California won't be the same under new budget

06-30-2011

By Wyatt Buchanan/San Francisco Chronicle

Poor people will receive less medical care and welfare, disabled people will see fewer services, state parks will close and public university students will pay more in California under the budget that takes effect Friday. But also Friday, the state sales tax will decrease from 8.25 percent to 7.25 percent and vehicle licensing fees will drop by almost half. Combined with the taxes that expired in January, an average California family will pocket about $1,000 this year. Those are just some of the impacts of the new budget, parts of which Gov. Jerry Brown signed Wednesday and is expected to finish signing as soon as today, and he could make even deeper cuts with his line-item veto authority. (more...)

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