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LAO: Don’t tie budget to voters
- 05-20-2011
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By Kathryn Baron/Thoughts on Public Education
Mac Taylor smiled a lot on Thursday during his press conference to discuss Gov. Brown’s May budget revise. The State Legislative Analyst was in the unusual position of agreeing with quite a bit of the spending proposal. “We think it has many positives,” said Taylor, and gave the governor “credit for a budget that addresses the operating shortfall we’ve been struggling with.” Specifically, the Leg Analyst called the plan to pay down school deferrals with the unexpected tax revenues a “wise use of the funds,” adding that “we would commend him for that proposal.” Brown’s revised budget plan would use $2.5 billion of the increased Proposition 98 guarantee to rescind an upcoming $2.2 billion deferral and to start paying down those already accrued. The Legislative Analyst’s Office report, Overview of the May Revision, also released today, states that, “By not creating new programs and instead paying down deferrals, the May Revision provides benefits to both the state and school districts.” (more...)
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