California Budget

State Parks To Remain Fully Open, Thanks To Friendly Feds

Zev Yaroslavsky | Zev Yaroslavsky | Posted 11.23.2009 | Los Angeles


The National Parks Service has come to the rescue of the highly popular state parks in the Santa Monica Mountains, providing a grant of $939,169 to av...

California Faces $20B Deficits For Years To Come

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 11.20.2009 | Los Angeles


SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Despite multiple attempts to balance California's budget, the state can still expect to confront shortfalls approaching $20...

Schwarzenegger Blames Budget Woes On "Judges Going Absolutely Crazy"

The Sacramento Bee | Kevin Yamamura | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics


After railing against labor unions, waste and fraud in the past, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday found a new target to blame for California's ...

California's Budget Suffers 'Major Blow'

Bloomberg | William Selway and Michael B. Marois | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business


California's revenue collections trailed its forecasts by $1.1 billion during the first three months of the fiscal year, showing new deficits are emer...

In Support of a California Enterprise Commission

Bill Mundell | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics


Bill Mundell

Incredibly, the state of California, the 8th largest economy in the world, doesn't have a complete balance sheet. It's not a question of bankruptcy, taxes, or services, but of redeploying the state's significant assets.

Breaking Homelessness News: Tens of Thousands Detroit Residents Apply for HPRP Funds

Christine Schanes | Posted 11.02.2009 | Impact


Christine Schanes

Two videos published on YouTube - one of which has just been aired on television - show what actual HPRP funding means to people in Detroit, Michigan.

Little Support for Uncomfortable Remedies for California Budget Woes

Byron Williams | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics


Byron Williams

With its constitutionally-mandated spending of 60 percent of the state's General Fund, lawmakers in California fight over the remaining 40 percent using a diminishing set of gimmicks to tout a budget deal.

The Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP)

Christine Schanes | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics


Christine Schanes

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is administering $1.5 billion of its $787 billion stimulus package through the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP).

California, Here We Come -- If We Don't Change Our Budget Ways

Matt Sundeen | Posted 11.21.2009 | Denver


Matt Sundeen

The "change makes us California" story is intended to scare us, but like many good tales, it's blatantly untrue. Budget reforms will not transform us into the Golden State. Almost the opposite is true.

California Survivors of Domestic Violence Take Another Hit

Aryn Quinn | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


Aryn Quinn

In the past, Governor Schwarzenegger has championed the rights of victims of domestic abuse. But with a single callous act, he has compromised his legacy.

Stealing From California's Young People

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

By blocking any new revenue streams to fund higher education, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Senate Republican minority are not only taxing California's young people and their families, they are crippling the state's future.

Schwarzenegger Terminates Funding For Child Welfare, AIDS Prevention

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics


SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a revised $85 billion budget Tuesday that he said contained "the good, the bad and the ug...

Congress Passes "Uncle Buck" Bill

Tom Gregory | Posted 08.26.2009 | Comedy


Tom Gregory

Congress has approved the "Cash For Clunkers" Bill. To qualify, drivers must admit to owning a vehicle whose appearance would be improved by an accident.

California Budget Has Oakland Schools Turning to an Unlikely Solution...Crayfish (VIDEO)

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics


Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Austin De Rubira In Miranda Carrow's ...

California's Budget Crisis Turns Out to Be Great for Oil Companies. Weird.

Chris Kelly | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics


Chris Kelly

We may never go to the moon again, but thanks to last night's California budget compromise, we're going to be drilling off Santa Barbara again. Who says America can't accomplish things anymore?

California Budget Deal: Schwarzenegger, Legislature Agree On Plan To Close $26B Budget Deficit

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics


SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and California's legislative leaders agreed Monday on a plan to close the state's $26 billion bu...

California Lawmakers: 'Huge Progress' Made Over Budget

AP | STEVE LAWRENCE | Posted 08.18.2009 | Business


SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California officials hope to reach a deal Sunday on how to erase a $26.3 billion budget deficit that has forced the state t...

Schwarzenegger On California's Budget Battle: "It's Not A Game Of Chicken"

Financial Times | Matthew Garrahan and Lionel Barber | Posted 08.11.2009 | Business


Arnold Schwarzenegger faces the fight of his life. The "Governator", best known for slugging it out in Hollywood blockbusters as an indestructible cyb...

Talks Resume In Addressing California's $26B Deficit

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 08.11.2009 | Business


SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Against a backdrop of IOUs and expanding government furloughs, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders expressed...

California IOUs Spell Uncertainty For Small Businesses

AP | Michelle Locke | Posted 08.03.2009 | Business


BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- Business consultant Katrina Kennedy has taken her young son out of preschool and put a family vacation on hold. Dairyman Mike...

California IOUs Due To Be Issued Today,

San Jose Mercury News | Posted 08.02.2009 | Business


SACRAMENTO -- In a move certain to draw national ridicule and exact financial hardship on business owners and taxpayers across the state, California i...

California Deserves Better Than What Sacramento Gives

Byron Williams | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics


Byron Williams

For decades, California lawmakers have put off difficult choices, using one-time gimmicks, while claiming balanced budgets. Our state engaged in its own version of a Ponzi scheme.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Republicans Cost the State $7 Billion

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

Schwarzenegger's brinkmanship might satisfy his ego but it is a terrible blow to California's health and to the national economy.

California Budget Deadline Looms: Schwarzenegger Vows To Veto Legislation

AP | STEVE LAWRENCE | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics


SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Lawmakers around the nation spent Tuesday in grueling, around-the-clock budget sessions as they struggled to avoid governme...

California's Ailing Economy Could Prolong US Recession

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 07.30.2009 | Business


SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California faces a $24 billion budget shortfall, an eye-popping amount that dwarfs many states' entire annual spending plan...