CDCAN Report #247-2008: Democratic Proposal Defeated in Assembly - Deadlock In Legislature on Budget Shortfall
Date: Friday November 28, 2008Posted in: Education, Funding, Health, Legislation
Tagged: Budget, California, California Disability Community Action Network, CalWORKs, Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants, Dave Cogdill, Department of Health and Human Services, In-Home Supportive Services, John Laird, Karen Bass, Medi-Cal, Regional Centers, State Supplemental Payment, Supplemental Security Income, Taxes
There was a memo posted earlier regarding these cuts, but this is the more verbose message from Marty Omoto of the California Disability Community Action Network.
SACRAMENTO (CDCAN) - Two bills containing proposals by legislative Democrats to cut spending by $8.1 billion and raise new revenues also by $8.1 billion over 18 months, were defeated in the Assembly, failing to win any Republican votes. Both Democrats and Republicans in both houses remain far apart on how to solve the budget deficit. A bill to cut spending in the Assembly was defeated 40 to 30, falling 14 votes short of approval. And a bill to raise taxes and other revenues, failed to win approval by 41 to 31, falling 15 votes short. Democratic Assemblymember Nicole Parra of Hanford, who is termed out, voted against both bills, defying Assembly Speaker Karen Bass.
Assembly Speaker Karen Bass said if the Assembly Republicans would have given their votes for revenues, Assembly Democrats had been prepared to consider other spending cuts and even the idea of a spending cap. She urged members to put ideology aside and to put their futures “at risk” .and warned that doing nothing and that California was headed for a economic “train wreck”.
Assembly Budget Committee’s Summary Analysis of the Governor’s Budget Proposals
Date: Sunday November 16, 2008Posted in: Education, Funding, Health, Meeting
Tagged: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Assembly Budget Committee, Budget, California, California Department of Health Care Services, College, Department of Health and Human Services, John Laird, Karen Bass, Transit
This was released about 10 days ago and I was sifting through some old email and found it. It was a press release from Assembly member John Laird’s office in California.
SACRAMENTO –Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) has appointed Assembly member John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) as chair of the 4th Extraordinary Special Session Assembly Budget Committee. The Special Session was requested by Governor Schwarzenegger in response to the deepening fiscal crisis and its affect on the state budget, and will complete its work before November 30, 2008.
Mr. Laird also released the Assembly Budget Committee’s summary analysis of the governor’s budget proposals to be considered in the special session:
Due to the continuing downturn in the world, national and state economies, General Fund revenue projections have fallen by $11.2 billion in 2008-09 and $13 billion for 2009-10. The Governor has called the 4th Extraordinary Session to immediately begin to address this revenue shortfall, and proposes a mix of solutions, including $4.7 billion in revenue increases and $4.5 billion in budget cuts. These solutions do not completely close the $11.2 billion revenue shortfall, but together with various cash solutions would ensure the state is able to meet all its remaining spending obligations.
CDCAN Report #239-2008: Shortfall Could Grow To $28 Billion Says Legislative Budget Analyst
Date: Thursday November 13, 2008Posted in: Education, Funding, Health, Media, Meeting
Tagged: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Budget, California, California Department of Finance, California Disability Community Action Network, California Senate, California State Capitol, CalWORKs, Department of Health and Human Services, Don Perata, In-Home Supportive Services, John Laird, Karen Bass, Medi-Cal, Regional Centers, State Supplemental Payment, Supplemental Security Income, Taxes
SACRAMENTO (CDCAN) - The Legislature’s budget analyst issued a report – and a warning – that the state budget deficit will grow to over $28 billion by the end of the 2009-2010 State Budget year if the State fails to take action on addressing increases to revenues and more spending cuts to programs. The figure is $4 billion higher than what the Governor’s Department of Finance projected the shortfall to be last week and underscores what the Governor last week said was a budget “state of emergency”. See later CDCAN Report today for more details.
The Assembly Budget Committee, chaired by outgoing Assembly member John Laird (Democrat – Santa Cruz) is scheduled to hold a hearing on the budget crisis, Friday, November 14th, at 1:30 PM at the State Capitol in Room 4202. The specific agenda for the hearing is not yet available and it is not certain at this point what the focus of the hearing will be. The State Senate has not yet scheduled any budget hearings at this point.
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Budget Panel Approves Eliminating SSI/SSP State Cost of Living Increase
Date: Wednesday July 9, 2008Posted in: Advocacy, Funding
Tagged: Bob Dutton, Budget, Budget Conference Committee, California, Denise Ducheny, John Laird, Mark Leno, Medi-Cal, Mike Machado, Roger Niello
SACRAMENTO (CDCAN - #134-2008) - The Budget Conference Committee, chaired by Sen. Denise Ducheny (Democrat - San Diego, 40th District) voted Monday evening (July 7) to eliminate the State funded cost of living money due on June 1, 2009 for the SSI/SSP (Supplemental Security Income/State Supplemental Payment) grants for hundreds of thousands of low income people with disabilities, seniors and the blind.
If approved by the full Legislature and signed by the Governor as part of the budget, it will mean that the State funded cost of living increase for the SSI/SSP grants would have been suspended or eliminated for 7 consecutive years.
