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23

Jul 2009

Local officials: State budget plan is giant 'Ponzi scheme'

LOS ANGELES - A group representing 188 California cities Wednesday condemned a proposed state budget as an "irresponsible Ponzi scheme" and threatened to sue the state if the legislature enacts it. The League of California Cities presented...

23

Jul 2009

L.A. fire chief says budget cuts will mean longer response times

Los Angeles' budget crisis is likely to mean it will take longer for firefighters to respond to calls for help. Faced with $56 million in budget cuts, the Los Angeles Fire Department plans to enact rolling brownouts that temporarily take...

23

Jul 2009

Prison plan stirs GOP fury

Threatening to scuttle California's budget deal, Assembly Republican leader Sam Blakeslee accused Democrats on Tuesday of double-crossing him with an emerging plan to reduce the state's prison population. In an e-mail to colleagues titled...

23

Jul 2009

Budget back on track as prison flap is resolved

By Steve Wiegand [email protected] Legislative leaders and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger defused an issue today that threatened to blow up a fragile compromise over the plan to erase the state's $26.3-billion budget deficit. Instead, Senate...