California budget deal: Here’s who won and who lost in $300 billion spending plan
Prisons: A trim of $750 million to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is part of the final budget agreement. Newsom had already proposed saving $82 million by deactivating 46 housing units at 13 prisons. Progressive Democrats had been urging cuts to prison spending to keep social safety net programs intact.