CA: State fiscal nightmare: deep cuts on horizon

SFGate.com ^ | 11/16/11 | Wyatt Buchanan

[NormsRevenge]

Sacramento -- California faces deep mid-year cuts to its universities, community colleges, social service programs and public schools - which may have their year shortened - because the state will collect billions in revenue less than expected, according to a report released today.

The report by the Legislative Analyst's Office says the state faces a budget deficit in the current fiscal year largely because it will collect only $300 million of $4 billion that Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature added to the budget just days before it was approved in June. Critics had called the sudden infusion of projected revenue "phantom money" that was conjured to avoid deeper spending cuts.

The report says California also faces a budget deficit in the 2012-13 fiscal year of $13 billion.

The projection does not ensure the automatic cuts will be made, as it is one of two revenue reports that will be used to make that determination. The second report will come from the Department of Finance next month and administration officials will select the rosier of the two projections to decide whether the cuts will take place on Jan. 1.

The director of the Department of Finance, Ana Matosantos, will make the final determination by Dec. 15, but the legislative analyst's findings make it much more likely that the cuts will happen.

[elpadre]

you make the bed - you sleep in it

[NormsRevenge]

California

Caution: Proceeeeed Carefully!

Socialist Udopia Under Construction

[muawiyah]

California colleges continue to charge Instate tuition of about $5,000. Indiana charges instate tuition at a far more realistic rate of $8,500 per year. Most other states charge more ~ even Texas (although it's still heavily subsidized by oil revenues).

When your instate rate doesn't pay to keep the doors open and the professors on the campus, then you no longer have a state university.

California could keep higher education going through the easy expedient of setting a higher instate rate.

[forgotten man]

All aboard! The bullet train to bankruptcy is leaving the station.

[DJ MacWoW]

James Madison

Annals of Congress, House of Representatives, 3rd Congress, 1st Session, page 170 (1794-01-10)
The Annals summarize speeches in the third person, with the actual text of Madison’s quote as follows:

“Mr. Madison wished to relieve the sufferers, but was afraid of establishing a dangerous precedent, which might hereafter be perverted to the countenance of purposes very different from those of charity. He acknowledged, for his own part, that he could not undertake to lay his finger on that article in the Federal Constitution which granted a right of Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.”

[Oldeconomybuyer]

California faces deep mid-year cuts to its universities, community colleges, social service programs and public schools...

All of which are a drop in the bucket compared to the pay and pensions of CA public sector union parasites who control this God-forsaken state.

[rbg81]

You mean you can’t regulate, tax and spend your way to prosperity? Who knew?

[who_would_fardels_bear]

There are tons of people driving around for there to be some sort of depression going on in California.

I suspect that there is a thriving gray and black market economy going on in California right now.

Conservatives at first might shout: Hooray! California has made their taxes and regulations so high it is great to hear that people are getting away with not paying taxes.

However, in the long run this means California becomes Greece. Voting in ever more costly programs while shirking on paying the taxes which would be necessary to fund those programs.

I believe that if California started cracking down on the gray market activity, people might think twice about voting for larger government that they would now have to financially support.

But the California government probably knows this and will refuse to crack down. Only the scofflaws will get away with not having to pay for the socialism they vote for.

[BobL]

“Most other states charge more ~ even Texas (although it’s still heavily subsidized by oil revenues).”

Good point. We here in Texas charge Illegals about $9,000, while charging legal people (from out of state) around $25,000.

Still lots more than California.

[tennmountainman]

If the GOP EVEN thinks about bailing out that failed liberal state, I will NEVER vote Republican again.

The liberal policies of that failed state is the blame.
And the liberal CA hacks that created it, can fix it.

NOT ONE single Federal Tax dollar!

[pogo101]

Good news, though: The public-union goons won’t lose a penny in pay, benefits and pensions.

[pogo101]

I agree, and I live here.

[tacticalogic]

The citizens of California seem to believe if they just get themselves deep enough in debt, the federal government will have to come and bail them out eventually, and it will all go away.

[dragnet2]

deep mid-year cuts to its universities, community colleges, social service programs and public schools - which may have their year shortened - because the state will collect billions in revenue less than expected

Just what is needed, then cut the CHP, CA Fire, close down all the parks if need be, cut 30,000 state government positions....Cut tax funded services for hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens from Mexico, even though they are governments favorite people. Cut teachers, cops, firefighters incomes by 25 percent, and eliminate all government unions and their lottery style tax paid retirement benefits..

Tax payers need to make as little money as possible, to choke off these destructive government polices. Refuse to contribute more than need be. Starve the GD beast. No new cars, No new loans, Buy nothing for Christmas...Just have a big feast instead...

Kill their taxes...Starve the beast.

[ronnie raygun]

On a brighter note did you know that BRUCE SPRINGSTIEN and BON JOVI recieve farm subsudies from the federal government, much like the oil companies DO and were grilled on at nausium by the rats in congress. How come Bruce and Bon jovi were not present and put in the hot seat, thier millionaires taking tax payer money? The hypocrites are all coming out into the light, unwillingly. Also Congressional insider trading I love it, I love it. Get those cells warmed up!

[ptsal]

The FEDs & Dems want the votes.... why worry?

[muawiyah]

Amazing isn't it ~ and even the higher Texas rate is SUBSIDIZED. You can just imagine how heavily the California rate is subsidized.

Good colleges and universities don't go broke charging enough to keep the doors open.

This article indicates that CA is going to have to shut down some colleges.

[RedMDer]

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[muawiyah]

Berkely, the state's Flagship Campus, charges a tad more than $5500 ~ a lot more http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/general.asp?id=26

Please note that NON RESIDENTS Pay $22,000 more!

Of course that only lasts a year and then the former non residents get to pay the lower rate and save $22,000.

I don't think that applies to foreign students though ~ probably why you find the top Chinese students flocking to the far colder, spartan, rigorous and eventually more significant Midwestern enormous state universities.

That UC Berkely is almost $10,000 more per year than Yale.