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Several Republican-led state legislatures are banning or trying to preempt cities and counties from launching direct cash initiatives, arguing publicly funded programs are a waste of taxpayer resources.

Instead, SB 31 and HB 44 only offer the illusion that the Texas legislature is doing something to address concerns and recognize the myriad difficulties and complications people can experience while pregnant, she said.

In recent weeks, she and other city officials have been lobbying Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state legislature to provide a relief package that would stave off most or even all of those job cuts.

This is just two seats away from gender parity, which would make California the largest global economy — and one of only four U.S. states — to have a legislature that is 50% women.

The estimates will serve as the bedrock of a revised state budget plan the governor presents to the Democratic-led legislature next month.