California’s budget deficit continues to grow, and state lawmakers have less than a month to cut a deal with Governor Newsom on how to erase it. The governor’s revised budget reveals the state went from a 97 billion dollar surplus exactly a year ago, to more than 31 billion dollars in the red now. The governor is not projecting a recession just yet, unlike some economists, so he’s not ready to tap into the state’s Rainy Day Fund, which is still there just in case this deficit gets even larger. And he says he will not support raising taxes, which some Democrats in Sacramento want to do, especially on the Assembly side. But he and the legislature don’t necessarily see eye to eye on what to cut and where to spend. For more, Brett, Patti, and Doug spoke with State Assemblyman Phil Ting of San Francisco, the Democrat who chairs the Assembly Budget Committee.