California has to produce a budget that promotes job creation and makes economic sense,†Pérez said. “We shouldn’t make budget decisions that cut jobs and short change our overall recovery and long term growth. The California Jobs Budget will protect and create 465,000 jobs in the private sector and local communities while als protecting funding for schools, public safety, and a basic safety net.â€
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New Video from Melissa Fox for Assembly
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
Last week, Governor Schwarzenegger announced a revised budget that included even deeper cuts to our elementary schools, our universities and community colleges, and health care for seniors. These cuts will be devastating to our community and obstruct our local economic recovery.
Speaker Perez and Asm. Solorio to hold State Budget Forum in OC
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
California continues to face unprecedented budget challenges. Legislators need your input in this process in order to make tough choices on what to fund, what to cut, and where to find the needed revenues. This is an unprecedented opportunity for you to be engaged in the state budget process within our representative democratic framework.
Fix California’s Budget Process
by Chris Prevatt • • 2 Comments
A small minority of Republicans has held the entire California budget process hostage year after year. Their ransom? They refuse to vote for the state budget until deals are made to eliminate environmental protections, decimate programs that help the poor and middle class, weaken worker safety, and rollback consumer protections.
State Legislative Leaders Announce Reform Package
by Bill Spaulding • • 1 Comment
Maybe something good is happening in Sacramento. Well, it is possible. Stranger things have happened; this is, after all, California. Much of this is what people have been asking for. Much of it is common sense. Much of it is…
Arnold Vetos Budget for Battered Women
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
Eve Ensler, author of “The Vagina Monologues,” penned this extraordinary opinion piece about the Governor of California’s decision to terminate funding in the budget for battered women. From the piece: I try to imagine what the governor thinks as he draws…
Assemblyman John Pérez on Arnold’s Illegal Vetos
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SACRAMENTO – In this Democratic weekly address, Assemblymember John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles), Chair of Assembly Democratic Caucus, calls the line-item vetoes Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger made to budget solution bills passed by the legislature last week illegal. Pérez says “according…
