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restraints
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But in May 2025, citing budget restraints, Newsom slashed the state’s first-year commitment to just $10 million for fiscal year 2025-26, with no future state funding guaranteed.—
Yue Stella Yu,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2026 -
However, vendors began to claim in January 2024 that they were left waiting for payments for months at a time, according to the Sourcing Journal, which a former retail executive then explained was typical of a retailer facing liquidity restraints.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
17 Jan. 2026
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“Containments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/containments. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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