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Wheels to Wisdom Saved: California School Bus Funding Restored

  • public school transportation
  • February 2, 2012
The wheels on the bus will continue to go round and round. Despite the decision in December to cut funding for bus service at California schools,...
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Governor Brown releases his first draft of the 2012-2013 state budget

  • 2012-2012 California State Budget
  • January 5, 2012
We've just started to experience the pain of themid-year budget cutsfrom last fiscal year's budget. And already Governor Brown has released...
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State Supreme Court upholds right to eliminate redevelopment agencies

On December 29th, the State Supreme Court ruled that the state government does have thelegal authority to eliminate redevelopment agencies. This is...
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Mid-year state budget cuts are likely, and will begin next month

Earlier this week, the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) put out arevenue projectionwhich was bleak. The LAO put out a report stating that the...
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California's finances remain troubled

State Controller John Chiang reported today that the state has fallen $1.5 billion behind on projected revenue. The state budget passed back in...
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California misses another revenue goal

The state budget hinges upon a rosy prediction of $4 billion in revenue. Well in August of the state missed its first revenue goal by $538.8...
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Conservatives are winning the debate on taxes in Washington and at home

As the clock winds down on the debt ceiling debate and it appears more and more likely that we will have a deal, we need to pause for a moment and...
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Redevelopment agencies fight back

The budget signed by Governor Brown eliminates state funding for all local redevelopment agencies. But cities and redevelopment agencies aren't...
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Redevelopment agencies face existential moment

The state budget passed and signed by the Governor is putting an end to all 400 redevelopment agencies by October 1st. Redevelopment agencies are...
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More details emerge on the new majority-vote budget

Now that Governor Brown has signed the majority-vote budget into law, more details are emerging. And as more details emerge it becomes clear that...
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