One could call it the “big squeeze.” It’s the ever-increasing conflict between the state government’s current and projected tax revenues, which are drifting downwards, and the demands for billions of additional dollars for vital services, such as health care, homelessness and mass transit. In January, when Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his initial budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year that

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