There are 5 item(s) tagged with the keyword "Budget".

1. News < Re: Week of August 9

$2,190,870,000.00

That's the amount in unpaid bills the state will accrue if it does not enact a budget by the end of this month.

Tags: news re, budget, Dennis Hollingsworth, Bob Dutton, John Chiang, Dan Walters, tax reform, Gov. Schwarzenegger, 2010 Reform Plan, furloughs, nonrecurring revenue, City of Bell, redistricting reform, campaign disclosure, Dan Schnur, independent expenditures

2. News > Fwd: Week of August 16

Over a month and a half past the constitutional deadline to enact a budget, only $4 billion is separating Republicans and Democrats in their negotiations. Only.

Tags: news, budget, Dan Walters, tax reform, Gov. Schwarzenegger, John Laird, President Barack Obama, Abel Maldonado, Rainy Day Fund, Prop 23, California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

3. News > Fwd: Week of August 23

Won’t somebody please think of the children?!

Yesterday, in a letter to legislative leaders, State Controller John Chiang, State Treasurer Bill Lockyer and Director of Finance Ana Matosantos announced they will be deferring $2.5 billion in payments to schools and $400 million to counties “because the state has not enacted a timely budget that would provide valuable additional savings and receipts and allow for external borrowing."

Tags: news, budget, Dan Walters, Gov. Schwarzenegger, State Controller John Chiang, State Treasurer Bill Lockyer, Director of Finance Ana Matosantos, town hall, Prop. 25

4. Op-ed: The clock is ticking on reform – but it’s not too late

In an opinion article published today by Capitol Weekly, Leadership Council Co-Chairs Bob Hertzberg and Tom McKernan urge state leaders to coalesce around comprehensive fiscal reform proposals crafted by California Forward.

Tags: budget, comprehensive fiscal reform, Capitol Weekly, Bob Hertzberg, Tom McKernan, Leadership Council

5. Rules may not be a substitute for leadership, but they're a good complement

Yesterday, California officially entered its third week into the 2010-11 Fiscal Year without a budget.  While this is hardly surprising to close watchers of California politics and nowhere even close to the 85 days late which the previous year’s budget was enacted, the inevitable annual delay certainly does little to improve public perception of state leaders.

Tags: 2010 Reform Plan, Budget, Leadership, Fred Keeley, Joe Matthews