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“Governor Releases Proposed 2008-2009 Budget” from the California Budget Project is our site of the day

In the wee hours of the morning, the California Budget Project released a 13 page document that they have dubbed a “quick and dirty” summary of the California state budget proposed yesterday by Governor Schwarzenegger.

Governor Releases Proposed 2008-2009 Budget is a must read for all who are interested in the state budget, the single most important issue of the year in California’s public policy. It is amazing how much have packed in such a short and handy document.

It has links to the Governor’s budget documents for those who wish to look at original sources.

Here is a preview of what is in this report:

The Governor’s Budget would cut 2008-09 spending levels by $10.7 billion and current year spending by $283.2 million.

Large cuts include:

• $1.126 billion of reductions in state spending for Medi-Cal in the current and budget years. The proposed reduction would cost the state $1.139 billion in lost federal matching funds as well. The largest share of the reductions would come from reducing payments to providers of health services – including doctors and some hospitals – by 10 percent.

• $463 million of reductions to the CalWORKs Program over the two-year period. The largest share of the savings would come from terminating aid to certain children who receive assistance through the so-called “safety net” program after their parents have reached the CalWORKs Program’s time limits.

• $323.5 million in savings from suspending the June 2008 and June 2009 state cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for cash assistance grants for low-income seniors and persons with disabilities in the SSI/SSP Program.

• $372.2 million in combined 2007-08 and 2008-09 reductions to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. These savings would be largely attributable to the Governor’s proposals that would expedite release of over 20,000 nonviolent offenders from state correctional facilities.

• $2.607 billion in 2008-09 reductions to K-12 apportionments. Apportionments provide general operating support for local school districts. This translates into a loss of $443 per student. Total proposed 2008-09 reductions to K-12 education, including the loss of federal matching funds, translate into a loss of $787 per student.

In separate sections, the report gives as good an overview of proposed changes to the budget process, the roots of the deficit, and the “Strategic Growth Plan” (bonds) that the Governor is proposing.

There also are more detailed bulleted lists and descriptions of cuts in these main areas of the budget:

Medi-Cal
Other Health Programs
California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Program
Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program
In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Program
Other Human Services
Child Care and Development Programs
K-12 Education
California Community Colleges
University of California
California State University
Housing
Transportation
State Employees and State Operations
Local Government
Labor and Workforce Development
Legislative, Judicial, and Executive
Corrections
Resources
Environmental Protection Agency

Whether you are interested in the budget as a whole or specific areas, this is as good a roadmap as exists at present.

Posted on January 11, 2008

Comments

I just want our govenor to know how important child care is to working parents, maybe he never had to use it but these parents struggling do. I have been a childcare provider for 43 years and I know what I am talking about.
I also feel taking from the IHSS program is horrible, I also belong to it. I took care of my mother in law, my father and mother they were all able to be home and be with their family and grandkids till their death, IHSS was not here then or if it was I did not know of it. Point being made is some family member can be compensated and able to quit work or work part time to care for their dying family member, being paid something to survive themselves which if the dying person was on state care it would cost our state more. Now you tell me where is the sense in that.

In summery you are trying to cut two of the most imortant programs in the state and do not forget your school cuts, keep cutting and you can forget about college, no one could afford to get an education so then where will we be, only the rich could survive. Makes you feel like if we ever had a govenor who had nothing they would see it from different eyes and hear it in a different way. No offense to present but some of us go with out pay while this budget is played with and we do not get vouchers and then we have to watch all these needed programs get the axe. I could go on and on but this budget will go eventually so I guess it is good that it is a voted thing and we hope it goes right for the future of young family workers needing childcare, old and the sick to get the loving care they desrve, and for the children so as they can be well educated.

Posted by: Alyce Pacheco at July 16, 2008 11:44 PM

Dear Mesdames and Monsieurs:
It is unwise to cut the budgets for SSI and Medicaid. There are many, well deserving individuals who seek to become more employable--and greater contributors to the State GDP, by getting good healthcare. The proverbial work chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and trimming expenditures to SSI and Medicaid will drive these recovering workers out of California and into friendlier states. They will become the surrounding states's greatest resource--its people, and compete successfully against, rather than for, California.

Posted by: brian at December 1, 2008 07:02 PM

How much more can you cut from the schools? They are working with barebones as it is! Reduce paychecks equally by all so each family is affected evenly. Stop cutting for current problems; you are only developing huge social problems forour future, lack of education, social poverty for many more. We can't afford that!

Posted by: Maddy at January 12, 2009 07:54 PM

This is so wrong on how you want to cut the underserve people who are disable and cannot afford to live on SSI a month and housing at that to look at your homeless population you have in calif, this is not right. I am a person who lives with AIDS and thank God am able to work at this monment but if I became ill and could not work how will this affect me?

Posted by: Mary at January 14, 2009 02:10 PM

This is so wrong on how you want to cut the underserve people who are disable and cannot afford to live on SSI a month and housing at that to look at your homeless population you have in calif, this is not right. I am a person who lives with AIDS and thank God am able to work at this monment but if I became ill and could not work how will this affect me? rent is outrageous food what else can happen to us here in America!!

Posted by: Mary at January 14, 2009 02:12 PM

This is so wrong on how you want to cut the underserve people who are disable and cannot afford to live on SSI a month and housing at that to look at your homeless population you have in calif, this is not right. I am a person who lives with AIDS and thank God am able to work at this monment but if I became ill and could not work how will this affect me? rent is outrageous food what else can happen to us here in America!!

Posted by: Mary at January 14, 2009 02:12 PM

SSI and SSP will DESTROY California, FOR GOOD, not far after the 'Shamnesty' oh, uh, the DREAM Act.
The DREAM Act is a Scam Game to allow the others that will actually total up to 40 million as they are already here in the U.S. and anyone that says otherwise if a complete LIER! Will gain access to SSI & SSP via 'Chain Migration'.
So, you have 14 million gaining 'Shamnesty' via the DREAM Act, and they will be the 'Sponsors' of the Chain Migration until it totals at least 40 million.
They will IMPLODE the SSI & SSP 'Entitlement' Welfare, NON-Tax Paying, DRAIN upon California so bad, that Obama might as well, GIVE California to Mexico for their 'Aztlan' they want, and Barb Wire it off with Electric Fencing and Guards on the INSIDE of California, and the freedom of other surrounding States to protect their borders as they see fit!
Add the Leftist Liberal IN California when you give it to Mexico, and definately the Celebrities and don't forget the DemoGRANT Politicians, ALL OF THEM!
This would solve ALOT of the Monetary problems of the Socialist/Marxist Paradise O'Dim-Sum is trying to creats without enough people working and paying taxes INTO the system.
There's less than 50% paying taxes INTO the system and this will NOT sustain the U.S. much longer AFTER his Lunatic 'Shamnesty'...
Get REAL O'Dim-Sum!
You can't even sustain that many Non-Taxpaying 'Entitlements' with Socialist/Marxism.
What ya' gonna' do, take the Celebrities & Politicians Mansions and move IN a bunch of toothless Tweekers and Registered Sex Offenders and Morbidly Obese SSI/SSP Recipients??
To PROVE my point that California's giving the EXTRA check of SSP BRINGING people INTO California from all over the World just to collect the EXTRA Cash Check money from SSI and SSP, look at http://www.policymap.com
What you will see, as soon as you get to a border State is that, IMMEDIATELY the number of SSI Recipients for the bordering States DROPS signifigantly because the 'Other' bordering States don't give that EXTRA INCENTIVE to flock to California with the EXTRA Cash Money from SSP!
Here you have California, known as the 'Breadbasket of the World', giving EXTRA cash instead of an EBT Dignity Food Stamp Debit Cash Card!!!!!!!!!
California the land of LOONEY TOONS & Recipients FOR LIFE...
Oh, I hear the Dinner Bell Ringin' Folks, they are puttin' the SLOP into the TROFFS, Come n' Get it~~SUUUUUEEEE, SSUUUUEEEE.........

Posted by: SSI/SSP Post 'Shamnesty' at April 10, 2009 09:34 PM

SSI and SSP will DESTROY California, FOR GOOD, not far after the 'Shamnesty' oh, uh, the DREAM Act.
The DREAM Act is a Scam Game to allow the others that will actually total up to 40 million as they are already here in the U.S. and anyone that says otherwise if a complete LIER! Will gain access to SSI & SSP via 'Chain Migration'.
So, you have 14 million gaining 'Shamnesty' via the DREAM Act, and they will be the 'Sponsors' of the Chain Migration until it totals at least 40 million.
They will IMPLODE the SSI & SSP 'Entitlement' Welfare, NON-Tax Paying, DRAIN upon California so bad, that Obama might as well, GIVE California to Mexico for their 'Aztlan' they want, and Barb Wire it off with Electric Fencing and Guards on the INSIDE of California, and the freedom of other surrounding States to protect their borders as they see fit!
Add the Leftist Liberal IN California when you give it to Mexico, and definately the Celebrities and don't forget the DemoGRANT Politicians, ALL OF THEM!
This would solve ALOT of the Monetary problems of the Socialist/Marxist Paradise O'Dim-Sum is trying to creats without enough people working and paying taxes INTO the system.
There's less than 50% paying taxes INTO the system and this will NOT sustain the U.S. much longer AFTER his Lunatic 'Shamnesty'...
Get REAL O'Dim-Sum!
You can't even sustain that many Non-Taxpaying 'Entitlements' with Socialist/Marxism.
What ya' gonna' do, take the Celebrities & Politicians Mansions and move IN a bunch of toothless Tweekers and Registered Sex Offenders and Morbidly Obese SSI/SSP Recipients??
To PROVE my point that California's giving the EXTRA check of SSP BRINGING people INTO California from all over the World just to collect the EXTRA Cash Check money from SSI and SSP, look at http://www.policymap.com
What you will see, as soon as you get to a border State is that, IMMEDIATELY the number of SSI Recipients for the bordering States DROPS signifigantly because the 'Other' bordering States don't give that EXTRA INCENTIVE to flock to California with the EXTRA Cash Money from SSP!
Here you have California, known as the 'Breadbasket of the World', giving EXTRA cash instead of an EBT Dignity Food Stamp Debit Cash Card!!!!!!!!!
California the land of LOONEY TOONS & Recipients FOR LIFE...
Oh, I hear the Dinner Bell Ringin' Folks, they are puttin' the SLOP into the TROFFS, Come n' Get it~~SUUUUUEEEE, SSUUUUEEEE.........

Posted by: SSI/SSP Post 'Shamnesty' at April 10, 2009 09:36 PM

SSI and SSP will DESTROY California, FOR GOOD, not far after the 'Shamnesty' oh, uh, the DREAM Act.
The DREAM Act is a Scam Game to allow the others that will actually total up to 40 million as they are already here in the U.S. and anyone that says otherwise if a complete LIER! Will gain access to SSI & SSP via 'Chain Migration'.
So, you have 14 million gaining 'Shamnesty' via the DREAM Act, and they will be the 'Sponsors' of the Chain Migration until it totals at least 40 million.
They will IMPLODE the SSI & SSP 'Entitlement' Welfare, NON-Tax Paying, DRAIN upon California so bad, that Obama might as well, GIVE California to Mexico for their 'Aztlan' they want, and Barb Wire it off with Electric Fencing and Guards on the INSIDE of California, and the freedom of other surrounding States to protect their borders as they see fit!
Add the Leftist Liberal IN California when you give it to Mexico, and definately the Celebrities and don't forget the DemoGRANT Politicians, ALL OF THEM!
This would solve ALOT of the Monetary problems of the Socialist/Marxist Paradise O'Dim-Sum is trying to creats without enough people working and paying taxes INTO the system.
There's less than 50% paying taxes INTO the system and this will NOT sustain the U.S. much longer AFTER his Lunatic 'Shamnesty'...
Get REAL O'Dim-Sum!
You can't even sustain that many Non-Taxpaying 'Entitlements' with Socialist/Marxism.
What ya' gonna' do, take the Celebrities & Politicians Mansions and move IN a bunch of toothless Tweekers and Registered Sex Offenders and Morbidly Obese SSI/SSP Recipients??
To PROVE my point that California's giving the EXTRA check of SSP BRINGING people INTO California from all over the World just to collect the EXTRA Cash Check money from SSI and SSP, look at http://www.policymap.com
What you will see, as soon as you get to a border State is that, IMMEDIATELY the number of SSI Recipients for the bordering States DROPS signifigantly because the 'Other' bordering States don't give that EXTRA INCENTIVE to flock to California with the EXTRA Cash Money from SSP!
Here you have California, known as the 'Breadbasket of the World', giving EXTRA cash instead of an EBT Dignity Food Stamp Debit Cash Card!!!!!!!!!
California the land of LOONEY TOONS & Recipients FOR LIFE...
Oh, I hear the Dinner Bell Ringin' Folks, they are puttin' the SLOP into the TROFFS, Come n' Get it~~SUUUUUEEEE, SSUUUUEEEE.........

Posted by: SSI/SSP Post 'Shamnesty' at April 10, 2009 09:37 PM

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