Mostly True: California Has Restored Only a Fraction of $1 Billion-plus in Child Care Cuts

For California’s new Assembly speaker, Anthony Rendon, winning more state budget funding for child care is deeply personal.

Before his election to the Legislature, Rendon ran a nonprofit that helped provide child care to thousands of Los Angeles County kids.

Now, he wants young children and their families to be part of the ‘California comeback.’

Surging tax revenue has allowed the state to put aside billions of dollars in reserves and regain financial stability in recent years.