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Category Archives: State Budget
Former Parks Employee Says State Attorneys Told of Budget Stash
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by Don Thompson, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former California state parks employee says she told state attorneys her department was hiding about $20 million in a special fund several months before officials announced discovering the surplus money, … Continue reading
What's Next for the $54 Million California State Parks Surplus?
It might sound like the funding woes facing California's state parks have been addressed. A $54 million surplus has been found in the Parks Department budget – hallelujah! That's more than enough to cover the $22 million budget deficit that had … Continue reading
State Parks Chief Resigns - Department Found Sitting on $54 Million Surplus
Ruth Coleman resigned this morning and her second in command has been fired. The Sacramento Bee first broke the story. The inciting incident? The department has been sitting on nearly $54 million in surplus money for as long as 12 … Continue reading
After 1% Return, CalPERS Employees Picnic On
On Wednesday I was in Sacramento talking to state workers and others about public employee pensions and calls for reforming the system when I stumbled upon a group of 75 or so California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) employees in … Continue reading
Whatever it Takes: City of Benicia Pays Calif. to Keep State Park Maintained
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After a wee bit of wrangling, the city of Benicia has proposed an 11-month donor agreement with the California Department of Parks and Recreation to keep the Benicia State Recreation Area maintained. As previously noted in this space, no state … Continue reading
CSU Mulls Pay Raises For New SF State President, 2 Others
by Erica Perez, California Watch At the same time the California State University Board of Trustees is discussing a possible tuition increase and across-the-board pay cuts, it will also consider pay raises for three new campus presidents using foundation funds. … Continue reading
Deadline? What Deadline? More State Parks Stay Open
This just in: the state Department of Parks and Recreation says it's got 65 deals going to keep parks open. Forty of those deals are signed; 25 more are still in the negotiation phase. Candlestick Point in San Francisco, recently … Continue reading
Still Slated for Closure: Candlestick Point Recreation Area
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by Katharine Mieszkowski, The Bay Citizen Less than a week before Candlestick Point State Recreation Area is slated to close, no deep-pocketed savior has emerged to keep open the waterfront park, which is located in one of San Francisco's poorest neighborhoods.Unlike Candlestick … Continue reading
Portola Redwoods State Park Off The List
In case you missed this in last Thursday's Mercury News, the 2,800-acre Santa Cruz Mountains getaway southwest of Cupertino became the 31st park officially saved from the list of 70 parks. The article quotes Ruth Coleman, the head of California's … Continue reading
Welfare, Financial Aid Cut in New California Budget
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Students and welfare recipients will feel in the pinch in the new budget that Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers announced on Thursday after a week of negotiation, according to news reports. Los Angeles Times writes: One of the biggest barriers … Continue reading
