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Senate Budget Committee Chair Scott Wiener presented SB 101 as the Legislature’s budget package and said it \"represents a budget package including $327,700,000,000 in total spending, 231,900,000,000.0 of which is general fund. It maintains 13,200,000,000.0 in combined total reserves.\" Wiener described the package as preserving significant investments — including reversing proposed cuts to the University of California and California State University systems and funding housing programs such as the low‑income housing tax credit, the Multifamily Housing Program and California Dream For All.

The bill includes targeted responses to the state’s homelessness and transit needs: Wiener said the Legislature added a $1,000,000,000 general‑fund loan to Los Angeles County and a $750,000,000 loan to Bay Area transit systems. The budget also set aside $110,000,000 for initial implementation of Proposition 36, allocated as described on the floor (\"50,000,000 for behavioral health services, 30,000,000 for court costs and implementation, and 15,000,000 for pretrial services and to fund public defenders,\") and retained an estimated $13.2 billion in combined reserves.

Floor debate reflected deep divisions. Senator Blake Spear supported the bill but warned that it \"defer[s] hard decisions to a future date,\" arguing the budget leans on borrowing and reserves. Multiple senators, including Milo and Choi, argued it relies on fragile revenue sources and does not address a structural deficit; Senator Choi said the budget \"appears structurally imbalanced\" and cautioned that it depends on \"volatile capital gains.\" Several senators — including Senator Weber Pearson and Senator Perez — defended aspects of the package, saying it shielded many vulnerable Californians from deeper cuts. Senator Weber Pearson stated on the floor, \"We will not be disenrolling anyone from Medi Cal... No one currently covered will automatically lose their health care coverage.\"

Several senators urged additional or different priorities. Senator Strickland and others criticized the budget’s long‑term sustainability. Senator Menjivar warned that Department of Health Care Services figures show enrollment impacts under the proposed freeze would result in losses of coverage over time (she cited DHCS projections that a freeze could produce 32,000 fewer enrollees initially and grow in later years). Senator Adegin, chair of the Senate public safety committee, detailed the $110,000,000 Proposition 36 allocation and emphasized that implementation will require multiple years and cost sharing with counties.

On procedural disposition, the Senate took a recorded vote on SB 101; the chair announced the result on the floor as \"Aye 26. No 8. The measure passes.\" The bill then moved to the next steps in the budget process. Votes recorded on the floor reflect the final legislative passage in the Senate that day.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Senate Floor Session","oneSentenceSummary","The California State Senate passed SB 101, the legislative budget package for 2025, after hours of floor debate over revenue volatility, Medi‑Cal changes for non‑citizens, homelessness funding and implementation money for Proposition 36. The bill passed by recorded vote.","taxTitle","California State Senate, Senate, Legislative, California","taxId",77650,"location","California","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6545105,"California Senate adopts Flag Day resolution amid dispute over upside‑down flag",1722,802000,2524000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5019093-9799b982da0054e0313fc72178bd5015&start=802&end=2524","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5019093-9799b982da0054e0313fc72178bd5015/thumbnail_802000.jpg","/articles/6545105/California/California-Senate-adopts-Flag-Day-resolution-amid-dispute-over-upsidedown-flag","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6545105-dc333aad006db7c8e366ba14edfa9a82/orig.mp4?Expires=1770886273&Signature=PRM8aGf2~AFr4S~neBr3i8hyXGpmxXaGAtxg6JzYcY8GkWqyqNB377s4JASJkrR3MWyu9xyfJ2kpDA2IkBQorV8-HU6xFogbbOekdkSXNt8-Te4LUIfOE2UJi2pPXpAsdrFHVgb5bRO9MNpWgU4hR-ozIoF8-341HW8ffIBGvNzmEmlqESU3at0elu7o~RdK-MMNxfiJTu-O0eyFQMFltMDLRJMRP9MDbszU089ILvV~toKKux6fD5XWiUA5lwkb42WRvcS6EE2xp0OvPmBF988qiwhBmlBr3n1qGuvchfo9UKuMPMynHZlk~wmcf3HJlygawdH5w3sNvj6sJrKd9A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The California State Senate adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 74 recognizing Flag Day, after extended floor debate that included a dispute over an upside‑down American flag displayed on a senator's desk.

Senator Cecilia Aguiar‑Curry Ochoa Bogue presented SCR 74, saying, \"I rise to present SCR 74, which recognizes 06/14/2025 as Flag Day.\" The resolution passed on the floor with the chair announcing \"Ayes 36. No 0. The resolution is adopted.\"

The vote came after several senators spoke in favor of the resolution and about the meaning of the flag. Senator Mike Choi said, \"The American flag symbolizes the unity of a nation representing a collective strength of all Americans, a symbol of freedom and justice that we strive to uphold.\" Senator Brian Jones urged decorum and calm, asking colleagues to \"tone things down\" in remarks preceding the resolution.

Debate on the resolution was interrupted when Senator Alvarado Gill raised a point of order under Senate rules, citing \"questions of personal privilege, section 2 22,\" and asked the body to address a senator who had the American flag upside down on her desk. Senator Smallwood‑Cuevas defended her action on the floor, saying, \"I wanna start by saying that I turned my flag in distress as an American because what is happening in this country, what is happening in my city makes me feel distressed as an American.\" The dispute included an appeal of the chair's handling of the matter; Senator Strickland stated, \"I would like to, appeal the ruling of the chair allowing a member to put a flag to go upside down from this chamber.\" The Senate then held a recorded vote on whether to uphold the chair's ruling; the chair's ruling was upheld by voice and roll call with the chair later announcing \"Aye 28. No 8. The ruling of the chair is upheld.\"

Following the votes and extended remarks about the meaning and symbolism of the flag, Senator Ochoa Bogue closed debate by asking for the \"I\" vote; the secretary recorded the final passage of SCR 74. The resolution text as presented cites historical presidential Flag Day proclamations and recognizes 06/14/2025 as Flag Day.

The floor action combined formal consideration of the resolution with a substantive floor dispute over decorum and protest symbols; the appeal and its outcome were recorded in the Senate journal as part of the day’s proceedings.","The California State Senate unanimously adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 74 recognizing Flag Day, but the floor debate was interrupted by a dispute after a senator displayed an upside‑down U.S. flag as a sign of distress. The chair's ruling on the display was appealed and upheld by a recorded vote.","actionData","errors"]

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Senate passes SB 101, the 2025 budget act, after extended debate over Medi‑Cal, homelessness and Prop 36 funding

California Senate adopts Flag Day resolution amid dispute over upside‑down flag