by Julia Rosen [courtesy of Working Californians blogs]

The boxes were never blown up. Reform was not accomplished. The result is deja vu. It is like 2004/05 all over again. Schwarzenegger is proposing massive budget cuts, power grabs and talking like a partisan Republican again.

His true colors are showing again. They have been hiding for a few years.

Meanwhile, they are starting to tally the real world impact of the budget cuts the governor is proposing. It is staggering. LAT:

Facing the worst fiscal crisis of his tenure, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today proposed a $141-billion spending plan that would reduce health care programs for the poor, close 48 state parks or beaches, release tens of thousands of nonviolent inmates early and make substantial changes in almost every other area of the state's budget.

At the same time, he proposed expanding the state's debt load by more than $40 billion to finance more construction at public schools, colleges and other major institutions.

Schizophrenic no? Let's chop billions from classrooms so they can't buy more books or have enough teachers to teach, but let's borrow billions, driving up our future deficit issues to build new classrooms. Take from one hand and give it to the other. The construction companies get a little too.

by jsw [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

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by Julia Rosen [courtesy of Working Californians blogs]

Shocking right, that the GOP would go after the most vulnerable Californians in their quest to reach their distorted ideas of "fiscal responsibility". They have used this impasse to target the programs they dislike the most. LAT:

After holding up the state budget nearly a month past deadline, Senate Republicans offered Tuesday to end the impasse if Democrats would move tens of thousands of poor families off welfare and make dozens of additional program cuts.

The Republicans will present their proposed state budget before the full Senate today. It would cut numerous programs Democrats hold dear, including the elimination of an institute for labor studies at the University of California. The budget plan includes nearly $1 billion in spending reductions beyond those in the bipartisan plan approved by the Assembly on Friday.

How's that for a lede? It's good to see the Times resting the blame squarely on the Republicans shoulders. They are the ones causing this impasse. It took a long time for them to actually come forward with their proposal for ending this thing. I can't say that I am surprised that the Republicans would also target the UC Berkeley labor center. They have wanted to eliminate it for years and are now inventing a budget crises so they can call for it to be closed.