I'm not sure I read this right. I don't see any mention that spending is going up some 4+%. I'll have to read it again...
One could read the proposed budget and based on the included hikes already built into the budget thru previous years actions by legislators and initiatives and easily forget this is still the largest budget ever for the state,even with the curtailing of the rate of the 'autopilot' funding increases..
The dems will have to scream and toss temper tantrums, mainly to make their brain-washed followers think that they had a hand in keeping the dough flowing against all odds, when in fact, a republican both proposed and will likely sign this nightmarish budget..
from the article:
"governor's $111.7 billion budget allows for increased funding almost across the board and represents $6.4 billion more in spending than the current year's budget."
That is nearly a 6% increase in spending over last year's budget, which already was higher than Davis' last budget. Many of those increases are "built-in" -- that is, some spending automatically increases each year without intervention.
What we need are across-the-board cuts in many social services and other spending. If we cut everything else, then education can also be cut without violating Prop 98's percentage requirements.