California Budget Crisis

California Parks Could Be Seized By Feds

AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California officials said Wednesday they are trying to avert the federal government's threat to seize six parks that could ...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Republicans Cost the State $7 Billion

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

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

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California's Empty Wallet: Turning Crisis into Opportunity

Ellen Brown | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

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Schwarzenegger rejected a plan that would save $3 billion by cutting school spending. He said he'd rather see the state issue IOUs than delay the funding problem with a piecemeal approach.

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California Budget Deadline Looms: Schwarzenegger Vows To Veto Legislation

AP | STEVE LAWRENCE | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

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

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California, Indiana, 3 Other States Brace For Shutdowns

Los Angeles Times | P.J. Huffstutter and Nicholas Riccardi | Posted 07.31.2009 | Business

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Reporting from Indianapolis and Denver -- The last time Indiana missed its deadline for passing a budget and had to shut down the government was durin...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger: Sticking It to "America's Best"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

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Thanks to an economic crisis his good friend George W. Bush gave us, Schwarzenegger is launching a frontal assault against virtually all of the state's public sector institutions.

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Who Ruined California?

Bob Burnett | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

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California has a budget crisis that will drastically change the quality of life in the Golden State. Who's to blame?

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California Economy Confronts Fiscal Armageddon

Sheldon Filger | Posted 07.26.2009 | Business

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Schwarzenegger demonstrated uncharacteristic candor when he addressed a joint session of the California legislature and accurately outlined the brutal reality underlying California's dire fiscal crisis.

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Schwarzenegger's Budget Battle II: Another Bad Sequel

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

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With the sequel to last February's budget battle ready for release it's only a matter of days before "those who have too little" get a beating once again from the richest ruling interests in the state.

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Governor Schwarzenegger's Proposed Cuts Hurt Elderly, Disabled, Hungry Most

Judy Patrick | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

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At noon on Sunday mornings the church I attend in downtown Oakland distributes about 100 bags of food. Those who line up to receive these bags are usu...

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Cali Budget Cuts Could Cause 'Public Safety Emergency'

The Huffington Post Investigative Fund and ProPublica | Ben Protess (Huff Investigative Fund) and Emily Witt (ProPublica) | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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As California lawmakers tackle their state's $24 billion deficit, one little-known proposal on the table is a $20 million cut to the state crime lab. ...

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California Tax Strategy -- An Open Letter to Governor Schwarzenegger

Gary S. Wolfe | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

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Dear Governor Schwarzenegger: California is faced with economic catastrophe. Only new sources of untapped revenue (with corresponding reduction in e...

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Our Golden State

Amy Ephron | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green

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As a native Californian and a conservationist, the idea that our State Parks may not remain open past summer has sent me off on a wild fury of exploration.

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States Resorting To Extreme Measures In Budget Crisis

The New York Times | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

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In Hawaii, state employees are bracing for furloughs of three days a month over the next two years, the equivalent of a 14 percent pay cut. In Idaho, ...

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California College: Up in Smoke?

Shira Tarrant | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

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CSU faculty have two choices: accept furlough or face layoffs. The first option is bad; the second is worse. This is not only a labor issue for CSU faculty. This is an issue about the health of the nation.

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Schwarzenegger Bull Testicle Gift Doesn't Go Over Well

LA Times | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

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As lawmakers wrangled last week over how to plug California's giant deficit, the governor who once called them "girlie men" sent the state Senate lead...

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California Can No Longer Kick the Can Down the Road

Byron Williams | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

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Single mothers living below the poverty line do not need additional help. Libraries and school lunches are a waste of the public's resources. And low income students, you're out too. Deal with it.

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California Wants To Cut Legal Aid Attorneys For Poor

AP | DEBORAH HASTINGS | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

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Lawyers for the poor, who say they already are stretched to the breaking point by huge caseloads and dwindling staff, face layoffs across the country ...

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California's Death Throes: A View From Sacramento

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

A grassroots movement working within Democratic Party structures might break the cycle of abuse the Republican minority has inflicted upon the state.

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John Hodgman: We Must Sell California To The Church Of Scientology (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 07.11.2009 | Comedy

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John Hodgman proposed solutions to the California budget crisis last night in a new segment called "You're Welcome." He suggested repealing the anti-m...

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Federal Stimulus: California Funds Haven't Hit 'Real Economy'

bloomberg.com | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business

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June 2 (Bloomberg) -- California public-works official Bob Beaumont says the $2.1 million he may get from President Barack Obama's stimulus plan "isn'...

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Newsom Budget Figures Don't Add Up

Paul Hogarth | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

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Gavin Newsom wants to be Governor, but his analysis of the state budget mess is the last thing progressives need right now -- and calls into question whether he's ready for prime time.

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Punishing the Poor

Joel Bridgeman | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

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Governor Schwarzenegger must be trying to live up to his image as the "Terminator". His proposed solution to handle California's fiscal mess is to cu...

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Schwarzenegger Would Close 220 State Parks To Cut Deficit

AP | SAMANTHA YOUNG | Posted 06.29.2009 | Green

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget cuts could mean the closing of up to 220 state parks, among them the home of the world'...

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Are We Stupid?

Peter Clothier | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

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Friends, we have brought this on ourselves. We have allowed greed and prejudice to substitute for reason and sane policy.

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