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California Budget Crisis

Schwarzenegger To Seek Federal Help for California Budget

latimes.com | Shane Goldmacher and Evan Halper | Posted 12.23.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: California Budget, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Budget Crisis, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Budget, Recession, Los Angeles News

Reporting from Sacramento - Facing a budget deficit of more than $20 billion, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to call for deep reductions in al...

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California Stimulus Czar Falling Short Of Expectations

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 12.18.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Obama Economic Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Laura-Chick, Stimulus Package, California Economy, Laura Chick, California Budget Crisis, California Budget Czar, Stimulus, Los Angeles News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As federal stimulus money began to pour in earlier this year, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger created the nation's first state-l...

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The California Dream: Is It Dead or About to Be Reborn?

Charles Feldman | Posted 12.18.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: The Beach Boys, California Population, Los Angeles Times, Immigration, Southern California, California Budget Crisis, Los Angeles News
Charles Feldman

California is no longer the hot ticket item. What growth there is comes from births rather than immigration. People just are not moving here as much as they used to.

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Britney Spears: A Budget Guru The Public Can Count On?

sacbee.com | 3:45 PM | Posted 12.15.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: California State Legislature, California Budget Crisis, Britney Spears, California Legislature, Los Angeles News

Now here's one way to measure the public's faith in their elected officials. Californians would just as soon allow the meltdown-prone pop princess ...

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Perfect Storm 2010?

Robert Hertzberg | Posted 12.14.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: California-Assembly, Ballot Initiatives, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Budget Crisis, Unions, Los Angeles News
Robert Hertzberg

A sour economy, political gridlock and year upon year of sagging budget revenues are threatening to combine into a perfect initiative storm that could hit California next November.

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More Big Bucks for Roads in California: Oh, Goody!

Larry Arnstein | Posted 12.08.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Freeways, Driving, Infrastructure, Santa Monica, California Budget Crisis, San Bernardino Freeway, Los Angeles News
Larry Arnstein

The State of California is getting ready to spend $20 billion, which we don't happen to have, but never mind that, on (hold your breath) freeway expansion!

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So Much Is at Stake: The Future of UCLA

Gene D. Block | Posted 12.02.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Master Plan for Higher Education, Los Angeles Unified School District, College Tuition, California Budget Crisis, Ucla, Tuition Increase, University of California Board of Regents, Los Angeles News
Gene D. Block

The Southern California community seems not to see that if UCLA sinks into mediocrity, so do the quality of life and economic vitality of Los Angeles.

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State Parks To Remain Fully Open, Thanks To Friendly Feds

Zev Yaroslavsky | Zev Yaroslavsky | Posted 11.23.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: California Budget Deficit, California Budget, State Parks, California Budget Crisis, California Budget Cuts, Los Angeles News

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...

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Why the Governor Should Delay His Appointment

Pedro Nava | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Appointment, Political Pundits, Special Election, Governor Schwarzenegger, Lieutenant Governor, Sacramento, Assemblymember Pedro Nava, Pedro Nava, California Legislature, Nava, California Lieutenant Governor Vacancy, Governor's Appointment, Voters, California Budget Crisis, John Garamendi, Politics News
Pedro Nava

I firmly believe that the Governor should be careful and thoughtful about this appointment. This decision should not be rushed, as some have suggested.

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California Recycling Program Is On The Rocks

Sacramento Bee | Jim Sanders | Posted 11.22.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Recycling, California, Budget Crisis, California Budget Crisis, Los Angeles News

For years California has courted a reputation as an eco-friendly, green-minded leader, but the state now finds its most basic program of recycling bev...

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California Faces $20B Deficits For Years To Come

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 11.20.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: California Budget, California, California Budget Crisis, Los Angeles News

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

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The College Insider: Admissions Freak Out Countdown #3: The Squeeze Play - Early Decision, Budget Cuts, And No Vacancy Signs

Karen Stabiner | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Higher Education, University of California, California Budget Crisis, College Admissions, Early Decision, Admissions Freakout Countdown, Karen Stabiner, The College Insider, Living News
Karen Stabiner

Early applicants take up as much as 25 percent of an incoming class. If you're the kind of person who buys movie tickets on-line so you can choose the best seat, you know that the later it gets, the fewer options you have.

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In Support of a California Enterprise Commission

Bill Mundell | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: California Budget, Dmv, Bankruptcy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mark Twain, California Budget Crisis, Rose Bowl, California, Politics News
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.

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What We Don't Say About Illegal Immigration

Vanessa Carmichael | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: G20 Summit, Latin America, Central America, Illegal Immigrants, Health Care Reform, g20 Pittsburgh, Racism, Mexico, Discrimination, California Budget Crisis, Tea Party, Brazil, G20 Protests, Politics News
Vanessa Carmichael

Color discrimination is undeniably widespread in Latin America. How has this caste system gone on for so long without acknowledgment from the international media or the US government?

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Dreaming in the California Fields

Dean Florez | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cesar Chavez, California, California-State-Senate, Mexico, Grapes of Wrath, California Budget Crisis, San Joaquin, Water Crisis, Politics News
Dean Florez

This summer, I find myself wondering what my grandmother would make of this new California: 38 million residents strong; $26 billion dollars in the hole; deep cuts to education and social service programs.

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California Survivors of Domestic Violence Take Another Hit

Aryn Quinn | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: California Domestic Violence, Women, California, Women's Issues, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Crime, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor Schwarzenegger, Beauty Cares, California Budget, Schwarzenegger, Aryn Quinn, California Budget Crisis, Domestic Violence, Politics News
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.

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California's Crisis: Coming to a Neighborhood Near you

Michael Meranze | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: California, California Budget Crisis, California Budget Cuts, California Chino State Prison, Politics News
Michael Meranze

California's present crisis isn't an effect of outdated liberal irresponsibility. It's the logical outcome of a radically reactionary agenda that limits the State's ability to help the needy and invest in the future.

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Stealing From California's Young People

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Student Fee Hikes, Prison Spending, CSU Board of Trustees, California State University, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Oil Severance Tax, Senate Republicans, Oil Tax, Exxonmobile, CSU Chancellor Charles Reed, CSU System, California Republicans, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Pay Cuts, Higher Education, California Budget, Shell Oil, Higher Education Cuts, California State Legislature, Tobacco Tax, Teachers, Nurses, Chico State University, Arnold, California Republican Minority, Assemblyman Alberto Torrico, California Faculty Association, President Paul Zingg, California Prisons, Budget Cuts, California Budget Crisis, Furloughs, Cfa, Csu, ab656, Politics News
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.

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The Terminator is Back

Eve Ensler | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

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Eve Ensler

Schwarzenegger has always had contempt for the vulnerable, or maybe it's just his own inner girlie man he despises. But now he has gone too far.

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Beyond Punishment: What Really Matters About Chris Brown's Sentence

Jaclyn Friedman | Posted 09.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Violence Against Women, Rihanna Beat Up Photo, Chris Brown, Domestic Partnerships, California Budget Cuts, Chris Brown Charged With Two Felony Counts, Intimate Partner Violence, Chris-Brown-Court, Chris Brown Rihanna, Chris Brown Domestic Violence, Chris Brown Anger Management, Larry King, National-Institute-of-Justice, Why Do Women Go Back to Their Abusers, Chris-Brown-Counseling, California Budget Crisis, Domestic Violence, Rihanna Beating, Domestic Abuse, Entertainment News
Jaclyn Friedman

We need to ask what kind of sentence will help ensure Brown -- and men all over the country just like him -- never beats another woman.

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Open Letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Jackson, Europe, Presidet Obama, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Special Olympics, Budget Cuts, State Budget, Middle Class, Dave Matthews, Tom Arnold, California, France, Paris, Anthony Shriver, College, American Dream, Best Buddies, New York Times, Autism, Developmentally Disabled, Mtv, Health Care, Michael-Jackson-Funeral-Arrangements, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Wildfires, California Budget Crisis, Politics News
Chantal Sicile-Kira

I can't afford to volunteer for the community anymore. Got to spend every free moment earning money or taking care of my mom and son.

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Jefferson's Epitaph...and Ours

Michael Meranze | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Thomas Jefferson, California Schools, California Budget Crisis, California Budget Cuts, Ucla, Politics News
Michael Meranze

If Jefferson linked together education, freedom of thought, universities and national independence what can we say about our own political leaders?

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California State Crime Lab Escapes Budget Cuts

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Ben Protess and Emily Witt | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Crime, California Budget Cuts, Propublica, California Budget Crisis, California Crime Lab Saved, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Politics News

This post was co-published with ProPublica. Good financial news out of California is rare these days, but one key crime-fighting agency has emerged f...

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Fixing California

Bob Burnett | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Term Limits, California, California Budget Crisis, Legalize Marijuana, Ronald Reagan, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Politics News
Bob Burnett

California's problems are not insurmountable, but their resolution will require concerted action: new leadership, likely a new constitution, and the willingness to consider alternative revenue sources.

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Schwarzenegger's Approval Falls To New Low Of 28 Percent In Poll

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's popularity has sunk to a new low of 28 percent as he heads into his final months in office gra...

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