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California faces a $25.4 billion budget deficit over the next 20 months and a solution to this newest crisis is expected to be far more difficult than in years past, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office said Wednesday, November 10.
Declining revenue and lawmakers' past reliance on one-time budget fixes have contributed to the recurring deficit, Mac Taylor, the legislative analyst, said.
California, Taylor said, has a basic choice: Solve the problem now or pass it to future Californians.
As the national discussion continues on raising the U.S. debt ceiling to $14.3 trillion, Californians also should ask: How much is the Golden State in the red? We've grown numb to annual budget meltdowns - shortfalls of...
What do all 50 states have in common? All utilize "cash basis" budget accounting, an accounting method by which revenue and expense are recorded only when cash is received and paid out. Cash basis budgeting can allow a...
The U.S. Supreme Court granted California's request Tuesday to decide whether the state can be sued for cutting fees to doctors and hospitals that treat poor people, a case that will affect Gov. Jerry Brown's ability to...
An incompetent prison psychiatrist was kept on the state payroll at a cost to taxpayers of hundreds of thousands of dollars, while a state worker with a drinking problem stuffed confidential documents in her desk and...
Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to use $1.7 billion in redevelopment money to help plug the state's $25.4 billion deficit is hitting a major roadblock: Cities around California are rushing to lock up the money before the state...
We sent five reader questions to Doug Linney, who serves on the East Bay MUD Board and just finished a two-year stint as Board President. official Officially Speaking guest this week. He sent us the following answers,...
Gov. Jerry Brown pledged to deliver an "honest budget" without the "smoke and mirrors" that have contained only an illusion of balance in the past. His claim received a generally positive review last week from the state'...
If you visit Butano Redwoods State Park near Pescadero, it could be like peering into a crystal ball to see the future of California's Department of Parks and Recreation. For a vision of the future of the Department of...
There's no question Mid-Market is undergoing changes, though many of them are yet to be seen. And some may remain just ideas on paper if Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to eliminate redevelopment agencies is approved. A...
When Police Chief George Gascón was named district attorney, many political observers thought he'd cleared a potentially crowded field for the D.A.'s race in November. After all, he's been a popular, successful police...
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