[Saundra Duffy]

Meanwhile, the Governor's cuts are being announced and "thousands" of state workers are going to lose their jobs. LOL!

[ScottinSacto]

actually, the report just came out at 2 pm PST and it only includes 257.7 Personnel Year reductions (1 personnel year = 1 employee or position)...and most of those are of already vacant positions.. The key indicator is that the CA Dept of Corrections....i.e. CCPOA...only is losing 3.1 personnel years and only taking a 9 million dollar cut. Their contract looks very secure going forward. Lots of smoke and mirrors and hoping the federal government pays the tab going on out here in CA!