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THE BUZZ A long-awaited federal aid package will soon bring California both relief and frustration.
For months
, elected officials from Gov. Gavin Newsom to county supervisors have stressed the need for Congress to shore up their deteriorating financial situations. State and local governments are constrained by the imperatives of balanced budgets, but the feds don’t face that limit on their capacity to spend. Politicians and fiscal planners have urged Congress to help them avert more painful cuts to jobs and services, which they worry could hamstring a faltering recovery.
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12/17/2020 12:59 PM EST
Congress is likely diving into a weekend session to finish a massive Covid relief and government funding package, one of the largest rescue bills in American history. | Susan Walsh/AP Photo
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