathered at the Capitol for the Immigrants Day of Action, in Sacramento, Calif. California lawmakers are preparing to vote on a $262.6 billion operating budget, Monday, June 28, 2021. Included in the spending plan will be state government-funded health coverage for low-income immigrants 50 and older who are living in the country illegally. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

CALIFORNIA, USA — California lawmakers are preparing to vote on a nearly $263 billion operating budget.

The new spending plan give rebates of up to $1,100 to most taxpaying adults. It will also eventually pay for every 4-year-old to go to kindergarten for free.

The budget reverses the spending cuts approved last year at the outset of the pandemic. It also sets aside $25 billion in reserves.

Some Republicans are objecting to a proposed tax increase on businesses with more than 500 employees to pay for the clean up of hazardous waste sites. The budget would eliminate the tax on businesses with fewer than 100 workers.

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