Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom has issued a proposal that seeks to defund California’s police and prisons in an effort to tackle “climate change.”
Newsom proposed major budget cuts regarding public safety, such as prisons and law enforcement as the state grapples with an eye-watering deficit.
The governor is pushing for measures to defund the justice system in order to meet “climate change” goals relating to the Democrats’ Marxist “equity” agenda.
The California leader’s proposed budget notes that “difficult decisions” are necessary to address the estimated $27.6 billion deficit.
The massive deficit is projected to continue for years to come.
In order to allocate more taxpayer money to meeting Newsom’s “global warming” targets, the budget includes a $97 million cut to trial court operations.
It also slashes $10 million from the Department of Justice’s Division of Law Enforcement and more than $80 million that would have gone to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Newsom’s office initially claimed there were “no cuts to law enforcement.”
“The budget proposes numerous ways to make government more efficient and reduce costs for taxpayers, including cuts on inmate spending,” a Newsom spokesperson said in a statement.
“Since Governor Newsom took office in 2019, the state has