Media Story Archives
July 14, 2011
Legislative Analyst's Office Article: Summary Tables - 2011-12 Budget Package
May 26, 2011
ACSA Article: 2011-12 May Budget Revision Analysis
May 26, 2011
SSC Article: SSC's Advice Regarding the 2011 May Revision
April 11, 2011
EdSource Report: How California Ranks
March 21, 2011
SSC Article: 2011-12 Budget Act Passed - Still Work to Be Done
February 22, 2011
CASBO Article: State Budget Information
February 2, 2011
Legislative Analyst's Office: Overview of Proposition 98 Budget
February 2, 2011
Legislative Analyst's Office: 2010-11 Budget - Defer or Not Defer?
February 1, 2011
SSC Article: Governor Urges Legislature to Let Voters Decide
January 27, 2011
SSC Article: Governor Brown's State of the State Address on Monday, January 31, 2011
January 27, 2011
SSC Article: Lockyer Offers Thoughts on IOUs and All-Cuts Budget
January 27, 2011
SSC Article: What Should We Plan for in 2011-12?
January 21, 2011
SSC Article: Governor Brown Declares Fiscal Emergency
January 12, 2011
SSC Article: A New Governor, New Approach, Same Old Economic Problems
January 12, 2011
SSC Article: Governor Proposes Balanced Solutions to Close the Budget Gap
December 9, 2010
Schools Innovation & Advocacy: Brown's Budget Assessment
December 9, 2010
SSC Article: Budget Summit Seeks to Quantify California's Budget ProblemDecember 6, 2010
SSC Article: Schwarzenegger Calls His Last Special Session
November 17, 2010
Legislative Analyst's Fiscal Report
August 2, 2010
CSBA - California School News: Budget Cuts Put Schools "In Crisis", O'Connell SaysJuly 29, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: By Many Measures, California's K-12 Funding Lags the Nation
June 30, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: Congress Cuts Federal Aid, Leaving the May Revision Short $1.9 Billion
June 30, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: LAO Releases Overview of the 2010-11 May Revision
June 30, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: May Revision Shows No Gain but No New Pain for Education
June 30, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: Budget Conference Committee Begins Work - Pressure is on to Suspend Proposition 98
June 30, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: The Latest on Revenues and the Economy
June 30, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: Senate Democrats Propose to Shift Social Service and Public Safety Programs to Counties
June 30, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: Assembly Democrats Modify Borrowing Scheme
April 29, 2010
EdSource Forum Report: California at a Crossroads: Crisis & Opportunity
March 26, 2010
EdSource Report: 2010 Resource Cards on California Education
March 8, 2010
CASBO Newsbreak: Deferral and Gas Tax Bills to the Governor
March 4, 2010
CASBO Newsbreak: Deferral Cleanup About Ready for Vote
February 26, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: Assembly Passes Deferral Bill; Further Cleanup Legislation is Expected
Feburary 26, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: Additional K-12 Education Deferrals Proposed
February 24, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: Update on Recent Legislative Actions - Video (59MB - LARGE FILE DOWNLOAD)
February 22, 2010
Legislative Analyst's Office Webcast: The Basics of Proposition 98, a Tutorial for State Policymakers
February 9, 2010
Legislative Analyst's Office Overview of Special Session Proposals: Proposition 98 Budget
January 31, 2010
Los Angeles Times: Public Ignorance Bites California in the Wallet
January 26, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: State Controller Warns of Cash Shortfall
January 25, 2010
Legislative Analyst's Office Overview of Proposition 98 Budget
January 22, 2010
EdSource: Governor's Budget Proposals for 2010-11
January 22, 2010
EdSource: Governor's Proposal for 2010-11 State Budget
January 19, 2010
EdSource Report: School Finance 2009-10 Budget Cataclysm and its Aftermath
January 19, 2010
Legislative Analyst's Office Overview of Special Session Proposals: Education Budget
January 19, 2010
EdSource Report: School Finance Highlights 2009-10
January 14, 2010
CASBO Newsbreak: So this is what it is like to be protected
January 11, 2010
Los Angeles Times: The Worst Budget Mess Ever
January 8, 2010
Office of the Governor Press Release: Governor Proposes Budget
January 6, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report:Governor Says Education Funding to be Protected
November 19, 2009
Los Angeles Times: State's School Funding Process is Failing
November 19, 2009
CASBO Newsbreak: Legislative Analyst Projects Ongoing Budget Challenges
November 18, 2009
Los Angeles Times: California Again Faces Massive Deficit
November 15, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: Anemic Recovery Forecast for U.S. Economy
November 5, 2009
UCLA Anderson Forecast: Worst National Recession in Seven Years Likely
Ended this Quarter, but Remains Impactful for the Rest of the Decade
October 23, 2009October 1, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: 2009-10 State Budget in Peril
SSC Fiscal Report: Governor Calls Special Session on State Tax Reform
September 24, 2008
Governor Signs Budget
August 24, 2009
CSBA California School News: The Budget Deal: Governor and Legislators 'failed our students'
August 11, 2009
Los Angeles Times: Pundits and the California Budget
August 4, 2009
CASBO Newsbreak: Slight Changes and Clarifications on the Budget Deal
August 4, 2009
CASBO Newsbreak: Budget Deal Details
August 3, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: Governor Plans to Call Another Special Session
July 28, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: Has State's Budget Problem Finally Been Solved
July 28, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: Education Trailer Bills Emerge
July 22, 2009
Association of California School Administrators: A Budget Deal is Finalized
June 24, 2009
Legislative Analyst's Office: Major General Fund Budget Actions
June 9, 2009
L.A. Times: State's Budget Crisis Opens Rift between Unions & Democrats
June 9, 2009
L.A. Times: CA May Get Loan Guarantees from D.C. After All
June 3, 2009
L.A. Times: CA Lawmakers Hear Pleas Not to Further Slash Education
June 1, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: Additional School Funding Cuts Outlined
May 25, 2009
L.A. Times: Would-be Gubernatorial Candidates are Long on "Change"
May 24, 2009
Los Angeles Times: State Policies Work Against Good Fiscal Management
May 24, 2009
Los Angeles Times: Slicing Up California's Budget Pie
May 20, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: Initiatives Fail, Time for the Contingency Plan
May 20, 2009
L.A. Times: California Voters Kill Budget Measures
May 18, 2009
Legislative Analyst's Office: Overview of the State Budget
May 18, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: May Revision to the State Budget
May 15, 2009
CASBO: More May Revision Detail
May 14, 2009
2009-10 May Revision General Fund Proposals
May 14, 2009
Office of the Governor: Webcast to Air Today at 2pm
May 13, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: LAO Warns of Continued Cash Flow Problems
May 12, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: Governor's Budget Proposals to be Released on 5/14/09
May 12, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: Governor Acknowledges a $21.3 Billion Budget Gap
May 12, 2009
CASBO Newsbreak: State crisis worsening
May 8, 2009
CASBO Newsbreak: May Revision taking all cuts approach?
April 22, 2009
CASBO Newsbreak: Let's be careful out there
April 21, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: Record High for California's Unemployment
April 16, 2009
EdSource Report: Proposition 98
March 25, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2
Legislative Analyst's Overview of State Budget
March 10, 2009
Los Angeles County Office of Education: Budget Message
March 4, 2009
February 19, 2009
CASBO Newsbreak: State Budget Comes Together
February 19, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: Legislature Approves Budget
February 18, 2009
California School News Article: Vantage Point
February 17, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: Update on Budget Deal
February 17, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: Budget Deal Coming Together?
February 17, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: Latest News on State Budget and Stimulus Package
February 9, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: Cash Flow
January 30, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: Federal Bailout
January 21, 2009
January 15, 2009
January 14, 2009
January 14, 2009
L.A. Times Article: LAUSD to Cut 507 Staff & Clerical Jobs
January 13, 2009
January 12, 2009
January 12, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: Governor's Proposals for Budget 2009-10
CASBO Newsbreak - Democrats Adopt Midyear Plan
December 16, 2008
SSC Fiscal Report: Special Session Budget Plan
December 11, 2008
SSC Fiscal Report: "Big 5" Negotiations Suffer a Setback
December 11, 2008
Los Angeles Times: State budget gap could reach $41.8 billion by 2010
District Budget - December Update
December 9, 2008
Los Angeles Times: California fiscal officials try 'Scared Straight' approach with Legislature
November 9, 2008
The Sacramento Bee: California budget battle looks like it'll be a rerun
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October 30, 2008
District Budget - Answers to Common Questions
October 28, 2008
The Sacramento Bee: Governor will call special legislative session on budget
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September 24, 2008
Los Angeles Times: States face new budget shortfalls
San Francisco Chronicle: Governor cuts, signs long-overdue budgetSeptember 24, 2008
June 12, 2008
Los Angeles Times: Arnold Schwarzenegger signs $145-billion California budget
Sacramento Bee: Senate Dems call for tax increases
June 5, 2008
Reuters: California Democrats unveil rival state budget
May 19, 2008
Los Angeles Times: It's time for straight talk on budget from the votersMay 15, 2008
May 12, 2008
Los Angeles Times: New Schwarzenegger budget for California would divert gas taxes
San Francisco Chronicle: New state budget plan may carry hard choicesMay 12, 2008
San Diego Union-Tribune: Deficit ensnares another governorApril 30, 2008
Los Angeles Times: California divided over new taxes for schools, poll findsApril 30, 2008
KXJZ News: Schools and the Budget CrisisMarch 20, 2008
March 14, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle: “Education budget cuts are not in California’s interest”
San Francisco Chronicle: Núñez's bill taxing oil companies falls short
February 29, 2008
Los Angeles Times: “Schwarzenegger wants to close some tax loopholes”