California state budget, fiscal year 2011-12
The state’s budget shortfall for the rest of this fiscal year and next, estimated to be $28 billion, is the size of the total general fund budget of 12 states combined: Delaware, Idaho, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont and West Virginia.
Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a budget to address the state’s significant financial woes Jan. 10, 2010, the first step in what is likely to be a rancorous debate in Sacramento. Brown, who was sworn into office the week before, has warned Californians that painful choices will have to be made.
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Interactive: Try your hand at eliminating the state’s $28 billion deficit
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State revenue has rocketed far beyond projections, providing a $6.6 billion windfall that Gov. Jerry Brown wants to use to boost education spending and help repair California’s battered finances.
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Los Angeles County officials assessment of Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed state budget for fiscal year 2011-12 finds $12.5 billion in funding reductions which would affect various county programs.
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Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed deep cuts to nearly all state programs while betting that Californians would agree to extend a trio of recent tax hikes in a spirit of shared sacrifice. Under what the governor characterized as an “honest” budget, taxpayers would be asked to dig deeper into their pockets — after the state’s welfare program is cut in half, $1 billion is trimmed from its universities, and tens ...
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