SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California lawmakers have sent a $125 billion budget that boosts money for education and social services to Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk. The Legislature’s Thursday vote to pass the one-year spending plan comes largely along party lines, with just a handful of Republicans supporting it. Democratic lawmakers say the budget will help alleviate poverty while building savings to weather a future economic downturn. Republicans say it fails to adequately prepare for a recession and reneges on promises made to voters about increasing payments for doctors and dentists who treat low-income patients on Medi-Cal. The plan also imposes new financial restrictions and enrollment targets on the University of California following a scathing audit that questioned administrators’ use of money. Lawmakers have also sent policy changes on marijuana, immigration and the rules around recall elections to Brown’s desk.
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