[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Carli Paine
Transportation Program Director
Transportation and Land Use Coalition (TALC)

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Republicans in the Senate have a plan to eliminate the $700 milliondeficit in the state budget and turn it into a $300 million surplus,reports the Sac Bee. Unfortunately, it’s also a plan to eliminate funding for welfare and public transportation.Also suspiciously under attack are plans for a new Labor UnionInstitute at UCLA, and the CA Attorney General’s plans to sue thefederal EPA over greenhouse gas regulations.

It looks like the GOP is also seeking to undermine the California Environmental Quality Actin the state budget negotiations, by threatening to undermine thebudget negotiations themselves unless this gets through, warns theCalifornia Progress Report. You can read their latest entry on the issue here.

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Gary A. Patton
Executive Director
Planning and Conservation League

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

In this week’s Democratic weekly radio address, Assembly Budget Committee Chair John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) gives a progress report on state budget negotiations.