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Tag: California state budget

About the Governor’s May Budget Revise

May 5, 2022   6:20 amMay 5, 2022   6:27 am
In less than two weeks, Governor Gavin Newsom will issue his “May Revision.” The Governor’s Department of Finance explains that the May Revision reflects “changes to the Governor’s Proposed Budget based upon the latest economic forecasts.” The Office of Legislative...
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Update from the California Legislature

July 20, 2021   1:37 pmJuly 22, 2021   8:16 am
With the Legislature on its annual summer recess, it is a good opportunity to survey what has been happening with legislation between the two houses. State Budget First, the following is a summary of budget-related legislation so far this Session:...
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Sen. John M. W. Moorlach. (Kevin Sanders for California Globe)

Why Sen. John Moorlach Opposes California’s State Budget

June 16, 2020   11:02 am
Senator John M.W. Moorlach (R-Costa Mesa) is the only CPA in the State Legislature. As such, his dire warnings about California’s budget deficit need to be considered. California Globe watched all of the budget debate Monday, and as usual, Moorlach schooled the Senate...
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Assembly Budget Committee Praises and Questions Governor Newsom’s Coronavirus Decisions

April 21, 2020   3:03 pm
On Monday, the Assembly Budget Committee conducted an oversight hearing on Governor Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 coronavirus plan, as well as Newsom’s emergency powers and the  $7 billion he has spent on measures so far. Praise and frustration against the Governor...
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Gov. Newsom’s 2020-21 Budget – A Big Pie, But Empty Calories

January 14, 2020   4:52 pmJanuary 14, 2020   5:20 pm
Compared to forty years ago, Californians cannot afford to purchase homes, they cannot afford to pay college tuition, they cannot drive on un-congested freeways, and they cannot expect their children to get a good education in public schools. Forty years...
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California Budget Larded With Billions in Record Pork Spending: Dog park, Sculpture Garden, Parking Lot?

August 7, 2019   1:46 pmAugust 8, 2019   7:15 am
In June, California Globe covered in great detail the record number of local pork-barrel projects injected by individual legislators into California’s largest state budget ever of $215 billion. All of the pork in this budget as California Globe has reported, are...
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Record Public Safety and Judicial Pork Barrel Projects in California’s Largest State Budget

June 20, 2019   8:31 amJune 21, 2019   6:14 am
California’s largest state budget ever — $215 billion — is larded with a record number of local pork-barrel projects injected by individual legislators, often in exchange for “horse trading”  votes on passage of certain pieces of legislation. “Pork barrel” is a metaphor...
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