Brandon Johnson: “It was a half a billion dollars in my first budget.”

“But you didn't exactly inherit an easy situation. If I'm not mistaken, the budget shortfall you're looking at right now is $1. Billion for this year. It was a half a billion dollars in my first budget. of which I predicted that when I was running, I was the only candidate to put out a budget plan.” (33:41–33:45)

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