State plan gives some services to cities, counties {Jerry Brown's secret plan}

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 1/5/11 | Wyatt Buchanan, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau

[SmithL]

Sacramento -- As California faces a budget deficit that could top $28 billion over the next 18 months, Gov. Jerry Brown and other state leaders are poised to shift the responsibility for providing some services from the state to counties and cities.

In one of his first meetings as governor, Brown spoke with county leaders Tuesday about significantly restructuring government. He also attempted to allay the fears of some local officials that the state could pass off duties without providing sufficient means to pay for them.

"We're going to shift funding to the local level, we're going to make sure there's enough responsibility and discretion to use the money in the wisest possible ways," Brown told reporters after the meeting, adding that he does not believe it will be an easy change. "There will be controversies."

Brown did not publicly lay out a specific plan, but said he is considering changing the way foster care, welfare, food stamps, redevelopment, and parole and probation services are provided to the public.

Brown's campaign plan

The restructuring is the underpinning of Brown's campaign promise to move the responsibility for delivery and funding of government services closer to the people instead of keeping it concentrated in Sacramento.

The meeting at the headquarters of the California State Association of Counties was met with praise from that organization's leaders, who said they believe counties and local government agencies can provide the same services more efficiently than a statewide bureaucracy.

Money must be there

Chief among the concerns of locals, though, is that the state would hand over responsibility without sufficient resources to pay for them. County officials have in the past complained that that's what happened when the state gave them oversight of In-Home Supportive Services for the elderly and the disabled.

[SmithL]

Chief among the concerns of locals, though, is that the state would hand over responsibility without sufficient resources to pay for them.

Gee, I wonder why they'd think that?

Again

[EagleUSA]

I guess Moonbeam is going to pay for it out of his own pocket....

[DaxtonBrown]

It’s like watching a WWII newsreal of some Kamikazee plane taking flak and spirling into the ocean. You know tere’s a living human inside that thing, but you still enjoy seeing them auger in.

[edcoil]

move the responsibility to others, keep the money. Make people pay more to someone else.

Browns plan.

[DaxtonBrown]

spiraling and there’s
typos starting early today.

[Nat Turner]

His magic unicorn will just crap skittles and T-bills... LOL

[ASOC]

“Unfunded mandates”

A page from the FedGov’s fav playbook.

[Texas Eagle]

He also attempted to allay the fears of some local officials that the state could pass off duties without providing sufficient means to pay for them.

Ha ha ha haaaaaa!

C'mon, Daddy-O, you can trust me.

[skeeter]

LOL. Notice Brown and the writer both collaborate to ignore the 800 lb budget gorilla in the room.

Unless he plans a sneak attack on public employee unions he has already failed.

[Texas Eagle]

"We're going to shift funding to the local level, we're going to make sure there's enough responsibility and discretion to use the money in the wisest possible ways," "There will be controversies."

I predict the Brown-outs will begin in March.

Mark this date and time. I was the first to call it.

[dynachrome]

"shift the responsibility for providing some services from the state to BANKRUPT counties and cities."

[Old North State]

This is great. “Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic” is usually a metaphor, but not this time. If the bankrupt State shifts responsibilities to bankrupt local governments, where does the fiscal buoyancy needed to keep the whole enterprise afloat come from, even if it happens?

[dennisw]

Then this bald headed stooge should should cut state taxes to make up for the localities having to (presumably) raise taxes pay for these new burdens

What Jerry Brown should really do to revive California’s economy is cut off all funding to the California Air Resources Board. Tell those idiots to go get hamburger flipper jobs. And get the Central Valley irrigation water turned on full blast.

[sheana]

Just like states send most of their money to the Feds, so do counties send most of their money to the states. The round about needs to stop. Counties should keep their monies and watch the states scream.

[Carry_Okie]

Here come the local property tax elections.

[Vaduz]

Jerry Brown’s secret plan
City A has money take it and give it city B with no money.
Socialists never changes