Is Newsom’s press conference still going? + Toxic-free cosmetics + a Jerry Brown podcast

Good Monday morning to you, California. We’ve got a budget. We’ve got some hot takes. We’ve got a full week of legislative news ahead of us.

Let’s get to it.

BUDGETED

You’re probably still playing back that three-hour budget press conference. We are, too.

Here’s a roundup of our takeaways from Friday.

• First, the big one. Newsom said, “I want to do everything.” Find out how he tries in our main story. California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a $222.2 budget proposal that included a $5.6 billion surplus. Newsom touted California’s fiscal strength after 10 years of economic growth, while calling for some of the surplus to go toward programs supporting green technology and homeless aid. Read more from Sophia Bollag here.
• Following McClatchy and ProPublica’s year-long investigation into California county jails, Newsom’s budget demanded more accountability from his state community corrections board, as well as other measures, including more frequent jail inspections. Read more from Jason Pohl here.
• In an effort to mitigate the damage caused by California’s wildfire season, Newsom budgeted $100 million for a “home hardening pilot program” aimed at helping Californians with older homes to reduce the wildfire risk to their home. Read more from Dale Kasler here.
• A Department of Cannabis Control? That’s what Newsom wants to create. The department would streamline licensing and enforcement for marijuana in the Golden State. Currently, that process is handled by three separate agencies. Read more from Andrew Sheeler here.
• FresYes! Newsom likes what he sees in an effort to bring more jobs and career training to the San Joaquin Valley. He wants to help fund it, too. Check out the story by Thaddeus Miller.
• Here’s the budget item your mom shared on Facebook. “We want to be a no-kill state.” Newsom calls for an end to animal euthanasia in California.
• And don’t forget, in the lead-up to Friday’s big budget press conference Newsom previously announced that he wants to spend $750 million to get homeless people off the streets, as well as plans to create California’s very own generic prescription drug label.

Newsom and lawmakers have until June 15 to pass a budget in time for the start of the upcoming fiscal year July 1.

TOXIC-FREE COSMETICS

Assembly members Al Muratsuchi, D-Rolling Hills Estates, and Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, will join a rally for Assembly Bill 495 on Monday.

AB 495, also called the Toxics Free Cosmetics Act, expands the list of toxic substances banned by the state, substances found in everything “from shampoo to toothpaste to makeup,” according to a statement from the Environmental Working Group.

AB 495 was introduced in spring 2019, but later made into a two-year bill by its sponsor. The bill is set to be heard by the Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Material Committee on Tuesday.

Muratsuchi and Wicks will join representatives from CALPIRG, Black Women for Wellness, the Environmental Working Group and Breast Cancer Prevention Partners on noon Monday in room 126 of the State Capitol.

A NEW PODCAST ON JERRY BROWN

Can’t get enough of California’s former governor? You’re in luck!

KQED has announced a new podcast, titled “The Political Mind of Jerry Brown,” which looks at the life and career of California’s 34th and 39th governor.

“Host Scott Shafer spent 40 hours talking to Brown at his Colusa County ranch about his legacy and his five decades in and out of office,” according to a statement about the podcast. “Through it all, Brown offers a candid insider’s perspective on life growing up the son of a governor and following his footsteps, his various failed bids for the presidency, his campaign and legislative successes, and what it’s actually like to be governor.”

The entire series was made available on podcast platforms on Saturday. You can find out more here.

Want even more Jerry Brown?

The former governor will join Shafer for a conversation at the Herbst Theater, in San Francisco, at 7 p.m. tonight. More information, including how to get tickets, is available here.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“You want to know who the homeless czar of California is? I’m the homeless czar.”

- Gov. Gavin Newsom, during a press conference to unveil his January budget proposal on Friday.

TWEET OF THE DAY

“I’m going to have to add ‘briefly’ to the second edition of The Definitive Guide to Gavinisms.”

- Assembly Republican caucus spokesman, Jim Stanley, during nearly three hours of the governor’s budget press conference.

And just for fun...

“When I leave my job I’m going to fire off every hot take or angry political tweet in my drafts that I thought better of sending all at once with no context. Yes, it will make me look insane, but I think it will be cathartic.”

- Jeff Lowenstein, chief of staff for California Rep. Adam Schiff

Best of The Bee:

• Sacramento prosecutors have filed felony charges of assault on public officials and vandalism against anti-vaccine activist Rebecca Lee Dalelio for allegedly dumping menstrual blood onto California state lawmakers from her state Senate gallery perch in September. Dalelio appears in court Monday morning, by Darrell Smith.

• Deducting state and local taxes from federal returns is highly popular in the Sacramento area — but for at least another year, those deductions are going to be limited, by David Lightman.

• The Davis Police Department will unveiled a memorial honoring its two fallen officers on Friday, one year to the day after the tragic slaying of Officer Natalie Corona during a routine call, by Mike McGough