Today, Sheriff Sandra Hutchens will announce her planned cuts in staffing to address the $28 million budget cut the department must absorb this year. The Orange County Register’s Jennifer Muir reports some details this morning: Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens plans to…
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Yes Virginia; there is a Budget Deal and it ain’t pretty.
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
The Big 5 in our state government announced this evening that they have reached an agreement on the solution for California’s $26.3 billion budget shortfall. Steinberg: we have faced a cumulative $60 billion defecit since Jan. 1 Here is the…
Schwarzenegger: I don’t need no stinkin legislature to balance budget!
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
As Jon Ortiz of the Sacramento Bee points out today, Arnold has decided that he can balance the sudget without the legislature. He can sit in his bubble bath, and keep adding furlough days and across the board paycuts until…
The Controllernator Says No.
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
The LA Times reports today that California Controller has sided with unions in suit challenging Arnold Schwarzenegger. Accordingto the report State Controller John Chiang refuses to implement the governor’s order forcing state workers to take days off without pay. A…
The Priorities of our “Out of Touch” Supervisors
by Chris Prevatt • • 17 Comments
Apparently Orange County Supervisor Chris Norby is still fuming over the presence of a contingent of Sheriff Deputies at the Board of Supes meeting on January 13th. Steven Greenhut over at the Register’s Orange Punch blog, and Jubal/Matt Cunningham over…
