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Tag Archives: California budget
Governor's Budget Move on Cap-and-Trade Angers Environmentalists
Governor Jerry Brown has spent a lot of energy focusing on the dangers of climate change lately. Speaking to a group of scientists Thursday, he warned, “it's over" in five years, unless the world steps up efforts to reduce the … Continue reading
Perez Pushes Rainy Day Fund and Scholarship Plan
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California’s state government may be turning the corner from a painful recession, but Assembly Speaker John Perez is already thinking about the next one. The Los Angeles Democrat wants to start setting aside money in a rainy day fund, so … Continue reading
Education Funding Fight Leads To First Budget Rift
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Gov. Jerry Brown is framing it as an epic battle, while Senate Democrats say it’s more like a polite disagreement between friends. Either way, the education plan introduced by Senate Democrats this week, along with Brown’s strong opposition to it, … Continue reading
Calif. Underestimated Number of Prisoners Sent to County Jails Under Realignment
by Don Thompson, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Nearly 250 more criminals will serve their time in county jails instead of state prisons each year under a new California law, a sharp increase from the state's original projections. The … Continue reading
Video: Jerry Brown Confronts Republicans on Budget
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The California Channel has posted the full video — Part 1 and Part 2 — of the extraordinary exchange in Sacramento between Gov. Jerry Brown and the Budget Conference Committee yesterday. The video in Part 1 starts at 9:10. Jerry … Continue reading
Resources for Making Sense of the State Budget Debate
News on the beast that is the state budget has been coming in fast and furious and frankly I'm still trying to make sense of it all. To that end, I thought Friday's This Week in Northern California provided a … Continue reading
Morning Splash: 1/11/11, Budget Reaction, PG&E Pipelines
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Good morning. It's January 11, 2011, converted by many to the magical-looking 1/11/11 (or 11.1.11, maybe, if you're doing dates Euro-style). Significance? You tell us. We're waiting for 11.11.11, Nigel Tufnel Day, to get excited about date numerology. In the … Continue reading
Brown Budget 2011: State Officials React
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A rather random selection of reaction to Gov. Brown's 2011-2012 budget, which calls for an additional $12.5 billion in budget cuts and a five-year extension of "temporary" sales and income taxes adopted under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. University of California President … Continue reading
Jerry Brown, Meet Your 1978 Self ...
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The New York Times, in a Sunday article setting up Gov. Jerry Brown's budget announcement today, took a walk into the past to look at a crucial tax and spending decision he made during his first time through as governor: … Continue reading
Brown Budget: Governor Scoops Himself
KQED Sacramento Bureau Chief John Myers flags, via Twitter, Gov. Jerry Brown's press release on his budget announcement, due out at 11 a.m. The headline: The governor's plan cuts another $12.5 billion out of the state budget (the cutting has … Continue reading
