Jerry Brown: Cuts To Education Will Continue

Paresh Dave

Cuts to spending on education are likely to continue, Governor-elect Jerry Brown said Tuesday as he searches for ways to increase California's revenues to match its spending.

Faced with a $28.1 billion deficit for the next fiscal year, Brown is trying to give a crash-course to California voters about how disastrous that figure really is.

The self-described "happy warrior" appears headed down a path of asking voters to extend a handful of temporary tax increases, to raise other taxes and to accept more control over local affairs because cutting 20 to 25 percent from the budgets of state agencies won't alone solve the mess.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 17, 2010 1:40 AM
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