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Analyst slams governor's prisons-vs.-universities plan
- 01-26-2010
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By Matt Krupnick/Contra Costa Times
A plan by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to shift state money from prisons to universities is "simplistic" and a bad idea, the Legislative Analyst's Office said Tuesday. The proposed constitutional amendment, introduced in a speech earlier this month, would place dangerous restrictions on a state budget already plagued by spending limits, the nonpartisan office said in the report. Lawmakers should reject the reform, which has not yet been formally proposed, the report said. Schwarzenegger raised the idea Jan. 6 in his State of the State address. The amendment would guarantee the California State University and University of California systems at least 10 percent of the state budget, gradually scaling back prison spending to reach that number. The universities get about 5.7 percent of the state's $90 billion budget, according to the analyst's office, down from 11 percent in 1984-85. (more...)
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