On January 9, 2015, Governor Jerry Brown introduced his budget proposal. His proposal calls for $113 million in proposed General Fund spending, up 1.4% from last year. Governor Brown said that his 2015-16 budget is “carefully balanced” and puts billions of dollars into schools and health care coverage. Other key elements covered in the budget Read More »
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Fiscal Analyst Offers Early Take on ‘Prudent’ Jerry Brown Budget
The Legislature’s nonpartisan fiscal analyst on Tuesday called Gov. Jerry Brown’s new budget a “prudent” spending plan, while noting that the proposal might underestimate state revenue by up to billions of dollars through June. The review follows Friday’s release of a $113.3 billion state general fund proposal that includes paying down long-term debt and Read More »
California Budget Plan Largely Status Quo For Health, Social Service Programs
Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled a spending plan Friday that restores few recession-era spending cuts to social services, with schools and a voter-approved rainy day reserve benefiting the most from robust revenue growth in recent months. “We have a carefully balanced budget, more precarious than I’d like, but it is balanced,” Brown told reporters this morning Read More »