Gavin Newsom proposes legislation to have auto manufacturers required to pay for matching funds, first time EV buyers; CA's new EV rebate plan: Automakers must match funds Seems like they'd want to maybe 1st pay down that eeeeuge deficit, now estimated to be somewhere between 9 & 18 billion with a B. - turning on how their economy goes - before doling out another 20% of another billion? Maybe finish that high speed rail? Isn't it electric also?