An overview of California's budget for the 2005-06 fiscal year
The Associated Press
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Lawmakers approved a $117.5 billion budget bill Thursday that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to sign early next week. His May budget proposed spending $115.7 billion. The higher spending is generated by an expected increase in tax revenue for this year, by reducing a reserve fund sought by the governor and by refinancing a loan related to California's share of a court settlement with cigarette manufacturers.
Among the highlights of the state's 2005-06 budget:
- Includes no new taxes and no new borrowing.
- Reduces the expected deficit in 2006-07, once estimated at $15 billion, to $4.7 billion.
- Spends a record $61 billion on education, including K-12 and higher education, and increases per pupil funding to more than $10,000.
- Saves $235 million by requiring school districts to partly fund teacher retirement benefits.
- Imposes fee increases of $457 for students in the University of California system and $186 for California State University students. Community college fees remain unchanged.
- Provides $1.3 billion for highway and transit programs.
- Pays $1.2 billion to cities and counties for money lost when the state repealed an increase in the vehicle license fee two years ago.
- Saves about $40 million in labor costs that must be approved by unions, including a proposal to cut two state holidays from workers.
- Costs the state $206 million by rejecting Schwarzenegger's proposal to reduce state support for the wages of in-home health care workers.
- Adds $20 million to nursing training programs at community colleges and universities.
- Suspends cost-of-living increases for some welfare recipients for two years.
- Imposes $19 million in new civil court filing fees.
Source: Gov.'s office, Legislative Analyst.
How California lawmakers voted on the state budget
The Associated Press
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SACRAMENTO (AP) - Lawmakers approved a $117.5 billion budget bill Thursday that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to sign early next week. Here's how legislators voted:
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Senate (34-4):
- Democrats for: Alarcon, Alquist, Bowen, Cedillo, Chesbro, Ducheny, Dunn, Figueroa, Flores, Kehoe, Kuehl, Lowenthal, Machado, Migden, Murray, Ortiz, Perata, Romero, Scott, Simitian, Soto, Speier, Torlakson, Vincent. Total: 24.
- Democrats against: None.
- Republicans for: Ackerman, Ashburn, Battin, Cox, Denham, Dutton, Maldonado, Morrow, Poochigian, Runner. Total: 10.
- Republicans against: Aanestad, Campbell, Margett, McClintock. Total: 4.
- Not voting: Escutia (D), Hollingsworth (R).
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Assembly (64-13)
- Democrats for: Arambula, Baca, Bass, Berg, Bermudez, Calderon, Canciamilla, Chan, Chavez, Chu, Coto, De La Torre, Dymally, Evans, Frommer, Goldberg, J. Horton, Jones, Karnette, Klehs, Koretz, Laird, Leno, Levine, Lieber, Liu, Matthews, Montanez, Mullin, Nation, Nava, Negrete McLeod, Nunez, Oropeza, Parra, Pavley, Ridley-Thomas, Ruskin, Saldana, Salinas, Torrico, Umberg, Vargas, Wolk, Yee. Total: 45.
- Republicans for: Aghazarian, Benoit, Bogh, Cogdill, DeVore, Emmerson, Garcia, S. Horton, Houston, Keene, La Malfa, Leslie, McCarthy, Nakanishi, Niello, Richman, Runner, Spitzer, Villines. Total: 19.
- Democrats against: None.
- Republicans against: Blakeslee, Daucher, Harman, Haynes, Huff, La Suer, Maze, Mountjoy, Plescia, Strickland, Tran, Walters, Wyland. Total: 13.
- Not voting: Cohn (D), Hancock (D).
- One vacancy.
Well that looks good....is it true?