More entitlements as the economy slows?

Gov. Gavin Newsom is tiptoeing into a political region that predecessor Jerry Brown purposely skirted — expanding expensive services and benefits that are difficult, and perhaps impossible, to shrink if California’s economy turns sour.
They are called “entitlements” and Newsom’s own proclivities and pressure from a very liberal Legislature are slowly, but surely, expanding existing ones and adding new ones.
The $222.2 billion budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year that