Tuesday, June 28, 2011 – 08:00 a.m.
San Bernardino County amazingly has 535 vacant positions likely to be deleted in Tuesdays final budget hearing.
The county may even layoff 233 filled positions!
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Archive for June 28th, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 – 07:45 a.m.
Another week, another sham California budget.
A budget allegedly balanced by the ‘hope’ of higher revenues to come and a smattering of cuts.
Filed under: Budget, Democrats, Economy, Finance, In the News, Jerry Brown, Politics, Republicans, State Assembly, State of California, State Senate
05:48 AM PDT on Tuesday, June 28, 2011
By JACK KATZANEK
The Press-Enterprise
Circumstances way outside the control of anyone in Inland Southern California ground the region’s economy to a virtual halt in the past few months, leading to what some see as six months of lost recovery.
Council to review plan at its meeting tonight
James Rufus Koren, Staff Writer
Posted: 06/27/2011 05:19:01 PM PDT
SAN BERNARDINO – The City Council will get budget presentations from the leaders of city departments this evening as the council prepares to adopt a 2011-12 budget.
10:00 PM PDT on Monday, June 27, 2011
By BRIAN ROKOS
The Press-Enterprise
The president of the San Bernardino Teachers Association has called on the board of trustees to hire interim and permanent superintendents with strong backgrounds in curriculum and instruction.
The Democratic budget plan is based on an expectation of $4 billion in extra revenue in addition to $6.6 billion in unexpected revenue that was forecast last month. “That’s nearly $11 billion in new revenue that the Democrats assume will magically appear,” said Senate Budget Committee Vice Chairman Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar). (Associated Press)
By Shane Goldmacher and Anthony York, Los Angeles Times
June 28, 2011
Reporting from Sacramento— Abandoning negotiations with Republican lawmakers, Gov. Jerry Brown struck a deal with Democrats for a budget that assumes billions of dollars in fresh revenue — but could lead to major service cuts if the money doesn’t materialize.
Filed under: Budget, Democrats, Economy, Finance, In the News, Jerry Brown, Politics, Republicans, Robert Huff, State Assembly, State of California, State Senate
Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
June 27, 2011
Democratic aides provided details this afternoon on the handshake budget deal between Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic leaders to bridge a $9.6 billion deficit.
Dan Walters
By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Tuesday, Jun. 28, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
When governors and legislators face seemingly big budget deficits, they often turn to gimmicks to balance income and outgo on paper.
The most creative have been what Capitol cynics call “rosy scenarios.”
Filed under: Budget, Democrats, Economy, Finance, In the News, Jerry Brown, Politics, Republicans, State Assembly, State of California, State Senate
By Michael B. Marois and James Nash
Jun 27, 2011 3:45 PM PT
California Governor Jerry Brown dropped his plan to extend expiring taxes to close a budget deficit and will back a new proposal based on $4 billion in higher-than-forecast revenue, additional spending cuts and a tax initiative requiring voter approval next year.
Filed under: Budget, Democrats, Finance, In the News, Jerry Brown, Politics, Republicans, State Assembly, State of California, State Senate
By Michael Doyle
mdoyle@mcclatchydc.com
Published: Tuesday, Jun. 28, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday undercut states’ negotiating clout with Indian tribes, effectively upholding a decision that the state of California overreached when it sought to compel general fund payments in exchange for casino approvals.
Some experts are surprised by the high price of an internal review of the public pension fund. CalPERS says it used the review’s findings to negotiate $215 million in fee reductions.
By Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times
June 28, 2011
Reporting from Sacramento— The California Public Employees’ Retirement System paid $11 million to a Washington, D.C., law firm and its advisors to conduct an internal review, an amount that has some of the fund’s own directors proposing more stringent oversight of outside legal fees.
By Dale Kasler
dkasler@sacbee.com
Published: Tuesday, Jun. 28, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 1A
Voters tend to fume about the Legislature, but here’s one consequence of the Capitol budget dance that might make some people smile:
A tax cut.