A closer look at California Governor Gavin Newsom's 2025-26 Budget Proposal

We're pleased to share our summary and analysis of Governor Gavin Newsom’s California Budget Proposal for 2025-26. This summary highlights elements of the proposal that may be of interest to advocates and organizations working to foster more equitable, safe, and healthy community conditions. We’ve additionally identified investment gaps for programs that we know are important for communities to thrive. 

This document details aspects of the budget pertinent to PI’s three priority areas for California policy:

1. Strengthening community-driven approaches to safety and wellbeing
2. Healthy, equitable built environments and land use planning
3. Aligning public investments with health equity and racial justice. 

In addition to summarizing elements of the budget proposal that foster or hinder our three policy priority areas, we include details on budget priorities that advocates are advancing to address gaps that we see in the Governor’s proposed budget.