There is now a Pit in my stomach.
BREAKING NEWS:
STATE DEFICIT SWELLS TO OVER $21 BILLION
BALLOT MEASURES TIED TO BUDGET DEFEATED
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The defeat of the propositions means Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “doomsday” budget proposals calling for an additional $6 billion in spending cuts will move forward for the Legislature to consider in the coming weeks. The Governor proposed last week massive new spending cuts to several programs and services impacting children and adults with disabilities, the blind, mental health needs, seniors and low income families including Medi-Cal, SSI/SSP (Supplemental Security Income/State Supplemental Payment) grants, regional centers, In-Home Supportive Services, proposed elimination of the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrant, and more cuts to the CalWORKS program (the state’s welfare to work program that includes thousands of children and parents with disabilities or other special needs).
It also means - pending Legislative approval - that counties could face hundreds of millions of dollars in reductions, through borrowing.
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STATE DEFICIT SWELLS TO OVER $21 BILLION
BALLOT MEASURES TIED TO BUDGET DEFEATED
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The defeat of the propositions means Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “doomsday” budget proposals calling for an additional $6 billion in spending cuts will move forward for the Legislature to consider in the coming weeks. The Governor proposed last week massive new spending cuts to several programs and services impacting children and adults with disabilities, the blind, mental health needs, seniors and low income families including Medi-Cal, SSI/SSP (Supplemental Security Income/State Supplemental Payment) grants, regional centers, In-Home Supportive Services, proposed elimination of the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrant, and more cuts to the CalWORKS program (the state’s welfare to work program that includes thousands of children and parents with disabilities or other special needs).
It also means - pending Legislative approval - that counties could face hundreds of millions of dollars in reductions, through borrowing.
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