Governor Makes Deep Cuts to the Safety Net and Assumes Voters
Approve November Ballot Measure
On Thursday,
January 5, Governor Jerry Brown released his proposed 2012-13 spending plan,
addressing a $9.2 billion projected shortfall for the remainder of 2011-12 and
the upcoming 2012-13 fiscal years. The Proposed Budget was released five days
early after a staffer inadvertently posted budget documents to a public
website. The Governor proposes $10.3 billion in “solutions” to close the
identified gap and provide a $1.1 billion budget reserve. The gap stems from a
$4.1 billion shortfall in 2011-12 and a $5.1 billion projected shortfall in
2012-13. The Governor’s proposal assumes that voters approve a measure that
would be placed on the November 2012 ballot that would raise $6.9 billion in
2011-12 and 2012-13. His proposed spending plan also includes $5.4 billion of
additional spending cuts that would be triggered on if voters fail to approve
the proposed tax measure.
The Governor’s proposals include
deep cuts to health and human services programs, as well as to student aid and
child care. Health and human services and child care programs would be targeted
for $2.5 billion of the $4.2 billion in proposed spending reductions. The Governor
also proposes $301.7 million of cuts to the Cal Grant Program, which provides
financial aid to lower-income students pursuing post-secondary education. The
Governor’s Proposed Budget also includes a number of sweeping reorganizations
of state departments and agencies aimed at increasing efficiency of state
services, major policy changes in health and human services programs, and
significant changes to the formulas used to allocate funds among school
districts.
Read the California Budget Project
Report. http://www.cbp.org/documents/110106_Gov_Budget_Release.pdf
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