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Immigrant health care is on California Senate's wish list

The state Legislature faces a June 15 deadline to pass a spending plan.
Credit: Miguel Cano/KXTV

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Democrats in the California Senate have outlined how they would spend the state's projected multi-billion dollar budget surplus. 

They revealed a plan Wednesday ahead of Gov. Gavin Newsom's updated budget proposal due next month that aims to make college debt-free for students by expanding tuition grants. 

It would also give government-funded health care to low-income adults 65 and older who are living in the country illegally. And it would create a fund to help first-time homebuyers in the state's expensive market.

The state Legislature faces a June 15 deadline to pass a spending plan.

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