California lawmakers passed a massive state budget vote Monday evening with just hours to spare before the July 1 deadline and the start of the new fiscal year.

I have not seen that kind of bullying in policy making in the entire time I’ve been here,” said state Sen. Roger Niello, R-Fair Oaks.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is lagging far behind his campaign pledge to build millions more homes, was poised Monday evening to sign the most significant rollback in decades to California’s core environmental law that’s long been blamed for construction delays and soaring prices.