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Key Cuts Set To Take Effect July 1
With the Legislature still debating how to close the current budget gap, it’s worth recalling that policymakers already closed last February’s $40 billion budget gap with significant cuts to health and...
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Schools Suffer the Budget Blues
As students prepare to kiss summer goodbye and head back to the classroom, it is worth pondering what the current round of budget cuts means for California’s schools. Previous CBP blog posts have...
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Podcast: Cuts to the Safety Net
California made big cuts to safety-net programs even as the demand for services rose with the recession. In a new podcast, CBP Senior Policy Analyst Scott Graves talks about the cuts that were made in...
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On the Docket: The Toll Cuts Have Taken
Mark your calendars; here’s one not to be missed. Tomorrow at 1:30 in room 4202 at the State Capitol, Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 will have a hearing titled, “Toll on Californians of Adopted and...
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State Support for a UC Student’s Education Hits a 20-Year Low
A recent Field poll suggests that half of California voters (51 percent) are not aware of the deep cuts made to balance the state’s budget during the past three years. University of California (UC)...
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Countdown to May Revise: Schools Already Reeling From Deep Budget Cuts
How have recent budget cuts impacted schools? Talk to a student, teacher, or principal and you will get an earful. Indeed, state spending on K-12 education was cut by more than $1,000 per student (13.1...
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Countdown to May Revise: Assembly Republican Budget Plan Doesn’t Pencil Out
Yesterday, the Assembly Republican Caucus released the outlines of a plan aimed at bringing the budget into balance without additional tax revenues. This proposal immediately brought to mind a graph we...
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Countdown to 2011-12: Deep Cuts to CalWORKs on the Horizon
In recent weeks, we’ve released a series of fact sheets documenting the deep cuts that have been made to a range of state services in the wake of the Great Recession, which caused a steep and sudden...
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What Do We Know? When Will We Know More?
At a late afternoon press conference, Governor Brown, Senate President pro Tem Steinberg, and Assembly Speaker Perez announced agreement on a 2011-12 spending plan that the Legislature will vote on...
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New CBP Report: Congress Should Maintain States’ Flexibility To Expand SNAP...
A new CBP analysis examines deep cuts that Congress is considering making to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps). Known as CalFresh in California, this...
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