Donna Arduin, the state's budget chief, says she has seen privatization work, adding, "The main purpose is to provide some competition in what we do, to allow new ideas to come in from the outside."
Sacramento Bee/John Decker
Posted on 01/11/2004 9:59:42 AM PST by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/12/2004 6:03:21 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is turning to some familiar and controversial territory to try to shave the costs of running government: inviting private firms to do it better and cheaper.
In his State of the State address, Schwarzenegger offered his first concrete plan to turn to the private sector to help extract the state from its budget hole, urging lawmakers to reverse a state law restricting school districts' ability to farm out tasks such as bus driving and groundskeeping to private companies.
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Donna Arduin, the state's budget chief, says she has seen privatization work, adding, "The main purpose is to provide some competition in what we do, to allow new ideas to come in from the outside."
Sacramento Bee/John Decker
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State Sen. Tom McClintock, who ran unsuccessfully against Schwarzenegger in the gubernatorial recall election, repeatedly has prescribed privatizing government. He said private firms competing for state contracts will lower costs and improve efficiency.
"It's a Yellow Pages principle of government. If you can find it in the Yellow Pages, the government shouldn't be doing it," said McClintock, R-Simi Valley.
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