Gavin Newsom didn't expect to be reckoning with another health care crisis.In March, as President Trump and congressional Republicans escalated a nationwide debate over whether to slash health care for poor and disabled Americans,

California is facing a $12 billion deficit that Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to help close by freezing enrollment in a state-funded health care program for immigrants living in California without legal status.

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants California to stop enrolling more low-income immigrants without legal status in a state-funded health care program starting in 2026 and begin charging those already enrolled a monthly premium the following year.