CA: Davis signs overdue state budget

Mercury News ^ | 8/2/03 | Mark Gladstone

[NormsRevenge]

SACRAMENTO - Embattled Gov. Gray Davis signed an overdue state budget today that heavily relies on borrowing $10.7 billion to close a deficit of as much as $38.2 billion.

Davis, however, said the spending plan ``offers no reason to celebrate.'' Indeed, the budget reduces health care benefits to the poor, slows highway projects and assumes state workers will take a $1 billion pay cut.

[NormsRevenge]

Associated Press

California Governor Gray Davis signs the 2003-04 state budget Saturday during a ceremony at the Capitol in Sacramento.

[NormsRevenge]

Ping

[HughSeries]

Facing a recall election Oct. 7, Democrat Davis hammered Republicans for resisting his proposals to increase taxes.

Ah yes, the ex-wife. Spend you into bankruptcy and gripe because you didn't give them more money.

[NormsRevenge]

He has to hammer the Pubs,, the demRats won;t even go near him ;-)

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I feel so much better now! /sarcasm

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[NormsRevenge]

I feel so much better now! /sarcasm

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So does he! NOT!!! This is a pyrrhic victory, a state budget dramedy and a death fugue,,, all in one.

Wait until October 7th !! ;-)

Sat Aug 2, 5:39 PM ET

California Gov. Gray Davis (news - web sites) smiles at finance director Steve Peace, (not in photo) while talking about Peace's role in getting the state budget passed before signing the 2003-04 spending bill during a ceremony at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 2, 2003. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

[ChewedGum]

What is the deal with this guy (Davis). He seems doomed yet he is smiling and being his usual self. Does he know something we don't know? (I sure hope not!)

Gum

[NormsRevenge]

California Gov. Gray Davis goes over some notes Deputy Chief of Staff Nancy Mcfadden, before signing the $98 billion 2003-04 state budget during ceremonies at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 2, 2003. The governor's signature ends a 33-day standoff between Republicans and Democrats over how to resolve the state's spending imbalance. While the approved plan imposes deep cuts to virtually all parts of state government, it largely protects funding for schools, public health programs and public safety. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California Gov. Gray Davis goes to hand the $98 billion 2003-04 state budget to staff members after signing it during ceremonies at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 2, 2003. A coalition of communtiy leaders, union representatives and public officials watched as the governor signed the spending plan that ended a 33-day standoff between Republicans and Democrats over how to resolve the state's spending imbalance. While the approved plan imposes deep cuts to virtually all parts of stategovernment, it largely protects funding for schools, public health programs and public safety.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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The copy with this photo is a bit ... well... LOL

Assembly Minority Leader Dave Cox, R-Fair Oaks, right, talks with fellow Assembly GOP members Tony Strickland of Thousand Oaks, left, Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield, second from left, and John Campbell, of Irvine after the Assembly failed to pass the state budget on the first vote early Tuesday morning, July 29, 2003, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. In a state that swells with more than 36 million people, it has taken less than a million voters to put the job of Gov. Gray Davis in jeopardy. In a Legislature made up mostly of Democrats, it took only a handful of Republicans to put the state's budget in a monthlong stranglehold. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Excellent Toon!

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks for the 'toon!!!

[South40]

Thank Steve Breen. The guy's good...darned good.

[South40]

I love your tag line!

With a dimocRAT controlled senate and legislature, that pretty much sums it up.

[freekitty]

"California Governor Gray Davis signs the 2003-04 state budget Saturday during a ceremony at the Capitol in Sacramento."

Ceremony?

[freekitty]

"In a state that swells with more than 36 million people, it has taken less than a million voters to put the job of Gov. Gray Davis in jeopardy. In a Legislature made up mostly of Democrats, it took only a handful of Republicans to put the state's budget in a monthlong stranglehold."

Thanks for posting.

[marsh2]

Here is a link to some of the budget impacts on counties. We will be looking at heavy lay-offs in police, the D.A. and departments that handle elder and child abuse. http://www.csac.counties.org/legislation/legislative_priorities/sbn_2002X/budget_watch.pdf

Then we move on to the cuts in CDF (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.) Looks like they will be collecting a hefty fee ($50 million) from rural folks for wildfire fighting.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/6425925.htm

"Landowners on nearly 32 million acres where fire protection is provided by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection may have to jointly pay $50 million in firefighting costs that was stripped out of the budget approved by state lawmakers.

"The budget pulls $50 million from the department's $600 million annual budget to help eliminate a potential $38 billion deficit.

"A pending bill, still being finalized for lawmakers' consideration later this month, would let the department recover the $50 million by collecting fees. How is still uncertain, said department spokeswoman Karen Terrill, but the fire protection fees would likely be charged to landowners, possibly collected by county tax assessors.

"The department provides fire protection for nearly a third of California's roughly 100 million acres, mostly in rural areas at lower elevations. By comparison, the federal government has jurisdiction and primary firefighting responsibility for another roughly 40 million acres."

[farmfriend]

I think we need a compaign to get rid of Dave Cox.

[tubebender]

So this "budget" was whittled down to only 98 billion from the proposed 100 billion draft ????????