https://freerepublic.com/tag/cabudgetcrisis/ en-us Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:51:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2894443/posts When Jerry Brown was elected governor for a third time in 2010, there was widespread hope that he would repair the state’s crumbling and dysfunctional political edifice. But instead of becoming a Californian Mikhail Gorbachev, he has turned out to be something more resembling Konstantin Chernenko or Yuri Andropov, an aged hegemon desperately trying to save a dying system. Forbes https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2894443/posts#comment Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:51:45 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286092/posts Between furloughs and layoffs, the state's budget crisis could cost Sacramento's beleaguered economy more than a half-billion dollars in the next year. As the state began issuing IOUs last week to help pay its bills, the economic impact on Sacramento became depressingly clear: State government, which normally buffers the region against the harsh reality of recession, could actually prolong the downturn. Sac Bee https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286092/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:45:34 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276581/posts The budget cuts will be especially painful for struggling schools such as Richmond High School, where more than half of its 1,700 students are English learners and three-quarters are considered poor. The East Bay area school has failed to meet academic standards set by the federal No Child Left Behind Act for more than four years. AP/MyWay https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276581/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:18:07 GMT