Less than 1: AM Edition, June 12

This morning on Less than 1: California lawmakers announce a budget deal that includes three hundred seventy-five million dollars to implement Proposition thirty-six, the twenty twenty-four tough-on-crime initiative that passed without a funding mechanism. Also: Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman asks a judge to halt payments from a four billion dollar child sexual abuse settlement, arguing up to eighty-one percent of the more than eleven thousand claims may be fraudulent. And: Politico reports that Governor Newsom is rallying unions, teachers and health care groups to isolate SEIU-UHW and kill a proposed billionaire wealth tax before it reaches the November ballot.

Stories mentioned in this episode:

Lawmakers reach budget deal with $375 million for Prop. 36
https://dailyjournal.com/articles/392162-lawmakers-reach-budget-deal-with-375-million-for-prop-36

LA DA seeks halt to $4B abuse settlement payments
https://dailyjournal.com/articles/392161-la-da-seeks-halt-to-4b-abuse-settlement-payments

(Politico) Gavin Newsom's race to block a billionaire tax
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/11/gavin-newsom-billionaire-tax-00959379