i'm joined by scott schaefer. in washington correspondent for the synthesis of clinical toll copan who joined us on skype. they give her being with us. >> would be with you. >> once again we are in the position of having this very large budget surplus because california's economy booms. what will this section may mean for california? >> it's very good news. this is the second year of the big surplus. to keep it in perspective $46 billion surplus is bigger than the entire state budget of a lot of states in this country. it's a lot of money. it will be spent on the priorities you mentioned. covid-19, climate change, and the rest. and also a big idea , which democrats have been pushing for a long time, which is to explant medi-cal to more adults regardless of how the immigration status is. there are about 7000 not eligible for obamacare but if this budget passes for the cost of $2 billion be able to access healthcare in the state. that's a big deal. so much of this money is spent reacting to emergencies. the climate